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this episode of TechnoBuffalo is brought to you by Linda calm how not to make your xbox one backwards compatible a new destiny trailer and an ebay buyer buys a picture of an Xbox one what a loser let's get out of controller hello and welcome now to controller the weekly TechnoBuffalo show that covers all your gaming news reviews demos and new release isn't an easy to digest capsule form at i'm your host Ashley skele it's always a big week in gaming so let's start out with the news oh boy you guys this is a pretty important story Microsoft's Major Nelson took to the Internet last week with a very urgent public service announcement that image that some of you may have seen online you know the one showing you how to quote make your xbox one backwards compatible yeah it actually just probably bricks your brand new console the prank started making internet rounds after some users found that dev kit mode was curiously available on every Xbox one and some jerks decided to capitalize on the backwards compatibility complaints gamers have made regarding next-gen consoles guys don't get tricked also maybe don't use dev kit if you have no idea what you're doing if you've been salivating over bungees upcoming shooter destiny we've got great news the flagship title now has an official release date looks like destiny will be hitting xbox one xbox 360 playstation 4 and ps3 on September 9 2014 of course this is a pretty big deal for Bungie who made their name with the Halo franchise and there's a lot of hype and excitement about Destiny's co-op play sci-fi story and lush backdrops we saw a little more on the game last Saturday on spike vgx which did absolutely nothing but make us even more excited to play it hurry up already because I want to use that needle or grenade and I want to shoot some freaking aliens apparently there are a ton of weird and bogus listings for the Xbox one on ebay but one buyer in particular got a nasty surprise when he thought he bought an xbox one for about 750 bucks I got a photo of one sted that sounds pretty shady except the seller very clearly said it was a photo of the console for sale the buyer then told news outlets he even saw that the listing said photo but figured it was a real console because it was in the video games of consoles category there's some statement here about a fool and his money but the bidding bonehead is pretty lucky though because ebay is demanding the celery from the money and a local electronic shop gave this guy an xbox one for free oh let's play as a feature on our gaming channel where a member of our writing staff plays a game and talks about it this week Joey has finally gotten his xbox one capture set up and he's playing peggle 2 hey I know it's no grand theft auto 5 but you know what it's fun and Joey shamelessly enjoys it so hashtag deal with it we'd like to take a second from the gaming news to thank our friends and sponsors at Linda calm you can learn it at Linda calm it's an online learning company with more than 77,000 video tutorials that teach software creative and business skills membership starts at just 25 dollars a month and you get 24 7 access to high-quality video courses taught by expert instructors videos range from quick bite sized tutorials all the way to full on comprehensive courses in subjects like web design programming photography business animation and more they add new courses every week and you can save prioritize and track progress for every course in your queue if you have an iPhone or an iPad there's also Linda calm app for members so you can learn on the go you can try lynda.com free for seven days by visiting Linda calm / technobuffalo and make sure you use that link so they know we sent you that's Linda calm / technobuffalo finally it's Tuesday which means new games this week is another light released week but peggle 2 is available exclusively for now on xbox one if you don't have an xbox one don't worry we're sure bagel two will hit your device of choice over the coming months and probably even some devices you've never even heard that's it for this week's out of control or feel free to give the show a thumbs up if you enjoyed it no pressure and I'm gonna give you two channels for the price of one to subscribe to subscribe to TechnoBuffalo from the latest amber technews and also subscribe to our dedicated video game channel TechnoBuffalo plays for trailers gameplay videos and deeper gaming analysis from our team of gaming experts thanks for watching see you guys next week