FACE, MVPC, 11-X—the Original Xbox had Some Ridiculous ...

By Owen Good We're all familiar with the etymology behind "Xbox"—it's a truncation of "DirectX Box." But, as one of the console's creators told Edge, Microsoft lawyers at first weren't too sure of "Xbox" for some reason, and the alternatives favored by the suits ... http://kotaku.com/face-mvpc-11-x-the-original-xbox-had-some-ridiculous-685598641