About thisisxbox.com

thisisxbox.com is a dedicated Xbox 360 news and reviews website operated by Jason Andrews for the purposes of providing news and information to fans of the Microsoft Xbox 360 console. Additionally, approved thisisxbox.com authors will write their own gaming news or submit  news links relevant to the content contained on this site.  All news submitted to the community will be relevant to the Xbox 360 console, Kinect, Xbox LIVE, Zune and/or Windows Phone 7. Further categories may be introduced in the near future. If you are interested in becoming a writer for thisisxbox.com, please email the address below.

thisisxbox.com also offers ad placements throughout the website in the form of image based ads where clicks will forward you to product pages, or at times filled by Google Ad’s system. Whilst the offer of various ad spots are available on the website, we do not and will not accept money for paid link placements within articles or reviews unless the rel=nofollow rule is applied to the “<a>” html markup.

thisisxbox.com is also a member of the Xbox Community Network (Europe)  - The Xbox Community Network (XCN) is a network of community-run websites, blogs and forums supported by Xbox, and the XCNCentral web site is a website comprised of various web pages and services which are deemed to be of exclusive use to XCN members and operated by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 or its affiliates. We use their service to provide additional content from the XCNCentral site to thisisxbox.com in addition to providing our own news.

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thisisxbox.com was co-designed by Orange.T and Jason Andrews , the site is professionally hosted in the US and maintained & operated by Jason Andrews in the United Kingdom.

thisisxbox.com mascot “Agent TiX” is a design copyright to both Javis Ray (legacy-control.com) and Jason Andrews (thisisxbox.com) and is not for use permitted outside of both websites without express permission. You may not copy or use “Agent Tix” and all enquiries should be addressed to the main email address as advertised above.

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Updated: March 21st 2012 – RE: Ad Placement