finally tried sneak king last night. man the controls are fucked up. If it weren't for that it would be a decent piece of gaming cheese, but as it stands the challenge of the game all stems from poor controls.

Decker, which Harmony do you have? I have the 659 and I have no problems turning it off. When I finish playing I either: press the Off button on the Harmony to turn everything off (TV, console) or I switch to another activity (say TV) and only the console is turned off. When you switched to another activity and the console was turned on, did you hit "Help" to make sure that the Harmony gives you the choice to turn the console off and remembers that setting from now on?

I have the harmony 680 and I also have no problems switching activities or turning it off and leaving it off when i want. The trick is in the set up online, you can go into each device and tell it if you want it to stay on when switching activities etc. The harmony remote takes 10 minutes to set up and 2 months to fine tune lol

The harmony tech support is amazing though. They can walk you through any problem.

With my Harmony remote....I have to DIRECTLY aim the remote at the 360 to turn it off. I usualyl hold the button down for more than just a button click. I have the 360 Harmony remote also.

I used my $40 off Circuit City coupon last night to picked up a 360. Holy shit! Burnout looks amazing!!!

They should subtitle that "for people who can't divide by 80."

I have the Harmony 720, the $170 Costco model. I have everything set up right, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Occasionally it'll turn off when I power off or change activities, but usually not. Sometimes it won't turn off even if I hit "Help" and then try several times to turn it off. Maybe I'm not pointing it clearly enough at the console. I might try it once without the faceplate to see if that makes any difference.

Officially have four Wii-motes and nanchucks now. Wal-Mart still had a bunch of them when I stopped by to pick up #3 and #4. Now it's definitely going to be a good time when I pick up some multi-player games.

Cool. What does that have to do with a 360 though?

Maybe the wiimotes work on 360? Maybe thats why its in this thread? *Scratching head*

"You've taken your first step into a larger world" Congrats.

Ive noticed the 360 IR sensor can be picky sometimes. by the way you did peel off the clear plastic skin off the glass right?

Has anyone had trouble with their 360 cameras recently? It seems that the camera isn't getting recognized at all by my system anymore. Doesn't matter where I plug it in either...it just doesn't work.

Sounds like a camera problem? You try plugging it into a comp to test it?

Actually, I think I fixed the problem by adjusting the set-up. It seems to be working OK now. I'm using a replacement faceplate. I'm not sure how the IR sensor works since it doesn't look like much on the back side. Anyway, thanks for the reply.

So tempting. A buddy of mine is selling sealed Premium 360s with the GRAW bundle for $350 taxes in.

He has about 4 of them. If it wasn't so close to xmas, it would be mine.

Almost a $300 savings than retail.

What's in the GRAW bundle besides GRAW? Looks like a $100+tax savings right now.

You know it's going to be an exciting week when Gamefly sends you this email:

I live in Canada so the Premium 360 is $499 + tax = $568.86

The total bundle comes with the Premium System, Controler, Headset, Component Cables, GRAW, and XBOX Live Arcade.

I think I could talk him down to $300.

BTW, anyone who is curious and hasn't tried them out yet, I gave the Burger King games some time this weekend.

Sneak King - this one is actually difficult. A lot of the frustration comes from poor camera controls. The game is very repetitive and super long to boot. If you want all the achievements be ready to spend a LOT of time playing. I probably spent 3-4 hours on the first area(20 missions) and still did not have all the 'A' rankings. One achievement requires 'A' rankings in EVERY mission in the game. There are four areas total(80 total missions?). It can be addicting going for that 'A.' You get so close and just decide to go again. Decent but not great. Not as bad as reviews put it.

Pocketbike Racer - Wow. This one was a blast. Very MarioKart-ish. There are only 5 courses, but there are four different tournament modes(2 racing modes, a battle mode, and a cone challenge mode), with 50, 100 & 150cc's in each for a total of 12 tournaments(60 races) which adds variety. Plus outside of that you have time trials and Xbox Live play. This might actually be fun to play online once everyone already has their achievements as it seems that is the only reason people are online right now. There are a half dozen characters & bikes to choose from, and the courses(for the most part) & items are well designed. The only negatives for me were the music, there seems to be only one music track and the courses aren't designed well for 150cc's. All the tracks are fairly narrow making navigating at higher speeds complicated. Last complaint is the voice talent. You can play as Brooke Burke yet to my knowledge they used someone else for her voice in game. She's appeared in other games I don't know why she wouldn't dub her lines. There are only about 5 lines of dialoge anyway. Minor annoyance. For anyone who is a Kart racing fan I recommend picking it up. Nabbing all the achievements will take you about 5 hours. Definitely one I will keep.

Big Bumpin' - only spent about 15 minutes on this one and well, I'm not even sure if I want to put it in the drive again. It is bad, very bad.

Interesting, as Big Bumpin' is actually my favorite of the three. And as I recall, most people in the earlier BK thread had similiar opinions.

I actually like them all quite a lot (Sneak King might be my least favorite, only due to its repitition over time). If anyone hasn't picked one up, definately be sure to get yourself a copy (assuming they are still available), they are most assuredly worth the price.

Big bumpin is the most fun online

Well, like I said, 15 minutes. I guess I will pop it in again and give it a go.

My question is, do 105 people even have Lumines?

At least now we know where all the extra $$$ people paid went.