Microsoft Prattle

[AnonymousBroccoli]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Noticed this offer on my Dashboard just now. Buy 12 months of XBL Gold at 20% off ($47.99), and get your choice of one of four disc games for free. The pictured games are:

Fable III
Halo: Reach
Kinect Sports
Kinectimals

Fine print says the game is shipped to you, and it may take 8-10 weeks to receive the game.

As always, I believe these Dashboard offers are not necessarily offered to everyone. I'm a Silver/Free member, and have been for a fair while now.

 

[KingPK]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

I read that next week Pac-Man CE: DX is on sale for 400 points. You now have no excuse not to get this.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

As you may notice from the signature images, MyGamerCard.net has been taken offline.

http://mygamercard.net/

 

[Master Thrasher]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

As you may notice from the signature images, MyGamerCard.net has been taken offline.

http://mygamercard.net/

This upsets me greatly because I like seeing my achievement comparison compared to their other users. Also, it gave me good ideas to play certain games again.

 

[KingPK]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Check out Raptr.com. It tracks 360, PS3 and Steam achievements.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Raptr is decent when it's working properly, though there's a handful of things they could do a lot better.

Also, that MGC post makes me wonder if they're one of those screen scraper sites.

 

[bps21]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Lots of stuff on sale at the moment.

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is 5 bucks so everyone should buy that.
Toy Soldiers is 5 dollars off and now 10 dollars
Turtles In Time Re-Shelled is 5 dollars instead of 10
Star Trek D-A-C is 5 dollars instead of 10
TMNT 1989 Arcade is 2.50 instead of 5
Prince Of Persia Classic is 5 dollars instead of 10

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

12-month XBL Gold cards are $40 at Amazon.com, and Buy.com. Buy also has a pack with 400MSP, a headset and chatpad for $63 or so.

 

[bps21]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Also beyond good and evil is out for 10 bucks anf its still fucking great 7 years later

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Do you know if those prices are good on PSN? I'd love to get TMNT and Pac Man DX.

 

[bps21]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

I'm not sure...but I think the pac man deal is a result of a community vote through the dashboard last month. Most of the others are some proomtion celebrating movies that I don't know where it came from

 

[Conspiracy_Victim]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Also beyond good and evil is out for 10 bucks anf its still fucking great 7 years later

Yeah I just downloaded it last night. Unfortunately I have a ton of stuff to work through and Dragon Age coming up next week so it'll have to sit on the backburner for a bit. It was a blast back in the day, but I didn't get a chance to beat it before my Box crapped out, so I'm interested to see how it turns out.

 

[Broward83]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

It was all the dream of a fictitious young girl that lived within the snow globe of an autistic boy who himself, was dreaming it all up.

 

[Mik]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Yeah - Alan Wake. It's ok, repetitive as shit. But still kinda fun. I'm only half way through... probably not gonna finish it by Dragon Age, so to the backburner it shall go.

But, the strangest thing... I get a headache every time I play it.

 

[ChrisMWaters]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Anyone know if Knights Contract is any good or not. I'm curious about it, seems like an interesting concept at the very least.

 

[AndrewTS]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Also beyond good and evil is out for 10 bucks anf its still fucking great 7 years later

I played it 2 years ago and it was great then, so I have no doubts it still is. Bought it but haven't played it again, yet.

Anyone know if Knights Contract is any good or not. I'm curious about it, seems like an interesting concept at the very least.

It should be at least competent. It's from the makers of Folklore and Genji, but they also did make Clash of the Titans, IMO one of the worst games of last year--granted, that was a cheap licensed cash-in as well.

 

[bps21]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Apparently the Kinect sold a lot.

Like...a lot:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/09/microsoft-kinect-fastest-selling-consumer-electronics_n_833706.html

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Does that number (which I didn't read) include the fact that anyone purchasing a new Xbox owns a Kinect?

 

[Smues]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

What do you mean? They still sell Xboxs that don't come with Kinects.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

But would you not be a fool to buy that? It's like people that bought core editions during the first wave - why?

 

[Broward83]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Eh, I don't buy too much into the sales of Kinect. I mean, it gets counted for buying a 4 or 250gb system along with the base accessory. Also, Microsoft tended to inflate numbers earlier as the total number purchased by people in homes didn't match what Microsoft was saying as they lumped in those numbers plus "shipped" units of Kinect to places like Gamestop, Best Buy and other retailers.

 

[bps21]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

But buying those systems costs more so you are paying for it. Also it was Sony that was masking the Move with "shipped" in their releases while Microsoft was counting the units actually moved off the shelves when they came out. Since this is about the first 60 days...it adds up.

 

[AndrewTS]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Apparently the Kinect sold a lot.

Like...a lot:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/09/microsoft-kinect-fastest-selling-consumer-electronics_n_833706.html

It still sucks. Like...a lot.

 

[Broward83]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Good shit on getting over 15k XP during Texas Heat BPS.

 

[bps21]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

I had the best run of cards ever that second game. I had either a flush, straight or full house 5 hands in a row.

 

[Broward83]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Is it just me, or does the CPU seem to make a rather large amount of hands on the river? Like, more than is normal in everyday poker..

 

[bps21]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Just before you typed that the stupid bitch Claire pulled a straight out of her ass on the river to wipe me out

 

[Broward83]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

I've been blown up on the river too many times to count on this game so far..like, the CPU will pull a straight or full house out of their ass and take down a huge pot...or, they just bet like fools with like, 8 high or a pair of twos they made on the flop..

 

[Broward83]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

Fuck Claire. Old bitch can go suck a fucking dick...

 

[bps21]

Microsoft - XBOX360, etc.

The Gold Medal achievement isn't working as it's not ranking players and the only people who have unlocked it did so on a beta run. I hope that gets fixed...it's the last one I need.

Also time running out that last game before the last guy flipped his cards totally landed me in first place at the table even though I would have dropped to second if the hand had finished. I managed to finish in first place at the triple diamond table 3 of the 4 games, and in 3rd the other.