I miss my 360.

Specifically, I miss shooting people in COD4.

5/13/2008 9:55:00 PM

you could always buy one and take it back in a week or two

5/13/2008 9:55:49 PM

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"Rumoured Xbox Live Spring Update Details Emerge From the mundane to the mega-tonne. by Martin Robinson, IGN UK UK, May 14, 2008 - A supposed feature list purporting to Microsoft's update for Xbox Live has emerged, detailing a host of revisions to the Xbox 360 service that range from the mundane to the potentially awesome. Leaked to Kotaku, some cute additions include the option to download a gamer picture from a gamercard being viewed, and displaying the date that achievements were unlocked when comparing profiles. Of more import – and sure to get tongues wagging – is a feature supporting the calibration of motion sensor devices, adding further weight to the speculation that despite its frequent denials Microsoft is looking to introduce a motion control at some point in the future. We've included the full list for your delectation, so scroll down at leisure and see what peaks your interest. Xbox LIVE updates • Option to delay sign-in to Xbox LIVE upon booting console (to allow user to set Online Status). • Option to promote Child Account from Family Settings. • Disallow Child Accounts (over 18) to override Family Settings by launching Privacy Settings through a title. • Option in Family Settings for Child Accounts to enable child-oriented/non-mature advertisements. • Introduce a group chat (4) for Private Chat and conferences through Video Chat. • Support to indicate media being watched to gamercard status (video content from Marketplace only). • Extend height for Bio field in Personal Profile, easier navigation through text. • More fields present in Personal Profile - recent achievements, interests, games, movies, links, custom section. • Compact Personal Profile for new fields (navigating to field will open it up). • Mandatory option to delete duplicate titles from gamercard (excludes Games for Windows - LIVE). User disconnected from Xbox LIVE when booting any title until action complete. • Option to remove payment information from gamertag. • New payment methods for international users. • Download History on Account Management better organized - games, genre, type, download date, miscellaneous. • Long descriptions of items on Marketplace can be scrolled using right stick. thank god • Better organization of free content on Marketplace. • Option to 'ping' when testing connection. • Allow re-connection to Xbox LIVE if Ethernet cable is re-inserted whilst powered on. • New strip colors available to developers, staff gamercards. • New corner icon available to ambassadors. • Re-introduce Messages button for Inside Xbox updates only. • Option to store up to 10 messages permanently on server (excludes invites, status messages). • Increase character limit for text messages between friends only. • Option to disable invites from non-friends or all players. • Option to disable invites from titles not on gamercard (excludes demos). • Option to have smaller items moved up in Active Downloads. • Automatically re-connect to Xbox LIVE if disconnected unexpectedly (set intervals). • Option to download gamer picture (if available) from a gamercard being viewed. • Display random tips to replace static text on Xbox LIVE and Games blades. • New button on Marketplace for optional dashboard features - uses Storage Device memory. • Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID. • Option to purchase Membership for charities (includes benefits). interesting • Integrate file-sharing for selected titles on Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows - LIVE. • Disable notifications to friends of user repeatedly signing into service (set period). • Option to see 'snippet' of text message in notification. • Windows Live Mail integration - includes support for Xbox LIVE Vision. • Web feeds integration - text, images, audio. Includes support for specific item codes on Marketplace. • Option to display gamer picture or standard picture as display picture in Windows Live Messenger. • Support for headset, Xbox LIVE Vision in Windows Live Messenger. • Support for limited 'winks' that display on dashboard interface. Option to disable 'winks' and 'nudges' added. • Notifications separate from Windows Live Messenger to Xbox 360 notifications. • Disable multiple languages from being used in any Xbox LIVE editable fields. Games • Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title). I like this. I got tired of seeing 50 demo games that I tested showing up on my card for no reason • Organize My Games at the Games Library section better (includes disc-based titles) - sort by genre, platform (Games for Windows - LIVE), percentage completion. • Support to display friends leaderboards for disc-based titles. • Show dates of an achievement unlocked when comparing.simple, but i think it's cool • Preload Games Library upon dashboard bootup for faster access. nice • Game updates now shown as items in Memory, increased amount of updates on Storage Device. • Option to delete game updates, removed 'cheat code' as no longer needed. • Support for more titles to display banner when accessing guide in-game. • Option to re-introduce awarded gamer pictures from titles that do not have their own re-introduce feature (requires saved game). • Disable gamer pictures from being awarded from trials. • Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading. • Synchronization to achievements offline/online that were deleted and then re-added from developers. Media I don't use mine for a ton of media, so I don't really care about these much • Option to hold LT and RT for rewinding/fast-forwarding video content. • Option to delete individual music tracks from storage device. • Option to rip music CD at different quality. • Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices. • Support for menu, top-menu features on video content downloaded from Marketplace. • Section added for audio delivered through feeds (podcasts). Option to stream, download to Storage Device. • Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status. Dashboard/Miscellaneous • Option to navigate quickly out of several menus back to respective blade home (applies to Games, Media, System). • New blade trim styles added. • Introduce expanded Inside Xbox as a portal to news, weather, entertainment, help and community features. • New sounds for various functions (notifications, blades, navigation). • Calibration options for display/sound. • Calibration options for motion sensor devices. • New effects for Xbox LIVE Vision and dashboard background. • Disable changing of Theme when on Memory to prevent 'hanging'. • Preload recent, limited items upon dashboard bootup on Memory. • Faster loading of Themes section on guide. • Option to see what items will not work offline due to DRM license changing from Memory. • Option to automatically associate new DRM to items downloaded for free. • Indicate 'charging' status on guide when Play & Charge kit is connected. • Option to change text colors on guide to better contrast some backgrounds. • Language improvements. • Word censor updated for fields. • Privacy Settings/Family Settings updated for new features. • Voice, picture messages can be read at Xbox.com (Gold accounts)."

5/14/2008 8:42:35 AM

i will welcome this update, as long as it doesn't break my connect360.

5/14/2008 9:07:40 AM

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"Calibration options for display/sound."

this could be very helpful

5/14/2008 10:00:38 AM

Damn it. I just realized that the Penny Arcade game comes out next week.

5/14/2008 3:30:47 PM

<--Is now ready for Too Human.

5/15/2008 1:25:42 PM

^ looks fun. im up for a semi-deep hack and slash with good storytelling. if silicon knights cant deliver, who can?

5/15/2008 2:09:17 PM

Assassin's Creed thread is dead but I just started the game and I'm going to go ahead and put it down. I got by the first assassination and I can't imagine doing this eight more times. Maybe it'll get a little more difficult but I'm going ahead and setting it aside for Bioshock which I've put off too long.

5/15/2008 6:47:34 PM

its worth completing (assassin's creed).
and not a bad spoiler in that i wont tell you what happens, but...
























its the 1st of a trilogy, and it opens a whole can of worms at the end.

5/15/2008 7:37:24 PM

I started Dark Sector last night and I think the game is pretty good. There are some issues with control mechanics at first but you get used to them. Its definitely a worthwhile rental.

5/16/2008 10:38:50 AM

i really enjoyed the single player
but the multiplayer leaves ALOT to be desired.

definately worth a rental, not worth a buy.

5/16/2008 10:47:32 AM

I haven't gotten to the multiplayer yet

5/16/2008 12:04:31 PM

Talk about a quick turnaround. I received notice that my 360 has been received and repaired/replaced already and is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. I had no idea they'd be this quick about it. Perhaps that I included a copy of the receipt as well as photos of what it did when it bit the dust helped expedite things? I hope I get a new one and not just a repaired old one. Either way, it's gonna be shootin' time again, and not a moment too soon. I need my stress relief from the end of the school year chaos.

5/20/2008 12:43:13 PM

i sent mine and got it back within 7 days

5/20/2008 4:08:29 PM

despite all the hate, MS has done an excellent job with turnaround on most boxes ive heard about.

5/20/2008 4:55:41 PM

i stopped getting video from my xbox, tried it on a different tv, tried with different cables, no good

I called m$ he walked me through all the things I had already done and told me it would cost me $100 to get it fixed. I got it a year and a half ago

I'm selling all my stuff and getting a ps, this is bullshit

5/25/2008 8:58:21 PM

My 360 just died, it's not rrod though. Only 2 lights, which apparently indicates overheating.
Doesn't load anything at all when you turn it on, the 2 lights immediately start blinking and the fans are loud as hell. Hopefully this will be covered.

5/25/2008 9:18:00 PM

18004myxbox

5/25/2008 9:26:10 PM

^^ i dunno man, my brothers xbox had 2 rings and he called in and they said it would be $100 to fix. i could be wrong thouhg, he kinda mumbled to me.
but from my understanding its gotta be 3 red rings to be covered under the extended rrod warranty.
... 18004MYXBOX

5/25/2008 10:19:38 PM

I always wondered how the warranty works. I bought mine last July of 07 but the date it was made was in 2006. did the warranty start when I bought it or when it was made?

5/25/2008 10:23:01 PM

i dunno, but the 3 rings is the only one that was extended

5/26/2008 1:42:39 AM

Assassin's Creed is the proof to the theory reviews are bought

5/26/2008 4:14:33 AM

^^^With receipt - when you bought it, without receipt - date manufactured.

5/26/2008 9:00:21 AM

^ awesome. I'm glad I still have my receipt

5/26/2008 4:45:10 PM

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"• Word censor updated for fields."

Motherfuckers

I had the awesome gamertag BetterThanTits, and someone reported it. I went to BetterThenTits, and it was reported the next day. Now I'm using Raep Seed, but I don't really like it so hopefully someone reports it too and I can change it for free.

5/26/2008 4:54:28 PM

I might try to force an rrod, or just say its rrod and send it in, surely they don't actually troubleshoot the boxes they receive.

[Edited on May 26, 2008 at 5:53 PM. Reason : .]

5/26/2008 5:52:42 PM

^ when u submit a ticket online it says they confirm that it is an actual RROD and that they will send it back unfixed if they cannot confirm a problem.

5/26/2008 6:28:47 PM

CreamyGoodnesss is my gamer tag if anyone wants to play some gtaiv or cod4. Just got a gold account

5/27/2008 11:47:03 PM

amazon has some 360 games on the lightning deals page today

5/28/2008 11:20:59 AM

I think this settles the debate on which system is better.....360 or PS3

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"New listings from the ESRB reveals that RBI Baseball may be on deck for an Xbox Live Arcade remake. According to the listing, RBI Baseball is to be published by Six Degrees Games, but the developer makes no mention of the game on its official web site, nor has the game been announced as an XBLA candidate. The original RBI Baseball, for those who aren't familiar with the title, was published for the NES by Tengen and was based on the Famicom baseball sim Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium. Sounds almost perfect for casual online multiplayer baseball fun, no?"

http://kotaku.com/5011171/rbi-baseball-coming-to-live-arcade

5/28/2008 1:49:47 PM

1942 is also being redone

5/29/2008 10:17:22 AM

word on the street is that they're not going to be doing the spring update

5/29/2008 7:27:11 PM

i had to send mine in for repairs, about 24 hours ago it went from waiting for the device, to received and just a little bit ago it went from working on your device to we are shipping your device.

awesome

6/12/2008 4:13:02 AM

where did you hear that?

6/12/2008 1:24:03 PM

this is one thing im glad i bought the Best Buy "protection plan" on...when they switched to the HDMI versions last summer, I just took mine back, said it didnt work, adn got a new one with a renewed plan for $60...good for 3 years

6/12/2008 1:49:15 PM

me? or the spring update?i checked the website

6/12/2008 7:21:57 PM

It just dawned on me that after all this time, I've never attempted to use my MAS arcade joystick in conjunction with my XIM box so that I could play fighting games the way they were meant to be played. Fuck this control pad bullshit.

MAS Systems joystick

+
PI Engineering Y-Mouse Adapter

+
XIM v1.0 360 mouse & keyboard adapter (which also includes the piece of shit XFPS adapter and a standard 360 wired controller)

+
XIM controller interpretation software

=
arcade perfect control with an arcade joystick

It looks like a convoluted mess, but it does work perfectly. I just played a few rounds of Soul Calibur II to test it out. This makes me all kinds of excited for Street Fighter II HD to come out.

Japanese proverb: "There is no price too high to pay for one's personal satisfaction."

6/13/2008 1:22:26 AM

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"word on the street is that they're not going to be doing the spring update"

It was confirmed on the 3 Red Lights podcast on IGN a few weeks ago. I don't remember the exact reason and I'm too lazy right now to go find a link.

6/13/2008 11:28:08 AM

i stopped listening to that one once they only talked about games for 20 minutes out of the one hour it was on

6/13/2008 11:35:31 AM

^It passes the time while I'm at work. Better than listening to the air conditioner (even though I know there are better podcasts).

6/13/2008 2:57:19 PM

http://www.goozex.com/trading/asp/about_supporters.asp

I just started using this service, but I noticed on their "supporters" page, they have a ton of gaming websites with podcasts

I haven't checked any of them out yet, but I'm planning on it.

Right now I subscribe to gamespot and ign podcasts

6/13/2008 3:19:42 PM

how long did it take you guys' boxes to actually arrive? i put in a order for them to send a box like tuesday and the repair site still says it hasn't been processed

i do find it pretty nifty that when you call the 800 number it tells you you already have a order placed and its status

[Edited on June 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM. Reason : ]

6/14/2008 11:40:48 AM

first time i did it a couple years back it was quick. im on my second repair...not quite as fast.

6/14/2008 4:59:22 PM

where is my box

6/17/2008 6:11:24 PM

finally getting mine back on thursday. was like a 2-2.5 week turnaround so still pretty good, but much longer than last time.

6/17/2008 6:14:49 PM

I bought Ikaruga today. Love it.

Bought the Muse track pack for GH3. Not bad.

Bought a stage for Katamari. Good stuff.

6/17/2008 11:28:17 PM

it took my box about 3 days to get to me and about 2.5 weeks to get it back.

6/18/2008 1:10:10 PM

^^did you get the Katamari board where you can roll up the whole solar system? that shit is dope

6/18/2008 2:24:28 PM

3 days there 1 day turnaround 3 days to me

bam back to cappin and stabbin fools

6/18/2008 3:06:35 PM