Last week, I finally got around to updating my Xbox 360 dashboard. As most of you know, for a select group of users and the gaming press, the update included Facebook, Last.fm, and Twitter functionality. The whole thing just reminded me of how far consoles have come this generation. It used to be that consoles were strictly gaming machines. Later on they became gamine machines and movie players. These days, they're multifaceted devices that let you enjoy games, movies, social networking, the Internet, and so much more.