Apparently in my brief absence I missed quite a bit of rumblings on the HD-DVD and BluRay fronts. The latest word is that MS will in fact be bringing out an external HD-DVD drive for the 360 instead of redoing the design of the consoles. I am not sure how well that will work or what pricing will entail, but one thing is for sure and that is that MS and Sony are definitely going to be battling this format war out in the gaming industry as well.