Thanks Decker. It might actually be nice to be able to video chat with my brother (we live like 6 hours apart and see each other about 5 or 6 times a year). I'm going to try and setup another Google Checkout account and see if I can get $10 off. For $50 it would seem like a very good deal.

I'm basically in the same boat, so I went through the list GoLucky has here, and added anybody I recognized from the 360 threads. I'm terrible at COD4, and they aren't avoiding me...yet. ;) Use xboxlive.com (or the direct links in GoLucky's thread) for adding friends, it's much easier than doing it on your 360.

Bomberman is a live vid after a match
Burnout Paradise will snap a shot of your reaction after you have been taken out in a race.

I got the camera bundle this time last year for about $40, so $60 seems quite high to me.

That's super-easy. All you need is a different email address. It can be the same address, name and CC number. I've done it 4 times so far.

The groups depend on what game you are interested in. For instance if you want to play Lost Planet the group consists of Giantrobo. :lol:

There are several of us on the board that play in the 8-Bit Brigade clan and socialize on our clan board as well. Sadly enough i have over a thousand posts on that board as well. We mostly play FPS - Halo, Rainbow Six etc. Several of us in that clan also play Forza, Chromehounds and a few other games. I believe the big games for our clan this fall will be Halo 3 (obviously) but also CoD4, Team Fortress 2, and Rock Band. A few people in the clan who post on here are Canis Firebrand, Czarcastic, Duster, Martin5, UncleGramps, and probably a person or two i'm forgetting are also on this board (does Primal Urges post here?). Anyone is welcome to get in some games with us, post in the forum, and possibly sign on to join the clan and hopefully get in some good clan challenges.

8BB doesn't really have many people who play Gears or that got into CoD2. Tbird, alx, goLucky, TNAJason, Deftones, HotThang, FSUNole, and a few others aren't 8BB but are a regular group for CoD2 and Gears. Martin and i are a bit of an oddity in that we regularly play with both groups.

So pick your poison based upon what games interest you. To be honest, picking several of the names i listed above would get you into some good games and meeting some good gamers. From there you can weed out those you don't like and friend request those you get along well with. If i forgot anyone, my apologies.

If anyone is interested in 8-Bit Brigade feel free to scope out our site or send me an email (my address is available on this forum) and i'll be happy to chat with you or add you to my friend list and get you into some games.

Personally, i think CoD4 will be the game where i will see a much larger crossover between the 8BB crowd and the "Gears" crowd.

Forgot me, you asshole. :P

I'm still waiting for your WOW relapse. :p

Valve must be putting in a bunch of hidden stuff just for Achievements. I don't remember a singing vortigaunt or a garden gnome in the original PC game.

I never thought I would say this about Ninja Gaiden but... I am not too impressed.

NG on the original Xbox had some of the best graphics of last gen. I was hoping that the graphics whores at Team Ninja would continue the tradition with the sequel, making the best graphics for this gen. Yeah I know those screenshots are from an early build, but it still doesn't look that mindblowing.

Another thing, what is up with all the blood and dismemberments. Ninja Gaiden is violent sure, but not God of War violent. Xbox NG didn't have nearly that much blood. I hope Team Ninja doesn't alter/butcher this game just to please the teenage crowd.

:lol: Good Day to you, Sir! :lol:

I don't think they Team Ninja has any problem with stooping low to appeal to the teenagers.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.......

"Ninja Gaiden 2. Now with 70% more blood and angst!"

It's Prince of Persia: Warrior Within all over again.

Ninja Gaiden 2: Xtreme!

Totally. I remember the first Ninja Gaiden being full of tulips and kittens...

Yes, the first Ninja Gaiden was violent, but not over-the-top God of War/Mortal Kombat style violent.

Looking at those NG2 screenshots, almost every single one shows arms, legs, and heads being ripped off with gallons of blood spraying everywhere. One screenshot even shows an enemy being ripped in half at the torso.

NG1 did have blood, but it was fairly minimal. The only dismemberment that NG1 had was the occasional head decapitation on a few of the enemy models and it was without the over-the-top fountain of blood effect.

But I could take screenshots of the point of greatest blood spurt too. I think we should wait until we see it in motion to judge whether or not it is a significant difference.

Wasn't there dismemberment in the first? Maybe not of humans, but I swear I was cutting monsters in half. It has been 3 years, though, I guess and I only played it once.

I don't mind a lot of blood and some dismembering, but that's definitely a bit too over the top.

Just a little FYI, the next round of the Pontiac Halo contest goes up at midnight. I'll post the unscrambled anagram as soon as I figure it out.

No. There were decapitations if you killed certain enemies with essence-charged attacks, but no cutting enemies in half or dismembering arms and legs.

If you had a kitana like Ryu does, that's pretty much what would be happening if you went slashing. He's not fencing.

Maybe they wanted to have that stuff in the first one but couldn't get it to work right, or didn't have enough time (or a number of other reasons for that matter). I don't see the problem with it in Ninja Gaiden. Any of you ever watch Ninja Scroll?

True, but ten gallons of blood doesn't spray out in the process...



I don't really have a problem with it. I still plan to buy the game. My first impression on seeing the screenshots was just Warrior Within deja vu. The excessive blood is just comical and seems tacked on to please the teenage crowd.

The crazy blood spurting is par for the course in Samurai films, so that doesn't seem too outrageous to me.

Midnight eastern or pacific?