The official I Love Games XBOX 360 and XBOX LIVE thread!

(though i did have to stop playing for a while when one of the characters shouted "THIS IS BULLSHIT" and all i could think of from that point was the bit in peep show where superhans gets locked in the toilet)

Don't get the one that costs 199. The hard drive is too small.

Definitely get Xbox live gold for a year if you think you'll play online (great for fps's), definitely get a recharging station for your rechargeable batteries, and definitely upgrade to the retail headset over the cheap one that comes with the system.

Definitely don't get the HDMI cable unless you decide you can't live without it.

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The official I Love Games XBOX 360 and XBOX LIVE thread!

That was like a week ago though, who knows if any of it is still relevant.

doh :(

huge threads == not good for scanning

NXE has been totally broke for me tonight. Two total system lockups, which needed reboots to fix. Regular error messages from Live. And it wouldn't let me download any of the demos I've missed in the last couple of weeks: kept tellng me they just weren't available, despite having them at the front of its "hot new demos" area. So far, it's a ack of shit!

I mean sack. Oh, I do quite like the avatars though. Mine has come out looking quite a lot like me (10 years ago).

Forcing me to buy Gold Membership in addition to my preexisting Netflix account is such bullshit. I've basically gotta pay a monthly fee to watch on my television what I can already watch on my computer!

Dude just get a cable and connect your computer to your TV like any other godfearing American.

Forcing me to buy Gold Membership in addition to my preexisting Netflix account is such bullshit.

Yeah, why should you pay to stream video through the XBox Live service if you're not a subscriber? What a bunch of dicks!

^^^ just saw Mean Girls :D

(via XFlix)

as a pre intel chipset mac dude, i am ecstatic to pay for $4 a month to finally have access to instant viewing from netflix.

i will list my gold gamertag here in a few minutes and we can all be pals.

Hrm. How do I redeem a code on the new Live?

Nevermind.

My gamertag is Fairlie Arrow

(fwiw; I haven't played any online games yet)

oh man these avatars are sub-mii for sure, although the options seem STRANGELY FAMILIAR

my gamertag is nnnnnggggghhhhh, arrived at as a result of endless failures and terrible suggestions. it evokes how i felt about trying to make something up at the time.

I am sonderangerbot, shocka I know

I'd like to play some online but it's been so long since I played GTA4 and I'm afraid everyone has outgrown me by now

The new experience is nice enough. It's really just a wrapper for the same old shit.

A hugely needed one, though. I think the days of confounding Microsoft front-ends are slowly drawing to a close.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/fairlie%20arrow/avatar-body.png

lol I didn't know you could do that

Bought Pure on clearance at target today for $30. this is a really great game.

oh yeah also really surprised at how well the streaming netflix works.

Anyone wanna play GTA IV multiplayer with me? I'm having a hard time finding an online game to jump into.

Here's my dumb avatar:

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/polyphonique/avatar-body.png

I've added you newbs. Do I have you on my list Mordy? I'd be up for some GTA, haven't played for months.

Mine:

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jimdoo/avatar-body.png

Slightly embarrassed by how idealised it looks, really. I'd like to make it a bit more realistically chubby and stubbly and 32, but it doesn't really give you the option.

Also, with I could have that jumper without that gold chain. But hey.

Jim, my SN is Shinefield

Ah cool, got you then. I'll try to get on for a game or two tonight.

Why is it that 80% of Live users have this really annoying, nasally, 13 year old voice?

Because 80% of Live users are really annoying, nasally 13 year old boys.

anyone else picking up left4dead on 360?

I'm gonna, yep.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/snarly%20yow/avatar-body.png

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/snarly%20yow/avatar-body.png

pants not actually that tight ^

shit, Pure is already on clearance at Target? Well, at least maybe it'll sell at that price. My two fav games of the year, Pure and Civ:Rev, are both on clearance at Target now (bought Civ:Rev for my bro for $30 last week).

I bought Kingdom of Keflings last night and am loving it; it's basically Warcraft without war, which sounds awesome to me! If you love micromanagement of resources and construction, you'll love this---it's blissful OCDing, esp. for someone whose cash job isn't micromanagement of resources and construction.

Bought L4D last night and had a lot of fun playing it with my neighbor. Good times!
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Forksclovetofu/avatar-body.png
Not so very far off; a lot closer than my mii!

hey nerds, I think I just added like every name on this thread ^___^ so if you get a request from "tehdead" it isn't some hippie grateful dead fan, it is some boring indie fan!

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/je%20suis%20france/avatar-body.png

This is what I looked like in 1996. They should add a slider to customize beard length.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Bevens/avatar-body.png

Looks nothing like me but the mustache is tight.

yeah I love observing how people choose their avatars: to look like them or not? I want a character that *I* like to look at it, so I almost always play games as a woman. I tend to separate how my character looks from how they act, though; I guess I do that irl too. But I can see wanting to present yourself through your avatar; from what people are saying here, that sounds like the predominant way of choosing.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/powerstrikelol/avatar-body.png

Looks like me and Will Forte.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/nnnnnggggghhhhh/avatar-body.png

was somewhat sobered by the fact that the "tired wrinkles" really were a make it/break it option for this to look like me ;_;

I tried to make mine look like me, still not sure what they're good for though, might modify if I have to look at that scrawny butt all the time
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/sonderangerbot/avatar-body.png

bleach your hair orange and you'll look like Conan O'Brien