The 360 thread!

[Jimaroid]

Oh yeah, that reminds me. It crashed on me as soon it had finished playing the intro movie.

Which is a nice point to note that intro movie is an excellent bit of work. I really loved the way it captures the feel of a massive range of games and stuff.

[WiredWorm]

Perhaps whilst you're browsing the UI that's true - but when you've got Neon on screen there's no other animation or effects that you'd expect to drain the resources.

I did think Neon looked a bit 'different' but I couldn't put my finger on why.

[benedictw]

Oh yeah, that reminds me. It crashed on me as soon it had finished playing the intro movie.

Yeah, same here, I had to reboot at that point and was ever-so-slightly cacking myself.

[Mark]

Don't think it's been mentioned here yet, but the web marketplace looks to be live, so you can fill up your download queue with games and demos and whatnot from your PC.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/

[Stone]

What's the point in advertising 1440x900 as an available res if you're not actually going to get it?

You would be getting it, if your monitor was the right shape

(for the record, my TV is 16:10 too and I have a slightly letterboxed display at 720p over component, so it's not just you)

How'd you get a picture of your avatar? Can't find the link...

Stone

[Felonious Feline]

I just edited the URL previously used...

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/GAMER ... r-body.png obviously replacing the GAMERTAG bit with yours.

[axel000]

ta da

Sadly that does look like me. 37 today

[fog]

Happy Birthday axel000....you old git;)

Don't think it's been mentioned here yet, but the web marketplace looks to be live, so you can fill up your download queue with games and demos and whatnot from your PC.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/

Cheers Mark. I can't download anything through Marketplace on the 360 itself as it times out, but that method appears to work. Community Games here I come

[Mark]

Happy Birthday axel000....you old git;)

Don't think it's been mentioned here yet, but the web marketplace looks to be live, so you can fill up your download queue with games and demos and whatnot from your PC.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/

Cheers Mark. I can't download anything through Marketplace on the 360 itself as it times out, but that method appears to work. Community Games here I come

No problemo. I managed to get hold of Duotrix last night via my 360 and had a quick play. I was pretty poor, truth be told. I've not played the PC version much because I always get side-tracked by BZ's shooty-goodness instead. More practice required definitely.

I didn't realise "In the Pit" was one of the community games too. I played it on PC ages ago, and thought it was pretty neat. Not sure what's been added to justify the 400 point price tag, but I'd definitely recommend the demo to anyone with a decent sound setup (or headphones) who fancies something a little different. Not one for graphics whores though.

[benedictw]

If you've been wondering about those 'premium' themes - theres a load of screenshots of them over here:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=342627

Definitely better when there's a landscape in the background IMHO.

[fog]

Happy Birthday axel000....you old git;)

Don't think it's been mentioned here yet, but the web marketplace looks to be live, so you can fill up your download queue with games and demos and whatnot from your PC.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/

Cheers Mark. I can't download anything through Marketplace on the 360 itself as it times out, but that method appears to work. Community Games here I come

No problemo. I managed to get hold of Duotrix last night via my 360 and had a quick play. I was pretty poor, truth be told. I've not played the PC version much because I always get side-tracked by BZ's shooty-goodness instead. More practice required definitely.

SiN did the 360 version of DUOtrix so it's credit to him really. It might take a while for it to click, but the PC version that I wrote a few years ago is the only game I've written that I still play on regularly. ( I generally make myself sick of the shmups due to all the playtesting I do so I immediately move on to coding a new one. )

[Bod]

Just popped into Asda to get Tomb Raider & noticed they are selling 360's for £109 now!

[Flabio]

Intro from the next Star Ocean game.

http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?p ... size=large

Square are really throwing out the 360 rpgs at the moment, this will be their third in quick succession...

[Phineasfool]

If you've been wondering about those 'premium' themes - theres a load of screenshots of them over here:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=342627

Definitely better when there's a landscape in the background IMHO.

I went ahead and bought the Fable 2 theme with some extra points I had after buying Portal Still Alive.

I also still have a bunch of codes for one of the Gears 2 themes for anyone who wants them.

[RiK]

I also still have a bunch of codes for one of the Gears 2 themes for anyone who wants them.

Be rude not to!