A Room With A View

So after a bit of an embarrassing start, Microsoft's new Game Room is finally open for business on Xbox LIVE and Windows LIVE. If you haven't heard of the game room yet then allow me to explain. The game room is a virtual arcade, Which allows you to add and play old Atari, Intellivision and Konami arcade games. Games will set you back 240 MS Points, or 400 points will allow you to play the game on both xbox and pc. Cool features of the game room are the ability to add theme's and decorations to your arcade, the ability to have a shot at a game you don't own for in game currency (coins) which can be obtained when a friend visits your arcade and plays games. Yes, Friends are a big deal here, You can visit friend's arcades and play the games they own (at a price) and they can visit yours, Plus if there are any games you both own, Then you can send out challenges to friends. Overall it's a nice little package that seems like it will be entertaining, but the constant drain on MS Points will probably mean this is something i wont use all that often.