lcd hdtv, video game console Last night, like any other night, I flipped on the LCD HDTV, turned down the home theater so my roommates wouldn’t be annoyed and started browsing what was new in the Xbox Live Marketplace. It has become habit to check what new demos are released every day. Without warning the Forza 3 demo was out. I had to double take it at first. At 1.23 GBs, it is pretty large for a demo. I switched the LCD HDTV back over to some shows, waited 40 minutes and then it was ready to play. My excitement built as the opening screens started. The first thing I thought when the menu popped up was how clean it all looked. Everything has a very Japanese, straight line, clean edge feel. The back drop is a bright white which really makes the vehicle modeling pop.

It was the first racing demo I have seen on any video game console that had six cars to choose from. There is a Mini Cooper S, Evo, Ferrari California, Audi R8 and a race Porches GT3 RS to pick. Apart from the decaled GT3, every vehicle was available in all its actual colors. Graphically this game is amazing and it should be a crime not to see it over a plasma or LCD HDTV. I’ll get into the gameplay in my next post.