yeah exactly...i'm not a big tennis fan but the game is fun...havent even seen how how sharipova is haha...fun game though...havent tried the tomb raider yet but played the demo and its good...same with Blazing Angels

4/23/2006 7:06:42 PM

if you guys have XBox Live and have a hard drive, a game you need to download is the demo to Marble Blast or Marble whatever...its basically a hi-def Marble Madness 3D for the 360...frickin sweet

4/27/2006 10:57:17 AM

just got Oblivion.

WHOA.

just stole the diary back from Methynol, about to rejoin the mages guild after getting kicked out for stealing

[Edited on April 30, 2006 at 5:16 PM. Reason : l]

4/30/2006 5:10:16 PM

anyone have nhl 2k6? i really wanna play it now that its the playoffs...

4/30/2006 11:21:15 PM

theres a free game for download (free demo, buy full version) called Outpost Kaloki...a space station tycoon game...pretty cool

also i have MLB 2K6 on the way

5/9/2006 4:06:50 PM

nhl 2k6 is great. loads of fun. i always hated the 2k version of hockey but this is the funnest yet by far and still much more realistic than ea ever wa.

5/13/2006 3:10:57 AM

^you have the 360 version? i heard theres lots of problems with it freezing...

5/13/2006 11:01:29 AM

online it is but not offline

5/14/2006 1:57:26 AM

FPS's should be on PC, not consoles. Or they should have something else than a controller, like a key pad and mouse extension.

5/14/2006 11:01:13 AM

so are you saying halo sux?

5/14/2006 11:02:42 AM

^^lol why?

[Edited on May 14, 2006 at 1:26 PM. Reason : dirty disc error]

5/14/2006 1:26:17 PM

MLB 2K6 is fucking awesome...and I'm not a huge fan of baseball games...very very in depth...great game

5/15/2006 12:03:17 PM

awesome xbox live update according to ign. fixes all the annoying shit, i cant wait.

5/26/2006 4:01:13 PM

when? for a particular game or the system?

i heard something about a new version of teh xbox360 system software thats supposed to allow multiple simultaneous downloads, background downloads, etc...is that what you're talking about?

5/26/2006 4:06:36 PM

yeah thats what im talking about. my main thing was playing while downloading. the queued and auto shutoff while playing multiplayer is just an added bonus. the system startup straight to the console is nice too, gets annoying having to exit out of ur game each time.

5/26/2006 4:13:26 PM

aha http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/710/710202p1.html

Quote :

"Spring Cleaning for Xbox 360 Microsoft updates Xbox Live in a dozen handy ways. First details and images. by Douglass C. Perry May 25, 2006 - Ever since the November 22, 2005 Xbox 360 launch, gamers have been exposed to Microsoft's slick, bladed interface, Xbox Live Arcade, Marketplace, and the actual gameplay functionality of Xbox Live itself. The top-down subscription network will see a big update next week when Microsoft deploys a huge new upgrade, enhancing dozens of sections to the interface to make it easier to use, faster, and more functional. As part of Microsoft's plans to constantly grow and improve Xbox Live and the thriving economy it's created, the company will update the system twice a year, in spring and fall. Next week's deployment (Microsoft wouldn't pinpoint an exact day) will be its first big spring cleaning, which will affect three major areas of the system, Xbox Live Marketplace, Media, and general usability. In other words, based on user feedback, criticism, and input, Microsoft's 70-person development team fixed a bunch of things and made user functionality smarter and faster. The automatic update will take place when you connect to Xbox Live and takes approximately one minute to download. Cue up six downloads simultaneously while playing games. In the Marketplace, gamers will now find new categories for downloads. So, if you want to differentiate a movie from a game download, it's now easier. Download sections are clearer: you'll find games, media and entertainment, demos and game videos, and themes and game pictures categories, as opposed to one section for downloads and then a confused search thereafter. Also under the marketplace menu, you'll also find a new menu link called Active Downloads. Guess what that means? You'll be able to queue up to six different, be they movies, game demos, or themes. The download feature is niftier than that. You can have six downloads queued up and play a full retail or Xbox Live Arcade game simultaneously without interruptions or slowdown, according to Microsoft. You also can prioritize the order in which you download the items mid-stream, if you want to. Finally, if you want to play a multiplayer game, the downloads will automatically stop and pick up when you finish playing online. Nifty. Find stuff easier. New functionality has been added to movie and game trailers, too. Once you've downloaded a flick, you can get to the actual movie one step quicker, since Microsoft eliminated a menu in the process. You can now go straight to watch the movie and control it with fast forward, review, pause, stop, and play options with the 360 or the universal remote controller. We watched the Halo 3 trailer being downloaded, played, fast-forwarded, etc. Microsoft also added bookmarking functionality to movie playback -- though that functionality is always on, requiring players to manually turn it off. Xbox Live Arcade games will be better organized. When you go to download a game, a new header, Newly Released Downloads, enables you to see the most recently released available games. You can also search by choosing an "All" category, or by selecting Arcade Game by Genre (which is more familiar). Once a game is downloaded, you can go directly to the game to play, as Microsoft has again eliminated a step to get you to play that game faster. That's important because previously, the game was often a little hard to find once it had been downloaded. Stop! Let's see it again! Changes to the Media section might send little shivers of relief up your spine. Music is now seamlessly integrated into your dashboard to such a degree that you can now play the music of your choice while playing a game without fiddling around. Microsoft demoed the functionality to us by using a CD with the song "Big Pimpin'" and playing Geometry Wars Evolved simultaneously. HAWT. Basically, your choice of music overrides the in-game music. You can also choose to have your music override movie or game trailer music, too. The new update has many built-in uses for the upcoming USB Camera, due to ship this September. The first game to use the camera is the Xbox Live arcade game UNO, but Ubisoft's Rainbow Six: Vegas enables players to map their face onto an in-game character (like Neversoft first did with Tony Hawk's Underground). World Series Poker also uses the camera and several additional Xbox Live Arcade games will use the camera. Microsoft stressed other notable games will make use of the camera, though it wouldn't reveal which ones. We'll just settle on speculating that perhaps Gears of War, Mass Effect, Too Human, Forza 2, and maybe even Viva Pinata will possibly use it. Finally, and most importantly, Microsoft fixed the start-up functionality. Now, if you have left a disc in the system and boot it up, there's an option to go straight to the main dashboard, as opposed to automatically (and frustratingly) launching the inserted game. You won't have to stop the game, and then switch to the dashboard. Next week's spring update is filled with dozens more additions, such as the ability to see the battery charge level while playing a backward compatible game on the Guide blade, easier to find themes, and more."

sweet

hopefully they'll add support for even more regular XBox games too

5/26/2006 4:16:25 PM

that last thing is such a biggy. my wireless adapter cuts out all the time and when i get it to reconnect it auto starts the game in the tray....soooo gay.

5/26/2006 4:25:37 PM

pics of the new hd-dvd drive add-on for the 360

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/articles/709/709917/imgs_1.html

5/26/2006 4:40:24 PM

Quote :

"NHL 2K6 - 7.1"

that is the worst game ive ever played, looks like playstation graphics, gameplay is bad, and it is impossible to play defense

[Edited on May 26, 2006 at 5:50 PM. Reason : ]

5/26/2006 5:49:35 PM

which is which, i cant tell!

[Edited on May 26, 2006 at 6:46 PM. Reason : ps i like the external drive, cuz i probably wont buy it and i didnt want to pay more for it ala ps3]

5/26/2006 6:45:18 PM

^haha, oh man, the days of the jagged lines, good times

5/26/2006 7:02:41 PM

the graphics do look pretty shitty for 360 though

5/26/2006 7:17:53 PM

seriously, that game is so fun. i just picked it up used and its so fun once you edit a few things in the options and the presentation...speaking of which, if anyone can find updated rosters from the end of the season, thatd be sweet. i can download off the net so...

5/26/2006 8:26:33 PM

its one of those games thats only fun because it sucks so bad

5/26/2006 9:23:01 PM

burnout revenge is 30 at circuit city this week

Also Tiger is 30, but i heard the 360 version kinda sucked, demo is allright tho

5/28/2006 11:31:19 PM

NHL 2k6 is awesome

graphics are not 360 caliber but i dont give a fuck

the GAMEPLAY IS and that is the most important

some people don't the like the gameplay because its not meant for a 10 year old to just pick and start scoring goals

you actually have to train to get good at it

[Edited on May 29, 2006 at 12:32 PM. Reason : unless you are playing it on one of the pussy difficulty settings]

[Edited on May 29, 2006 at 12:33 PM. Reason : .]

5/29/2006 12:32:20 PM

yes I love this game but it has connection issues on XBOX Live (for me anyway). not a problem with any other game but this, i occaisionally get disconnected, my record is like 25-42 but it should be 25-30 b/c of fucking disconnect losses.

5/29/2006 1:11:23 PM

i was thinking about getting tiger woods 2006, on sale for $27 this week at CC but after reading only 6 courses, i think ill pass

5/29/2006 1:22:51 PM

tiger is worth it though

5/29/2006 4:14:44 PM

is tiger worth it? I loved 2005...I still play it, but 6 courses?

5/29/2006 4:19:30 PM

I need a new 360 game to get, not sure what.

maybe graw

5/29/2006 4:38:24 PM

yall should go to the xbox live marketplace and get the xbox 360 trailer thats like 200 megs...clips from a couple dozen games

one that looks off the chain is Saints Row...basically looks like GTA with better graphics...drops in a couple months...I'm gonna definitely cop it

also Fable 2 looks really nice from the previews

and in regards to Tiger Woods, yeah its not the best Tiger game ever and I wish there were more than 6 courses...but theres still plenty of fun to be had with multiplayer and OnLine play...plus its still the best golf title on the 360...graphics are really nice

5/29/2006 4:45:51 PM

you could just check out various ones on g4 e3 reruns or online. theres plenty of awesomeness on its way no doubt.

5/29/2006 4:55:22 PM

i been looking to saints row now since i picked up the 360

Also Forza 2 at christmas

5/29/2006 5:34:37 PM

Quote :

"plus its still the best only golf title on the 360"

but for $25...maybe

[Edited on May 29, 2006 at 6:25 PM. Reason : yea]

5/29/2006 6:24:39 PM

^i think you can D/L a demo in the marketplace for tiger

5/29/2006 7:44:04 PM

i just bought table tennis

5/29/2006 8:24:32 PM

im tempted since a lot of ppl seem to be on board

5/29/2006 9:27:22 PM

I just got Tiger today. OMG I regret it. If anyone wants it I'll sell it for $20.

5/29/2006 10:52:38 PM

$10

a golf game without Pinehurst #2 is blasphemy and i will not support it!

5/29/2006 10:54:38 PM

$15

5/29/2006 10:56:00 PM

I had gamefly when i had a PS2 and xbox

but since i got the 360, seems like an even better investment, got PDZ, Condemmed, and Hitman is on its way

5/29/2006 10:56:01 PM

shit, the best investment I made was signing up for Blockbuster online, now its $17/mth and I still get two free instore game rentals a month. plus all my movies by mail

never really liked gamefly

also, the Tiger demo seemed very sluggish. probably cause it was from the HD and not optimized but I just wasn't impressed. I'll let EA get their shit together for 07 first

[Edited on May 29, 2006 at 11:09 PM. Reason : .]

5/29/2006 11:08:12 PM

^same here...blockbuster is the winz

5/29/2006 11:09:27 PM

they asked me if i wanted to switch to 4 movie rentals per month when they did their convesion. i was like HELL NO thats what i have the online thing for in the first place

5/29/2006 11:10:51 PM

Quote :

"also, the Tiger demo seemed very sluggish. probably cause it was from the HD and not optimized but I just wasn't impressed. "

no. It's just as bad, if not worse, off the disc.

Quote :

"I'll let EA get their shit together for 07 first"

That is the best advice for ANY EA Sports game on ANY platform. Always, always always wait until the 2nd gen comes out. The first gen is just to get something out because they know people will buy it because it's EA Sports and there is no competition. I have swore many times that I would never again buy a first offering from EA Sports, but do I ever listen to myself...?

5/29/2006 11:13:53 PM

^exactly, I bought the madden offering, and while it was fun I'm sure 07 will blow it away (no franchise mode? wtf?)

5/29/2006 11:18:58 PM

what madden had no franchise mode? cause madden 360 had it

5/30/2006 11:18:24 AM

my bad, i meant the damn owner mode. anyway, my game got corrupted so i said fuckit.

5/30/2006 8:09:29 PM

^^ barebones as hell

but ncaa/madden this year are gon be redunkulous

5/30/2006 11:33:08 PM