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Article: Indiana Residents Get Caught Up in Xbox Live Experience.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- December 31, 2002
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By Jack Naudi, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 31--Brian Mahone and Tim Smith don't think of themselves as technology pioneers. They just like playing video games.
But the Indianapolis residents, who don't know one another, are among a growing group of gamers who have turned to the Internet. And in the process, both have become diehard Microsoft Xbox Live players.
Mahone, a 33-year-old Marion County sheriff's detective, was a beta-tester for Xbox Live, meaning he offered opinions to Microsoft about the Internet gaming experience before it was marketed in November to all consumers.
Mahone had tried ...