Microsoft Prattle

[treble]

Yeah, it won't let me do that with the flash drive I'm using. Searching around, it doesn't seem possible, but I was wondering if there was a workaround I didn't know of.

 

[KingPK]

The Summer of Arcade has begun with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD. I'm going to play the demo first because it seems kind of barebones with only 7 levels and none of the improvements to the combo system from the later games. The online modes look pretty cool though. I still remember printing out the entire gap list for THPS 2 and knocking almost all of them out.

 

[KingPK]

Man, I forgot how shitty your skater is before you buy all his stats. I keep playing this like it's Skate and am failing miserably. Need to get my Hawk legs back.

 

[Thoth]

My first THPS was 3. I have been trying to manual out of the quarter pipe tricks and it doesn't work, because I used to revert right before the manual, but something in my memories is just haywire.

I know about the upcoming DLC with reverts.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I haven't bought any since the one before Ride. It was really disappointing and I heard Ride was really bad so I didn't even bother with it. American Wasteland was my favourite of the games. I need to try Skate since I hear it was really good as an alternative to the TH games.

 

[fazzle]

I'm disappointed by the lack of achievements for IE on the 360. Seriously, that could be some amazingly hilarious shit.

 

[Broward83]

How's the new dashboard Fazzle?

 

[fazzle]

p much the exact same as the old one.

 

[Sabre]

It has IE and thats pretty much it.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

That's not fair, I don't have IE.

 

[Sabre]

And i believe you need Gold to use it.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Which I approve of. Freeloading sycophants shouldn't get handouts (and it helps justify my membership).

 

[Sabre]

Ill be honest, will anyone REALLY use IE on their Xbox when smartphones etc are just so much easier for quick browsing.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I just assumed it was for people wanting to look at the internet (aka dirty pictures) on big HDTVs. MS seems very good at making their apps truly full screen (like the youtube app, which is amazing and WAAAAY better than just using the Wii or PS3's ugly internet browser and slowly loading youtube videos that just crash anyway).

 

[Sabre]

Paying for Gold to stream xhamster.com is against everything streaming sites stand for .

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Oh hey I could use crunchyroll on my 360 that way! The PS3 app suddenly crashed on me last night when I was trying to watch something.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Ill be honest, will anyone REALLY use IE on their Xbox when smartphones etc are just so much easier for quick browsing.

Why would anyone use IE?

 

[fazzle]

After getting the Burnt to a Crisp achievement on Trials Evo I suddenly feel like a fucking god.

I'm sure this will quickly go away the next time I attempt to complete Inferno 3, but that achievement is so goddamned satisfying. Probably sat there hitting the back button for 2 hours straight before finally getting it.

 

[KingPK]

For some reason my controller keeps losing sync. It's not the battery because I used two different packs and got the same thing. Fortunately I have another slightly dinged up pad to use until I get around to ordering a new one. I have no idea what's causing the problem.

 

[fazzle]

All of my controllers used to do that too, then I got a wired controller and it's no longer an issue. The cord on that thing is huge anyway, plus it's cheaper and it's alot easier to use on the PC.

I don't see ever going back to a wireless 360 controller.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I prefer a wired controller too. I have a wired controller that you can plug in and out from the controllers so it works really well. If for whatever reason I want to go wireless I can just pull the cord off for however long I want no problem.

 

[Jaxxxson Mayhem]

IE doesn't have flash on it so no streaming of xhamster :sadface:

 

[Sabre]

Xvideos doesn't need flash

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I hate that the ring on the wireless controllers starts flashing erratically when the batteries still have two bars of power left. It annoys me to the point of wanting to waste good batteries just so I don't need to watch it do that.

 

[Smues]

Same here. Microsoft are crafty bastards.

 

[bps21]

I use the battery pack thing and always leave the charger plugged in to the console like its wired.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I get a beta test e-mail today. Hooray? Their e-mail seemed to imply every person on Earth got one due to "increased demand". Anyway:

Do NOT:

· Blog about the Preview Materials.

· Post pictures, screenshots, or video clips of the Preview Materials.

· Discuss the Preview Materials, in discussion forums, emails, or podcasts.

· Talk with the media or press about the Preview Materials. This includes bloggers, newspaper reporters, and television reporters.

So, sorry TSM.

 

[sbofn]

I declined the beta so I can talk about it all I want!

 

[bps21]

I've been in a lot of the dashboard betas and I always pretty much tell everything. Mostly that it slows down my system and one of them made me do fucking long updates every 3 days.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

If this beta somehow makes me lose access to Netflix Latin America I'll be mad. I watched Aladdin and Tron today!