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Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:25 pm EDT

The giant TV in the new Cowboys Stadium was made for Xbox 360

By MJD

It's not at all surprising that someone did it. I'm just surprised that Martellus Bennett(notes) wasn't the first. Playing Xbox 360 on the 72 x 160-foot LED video screen in the new Cowboys Stadium was the first thing that occurred to me when I saw it, and apparently, Jonas Brothers video director Steve Fatone was the first to do it.  Engadget has video and additional pictures.

It seems like a game of "Madden" should've been the first video to christen the big screen, but "Gears of War 2" "Halo 3" will do.

The next must for the giant video screen? Porn. I'm guessing we won't get video of that when it happens, though.

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  1. Anton K
    1. Posted by Anton K Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:39 pm EDT

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    halo 3 not gow2
  2. Welvon
    2. Posted by Welvon Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:40 pm EDT

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    Cboyz baby!!!
  3. JohnnyFootballHero
    3. Posted by JohnnyFootballHero Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:40 pm EDT

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    dude, that's halo, not gears of war 2.
    also, i predict this thread will break out into a console flaming war by the end of the day.
  4. Welvon
    4. Posted by Welvon Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:41 pm EDT

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    And madden should have been the first game to be played on that biggg asss screen, wut the hell were they thinking lol...and i know i speak for every cboyz fan in the universe when i say, im tired of always waiting on next season, lets get it done!!!
  5. Scott W
    5. Posted by Scott W Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:01 pm EDT

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    HALO 3.. not gears of war 2
  6. cardsfan1
    6. Posted by cardsfan1 Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:09 pm EDT

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    damn video game nerds. whos cares what game it is? all that matters is that it isn't madden. sports games are the only games that should be manufactured. if you play anything else you're a douche.
  7. John H
    7. Posted by John H Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:34 pm EDT

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    lol the cowboys wouldn't know what game is being played, dumb texans it halo not gears of war......... anyway go eagles.
  8. kindersuz
    8. Posted by kindersuz Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:52 pm EDT

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    Don't mess with Texas....
    ....It's not nice to pick on retards.
  9. kindersuz
    9. Posted by kindersuz Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:53 pm EDT

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    E-a-g-l-e-s!!!!!!!!!
  10. S-Loaf
    10. Posted by S-Loaf Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:56 pm EDT

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    Come on, you know MJD intentionally wrote the wrong name to generate a ton of spam-mail responses. Standard Yahoo Sports reporting procedure...
  11. The Comish
    11. Posted by The Comish Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:26 pm EDT

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    Clearly halo 3 mjd
  12. J B
    12. Posted by J B Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:43 pm EDT

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    Wow MJD, yesterday you give us Ryan Leaf's jersey and today a giant TV.
    Speaking of porn on that TV, it would be the only way to get your wee wee to normal human size, wouldn't it?
  13. Max_Powers
    13. Posted by Max_Powers Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:02 pm EDT

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    they need to get some porn on that thing so the fans have something interesting to watch on Sundays. . .
  14. Denver
    14. Posted by Denver Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:44 pm EDT

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    Thats funny... the first thing i thought of when i read the title was that martellus bennett did it. it didn't cross my mind that someone else would do it
  15. tØm£
    15. Posted by tØm£ Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:52 pm EDT

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    like everyone else that posted...
    thats Halo 3
    i'll let it pass this time since this is a NFL blog and not a video game one
  16. NFLRULZ
    16. Posted by NFLRULZ Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:16 pm EDT

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    Its funny that everyone hates Texas and its inhabitants, I do, but after reading rips commment I gotta say that Texas is the place to be with the economy... I read that on Wahoo!'s front page!!! Seems that they do know something since its same old same old there and all of us are eating shoes since we dont have a job. I mean, look at the new mausoleum there.
    Philly sucks balls, the only NFC East team to not win a superb bowl, Go Baltimore Colts!!
  17. NFLRULZ
    17. Posted by NFLRULZ Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:16 pm EDT

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    Oh and the porns gonna be Jessica Simpsons homemade sex tape.
  18. Isaac M
    18. Posted by Isaac M Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:31 pm EDT

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    If you clicked the link that said "Engadget has video" you would see the first picture they have is of Gears of War 2.
    Research and fact-checking before criticism? Preposterous!
  19. Carl Crennan
    19. Posted by Carl Crennan Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:39 pm EDT

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    If this had been attempted in that polluted wasteland of Pittsburgh they'd have to be satisfied with playing Pong on an Atari 2600. Oh wait. Nevermind. I forgot they don't even have electricity in that fleabag city.
    p.s. Halo sucks.
  20. Asmodeus
    20. Posted by Asmodeus Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    I, too find it amusing that so many posters hate Texas. I'm from the north and I've found Texans to be intelligent (the basis for the chips in your computer were invented here), not quite as full of sleazy MBA's, and willing to takes risks that many of the longer settled states no longer have the cajones to dare. It's a major exporting state, your supplier of gas, natural gas, oil and petrochemicals. Well, since you don't like us, maybe we should be a**holes like these posters and cap the pipelines going north. Enjoy next winter.
  21. vertskate900
    21. Posted by vertskate900 Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:58 pm EDT

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    Hmmm...now what exactly is dis here "Xbox" thingy? Is dat one of dem devices where the water comes out of?
    Aw shoot! I think I did me too much thinking for the week! Hyu hyu hyu!
    Luckily my cousin Annabelle-May's coming over and boy will I $#^% her good! Whoo-ee!
  22. Cursor
    22. Posted by Cursor Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:10 pm EDT

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    Pretty sure that's Halo 3 on the screen not Gears of War 2
  23. EvanB
    23. Posted by EvanB Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:54 pm EDT

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    You idots think you are so smart, i saw the pictures on engadget, of the title screen, it is gears of war 2. Try researching next time if you hate his writing so much why do read it.
  24. Antony D
    24. Posted by Antony D Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:02 pm EDT

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    Wow, it's morons like the Texas haters in this forum that make the talk of secession popular down here. How did a story about a humongous television turn into a free for all on the Lone Star State? As for the Santa hating Eagles fans, get a life.
  25. MOONDOG
    25. Posted by MOONDOG Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:40 pm EDT

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    It really should've been a Madden game, the Cowgirls might have learned something.
    GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

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