Yeah, I think everyone is looking forward to the poker game. I wish they'd announce a release timeframe for that one. Oh well, at least Uno is a good holdover until then, at least for some of us.

You're not allowed to play a Draw Four if you have a card in your hand that matches the current color in the discard pile. Challenging someone just means that you think they're lying, and that they do have that color in their hand and just aren't playing it for whatever reason.

Usually, successful challenges come when the person who plays the Draw Four has a slew of cards in their hand. Surely they have to have one of that color.

Yeah, I played UNO last night for an hour or so and it was a blast.

See Uno was lots of fun, but i probably won't be playing Poker at all. Never understood the game.

A friend told me one of the achievements is successfully calling a bluff. Everyone is probably just trying to get those points.

Yes there is a bluffing achievement that i easily got in a game against the computer.

Uno is the perfect game for the arcade. It is multiplayer, 4 people total. Everyone knows the game, it doesn't take very much effort to play, and it turns into a huge social chat and competition where you stick people with a draw two or draw four.
In other words, I'll be playing it a lot when I am passing time.

This is exactly right. I originally thought it would be a good way to wind down for sleep after playing an adrenalized FPS but after playing it for like 2 hours straight i'm not so sure. I can easily see getting into Uno when we only have 4 people to play since things like CoD really need 5 or 6 to get interesting. The fact you can also play with 2 or 3 people makes Uno pretty cool.

Have you guys tried out the free 35th anniversary theme deck? It might be fun to play with others sometime too for the new card.

Can you play multi with the trial version?

I tried the Uno trial version, but it didn't really do anything for me. Never really understood the game as a kid either, and now it just doesn't seem like much fun. Of course, I just played against the computer....

I wonder if Galaga is going to be multiplayer? Not sure how much fun that would be though. I can still play for at least 45 minutes straight on one quarter and not using the cheats, so I can see other people having to wait around for a long time (assuming that using the controller isn't very different from the real game controls).

I'm looking forward to the Texas Hold 'em poker too, but I'm kind of worried about the lack of money. If you don't have anything to lose it makes for a very different kind of play than if you have money on the line, especially in no limit where a lot of the fun is in putting pressure on people who think they only have the second best hand at the table.

There's a trailer for the poker game, but it didn't give me a real feel for the gameplay.

No you can't play multiplayer with the trial version. Also single player was really dull compared to playing with 3 friends in a room. Very different games imo.

Regarding Uno, when you say 3 friends in a room, do you mean that the multiplayer is more than 2 people against the computer or online? I have only played single against the computer, but my friends will be coming over during the weekend and I know that they would love it if it were more than 2 players being able to play in my living room.

Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx Chris

4 players in the same room wouldn't work unless everyone else closed their eyes when it was your turn so they didn't see your cards...

Just got my system today, and I'm confused by the resolution settings.
I have a HDTV setup, but don't understand exactly what's up with the 780p vs. 1080i X-Box 360 system settings.

I understand the basic differences between 780p and 1080i in terms of video resolution, but I'm confused which settings are best for 360 games and also the backwards compatible original X-Box games.

I've searched the net, but haven't seen this topic addressed specifically.

Hopefully this question is worded so it makes some sense.
Thanks for any help!

Exactly, so that is why I was asking about the '3 in a room' comment.

Chris

I think he was referring to 3 other players in the same "virtual" room

Ohhh, I think that it will allow 2 human players against the computer, but I haven't tried that yet.

Chris

What TV did you get? If it is native 720p, set your 360 to 720, native 1080i, set it to 1080i. Since all games support 720p, the 360 will scale them to 1080i, or you could set the 360 to 720p and let your 1080i tv scale to 1080i.

I think that most newer TVs will accept both signals and scale it to the correct native setting. Some TVs will only accept the native signal and these are the ones that need to be set correctly on the 360. Just make sure the switch on the component cable is set to HD.

With the recent introduction to the gaming world of 'lag' due to scaling (most infamously by Samsung tvs), there's no reason to risk letting the tv do it. Find out the native resolution and let the 360's hardware do it.

I haven't seen anybody respond to this yet, so I'll post what I do when I don't have the network cable plugged in.

Log in normally. The 360 will complain about not being able to talk to the live servers. Two options appear: “OK” and “Test Connection”. Select OK and you are ready to go.

Note: this guide is written from memory the actual text on screen may vary.

I went into the router and set it to 1485, applied it, BAM, everythings 100%

Great interview with Peter Moore here.

It's too long to print here.

Chris

I found this:

Specifications:
Sony KF-50WE610 50"-diagonal LCD high-definition-ready RPTV
Native resolution: 1366x768 (16:9)

What does that translate to?
Thanks again!

720p

Moore: I haven't had a chance to go over to Sony's booth - I'm sure there's a ton of playables over there, I don't know. I want to go see Killzone, and see what it looks and feels like that.

GI: You'll be disappointed on that front I'm afraid, there's no sign of it this year.

Moore: Yeah, well. There's a surprise.