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Graeme “Acey Bongos” Boyd was in town for some Community Meetings. We thought he had a pretty cool accent, so we invited him onto the podcast. We think he did a decent job for his very first time on a podcast - what do you think?
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This week Tony, Nelson, Sara, Chris, and Graeme talk about:
Intro/Outro Music - Phylum Sinter
Question of the Week - What game best represents “the other guy’s” culture?
Upcoming Games
Community Interviews - Itagaki-San
Who is this Acey Bongos guy?
XCN - What is it?
Listener Comment - Jake - The podcast market is flooded.
Listener Question - Shamrock - Rewards program for achievement points?
360Voice Gamerscore Challenges, Podcast Awards
Listener Comment - Quezcotl - Last week was a horrible show.
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This one’s mostly about the NPD Numbers. We brought in an expert who deals with them all day to help us answer the questions you wanted to ask.
I think it worked well, and maybe we’ll do more interviews in the future!
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This week John, Tony, Nelson, Chris and special guest Mike Sabine talk about:
Intro/Outro Music - Phylum Sinter
Question of the Week - What do you like best about Rock Band?
Upcoming Games
NPD Numbers - Everything you wanted to know, and more
Shout out to all the folks who asked questions in our blog post - DevsterC, CooperHawkes, Backscatter, Dan Clarke, Pseudotsuga, Zentex, Rothbart
Dashboard Update
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The Xbox 360 console team has a bunch of details on what’s coming in the Update next week, details on the video support we’re adding, and there’s also a complete list of features on Xbox.com.
I’m also told that while the European and Canadian Video Stores announced at E3 didn’t launch with the Fall Update, everyone remains committed to launching the service this year, and more information will be released soon.
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The team that worked on the latest dashboard update has posted some details on the upcoming video enhancements that will arrive next week. If you are into video, this post is well worth the read.
This post has a much more detailed list of the changes in the update, which is the same list you’ll find on Xbox.com
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In addition to the list of new dashboard features that were announced today, there are a few more that were not included in the press release that I think may be of interest to some longtime blog readers. After the update, there will be two new choices in the account management section of the dashboard: The ability to change the Windows LIVE ID associated with and Xbox LIVE account.The description pretty much says it all, but choosing this option changes the Windows Live ID associated with your Xbox LIVE account. It will also transfer all your Microsoft points to the new Windows Live ID as well. Here are some screen shots that show what this looks like in the dash.
Promote your Xbox LIVE child account to an adult account.If you were not yet 18 when you signed up for Xbox LIVE, your account was designated a child account. Child accounts are [...]
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Xbox.com has posted an article that outlines features that you can expect in the Dashboard update which will hit next week. As was reported last week, this free update will be available on December 4th.
Here are some of the highlight from the article:
Xbox Originals – With this new service, announced on Nov. 13, consumers can download-to-own full original Xbox games that were previously only available at retail. The digital shelves will always be stocked with classic titles, such as “Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex” “Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge,” “Halo,” “Fable,” “Fuzion Frenzy,” “Psychonauts,” and more as the catalogue grows over time, at 1200 Microsoft Points per game.
Xbox LIVE Arcade Hits – On Xbox LIVE Arcade, the Arcade Hits program kicks off where some of the best selling Xbox LIVE Arcade games will become available at permanently reduced prices, making it easier than ever for everyone to build [...]
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Go ahead and say I’m biased, but Xbox LIVE is the best online service for a console, period. They say the proof is in the pudding, so enjoy a giant bowl of delicious Xbox LIVE pudding as we talk about some of the new features in the Fall Update.
While we have already talked about the new Parental Timer, Games on Demand, and the Friends of Friends features, the lovely and talented Nelson Rodriguez has put together a video featuring the lovely and talented Tony and Chris to talk about some of the new features. The video shows the beta version, so expect some visual changes for the actual launch.
For those of you that prefer “reading”, here are some of the details:
Xbox LIVE Arcade Hits - There will be permanent discounts on some of the best-selling Arcade titles. The first games to become Arcade Hits will be “Bankshot Billiards 2” and [...]
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A new round of backwards compatible titles has just come out, and the list is pretty impressive. After adding the current group of 84 titles, the total list is now at well over 400 total Xbox games that will now work on your Xbox 360. Time to dig through those old boxes in your garage or start hitting the used bins.
Here’s a partial list of the games that are now playable on your 360, and the regions they work in:
Title
Supported Region(s)
Armed and Dangerous
North America, Europe
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance
North America
Blinx: The Timesweeper
North America, Europe
Blitz The League
North America
Breakdown
North America, Europe
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
North America, Europe
Colin Mcrae Rally 2005
North America, Europe
Dungeons & Dragons Heroes
North America, Europe
Fight Night: Round 3
North America, Europe
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
North America, Europe
Freedom Fighters
North America
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee
North America, Europe
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max’d
North America, Europe
Indiana Jones And The Emperors Tomb
North America, Europe
MLB Slugfest Loaded
North America
Nascar Thunder 2003
North [...]
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I just got a press release that outlines a cool new feature in the upcoming Fall dashboard update that is due out on December 4th. The new feature allows you to see who is on someone’s friends list. This is particularly useful for looking up old friends, or for doing clan management. And even though the service isn’t live yet, you can manage your privacy settings before the update at www.xbox.com/fof.
For all of the details, check out the full media alert.
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Kingdom Under Fire: Cirlce of Doom has gone gold today! In preparation for the game’s launch on January 8th, the KUF team has put up game assets at www.xbox.com/kufcod, as well as news, game info, and more at www.kufcod.com.
You can read the full media alert here.
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The Mass is in Effect y’all!
I’ve really been dying to say that…
Mass Effect is (officially) on sale today at a fine retailer near you or on the interwebs. If you haven’t bought it yet, get to it and then call in sick for the next couple of days. Just think, you could have a full six days of gaming glory with only the obligitory break for a turkey-induced nap. If you’re still on the fence on whether or not to buy Mass Effect here is some food for thought: it has currently received 4 perfect scores out of 17 reviews on Gamerankings.com and over half of the reviews are 95% or above. And if that wasn’t enough, you also have my personal endorsement that this game rules.
You can read the full press release here.
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This week, John and Tony are away, so Nelson and I have free reign MUHAHAHA!
We did a little different recording, this was a straight shot, no editing, talk for 30-35 minutes and then stop. Let us know how you like it as it was INCREDIBLY easy on me to edit it - just add music. An unfortunate side-effect is that there are no outros this week.
Also, with the new Zune Client currently unable to edit metadata tags *ahem*, I had to do it elsewhere, I apologize if our tags are now screwed up - let us know if anyone has issues.
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Question of the Week - What game got you onto LIVE [...]
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Starting tomorrow, November 15th, PGR 4 will get a free title update that includes four new tournament modes: Daily Tournaments, Super Saturday, Simulation Sundays, and the Global Cup.
Here are the details from the media alert:
How to Qualify:• The Tournament Leaderboards include a timer counting down how much time is left to qualify.• To qualify for a Tournament, race as fast as you can on a Solo Hot Lap to set the best lap time.• Once you finish racing, you can check the Tournament Leaderboards to see if you’ve qualified.• Those who qualified will have a spot reserved for them. • No shows for the Tournament Elimination rounds will be disqualified.
Racing in Daily Tournaments• Available Monday through Friday• Each Daily Tournament begins and ends in a single day.• A total of 640 players (five groups of 128) can qualify for each Daily Tournament.• Only the Top Two finishers advance in each elimination round.
Racing in Super Saturdays• Available on Saturdays only• Each [...]
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This week marks the fifth anniversary of Xbox LIVE!
When LIVE first launched in November of 2002, things like voice communication, friends lists, and a single name for gamers were new concepts, and tying them all together was absolutely unheard of. One of the problems that I always had as a gamer back in the olden days was knowing what names your friends ended up with for a particular game (curse all of you that have stolen “Malt Liquor” from me!). Now you can easily keep track of your friends to what they’re playing, and can have a seamless voice chat without setting up a separate server or installing extra software.
From its humble beginnings of a few of games in two countries, Xbox LIVE now delivers games, TV shows, movies, and music to over 8 million members in 26 countries and in 9 languages. That is huge for only 5 years.
And to top it all [...]
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We’re back! Nelson will be arriving Monday to bring great justice to our podcast, but for this week you are stuck with us. We’re going to be trying to look into the future 1 week so that if I continue to edit these shows late, and get them up on Friday, you guys still find it pertinent.
For those who have Spike TV, the show Game Head will be having a heaping slice of Mass Effect including a HAWT sizzle trailer (Semsey told me to spell hot like that). The show is on tonight (Friday) at 1am!
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This week John, Tony, and Chris talk about:
Intro/Outro Music - Phylum Sinter
Question of the Week - Achievement you are most proud of
New Games This Week (360 and Games for Windows)
Gears of War for PC (Features, [...]
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