Welcome to Contraptica

Since I began XboxTopic.com back in February I’ve occasionally gotten into lulls where there really wasn’t alot of interesting Xbox related news to comment on, and the site certainly suffered.  Sure I could post an announcement of every sports release, or the latest racing game, and many people would be into that.  But since this is a hobby, I really can’t personally review every game.  And believe it or not, I do things other than poke around on my 360.  To help make the site able to flourish with my own various interests, I’ve expanded the scope to include any and all technology, IT, gaming, movie and any other types of media and commentary.

I certainly expect that things will skew 360 for the forseeable future, but there are plans for many other things, including a new DS feature starting today.  Plus Matt will be contributing various news and reviews, along with a special ongoing retro gaming feature.  I apologize ahead of time for the sections on the site that have few articles at the moment.

Another focus in this redesign is towards community building, and soon comments will be enabled here at Contraptica.

And why “Contraptica”?  Well, we like to talk about all sorts of contraptions here, and at the same time are paying homage to Engadget, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Slashdot and Joystiq, who we’re big fans of.