It’s the room with a boxed-in view

The view from the Diary’s palatial office takes in many things, including, it would seem, one of the conference rooms for Microsoft’s website division, MSN.

In turn, Microsoft has presumably twigged that the room is in full view of the Diary. Why else would Gates’ minions have recently taken to playing with the yet-to-be-released Xbox, and conspicuously assembling its display stands in that particular room, unless it is an attempt to get some excited and flattering coverage in the pages of Marketing Week.

Ah well, anything to oblige. Here, then, is the Diary’s sneak photograph of the games console in action. Note the beautifully rendered graphics, the painstakingly thought-out gameplay…