Honestly, it doesn't bother me. I'm going to get a new system with the proper heat sink. I've got a PS3, which plays all my Blu-rays, a Wii, an HD DVD player, a DS, a PSP, and a PC. If I can't find something to fill my time while my 360 is being repaired, I should be shot.

Is everyone's Xbox Live working? I can't get on. I do the Network test and everything's good until I get to the Xbox Live test and that one fails.

Sounds like today's a good day to stay off this forum :)

Same thing.

I keep getting disconnected every time I start a game.

As well with me. I have been trying to get on for the last hour & a half. I tried calling Xbox Live support and they had a message stating they knew that "some" people were having problems signing into Live and to wait an hour. That was an hour ago.

My wife just booted up the 360 and said "it won't connect to Live". So it's affecting us as well. Too bad they don't have a "current network status" on Xbox Live .com
Then again, I can't get to live.com, so maybe it's more widespread.
ah, just connected (to the website), just slow.

It's O.K. for me , but this is what the Xbox Live status page says:

Status:
Users may be unable to log into Xbox Live. Our engineers are currently investigating and are working to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.

That's exactly what my launch 360 did about a month or so ago. Honestly I preferred it went that way. It would have bugged the heck out of me had it started acting up over time.

Yeah, it seems to be system wide. I just noticed only 2 friends online right now (monitored thru Xbox.com). Kind of odd for a Saturday night. :shrug:

Man, I was looking forward to the COD4 all-nighter tonight. Guess I might finally catch up on some movies now.

Originally Posted by eatntae
eatntae's Xbox 360
Born 10/31/2005
Died 12/22/2007

EATNTAE, no worries, mine died a few months back and once I got my coffin, my system was back in less that 5 days!!!

Laters,
XROD924

I hope I get my back that soon, but I doubt it. My main gripe is that I have family coming over next week, and my cousins have been dying to try out Rock Band.

:johnwoo2: Suprmallet

;)

Is there a way to access a 360 live account through the original xbox?i just let a friend borrow my 360 and I still wanna play some online games but when i try to open my account it wants a credit card which i never did on the 360.

*Hangs head in shame*

;)

Can anyone point me to a site or advice on a wireless adapter to connect to my router at home (besides the official one). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Just hit 30,000 in gamerscore after winning the HOF award with my wife in Rock Band. :)

Wow, chibul, I don't remember you having so many points! What the hell have you been up to?

I'm quickly closing in on 10,000. I've gained about 1,250 in the week I've been home on vacation with nothing better to do. I'll have another 300 or so when I finish COD4 this week, then it's on to Mass Effect.

I'm 14 points away from 11,000

I've actually been stuck on 29,000+ for a couple of months now - I definitely had at least 28,000 when we were playing Halo 3 so much.

I'm nearing 28k. I think it will be a while before I hit 30k. I still play the shit out of GHIII and am planning on getting caught up on my Wii games (Mario, Metroid, Zack & Wiki, RE4).

Still need some people for the Gamerscore Challenge:

http://www.360voice.com/challenge-pending.asp?id=1199

Uh oh, this isn't good; every game I put into my 360 reads as a DVD. When I hit play, I get a message about how I need to put this disc into a Xbox 360.... Um, yeah, you're doing it wrong. I am going to see if a lense cleaner would work. Any other advice?

I finally beat RAAM (GOW) on insane difficulty. Took me about 45 minutes of rinse and repeat. The only way I finally beat him was due to a glitch. About every third or fourth try he would freeze for a good 30 seconds before moving again.

I'm getting close to 5K.

edit: it seems I just passed 5K with my last round of COD4.

I wish I could play COD4. Every time I load it, within ten minutes of a mission, I wanna hurl everywhere. Damn motion sickness.

I've got way to many games as of late.

Mass Effect (finished)
Rock Band (Casual play now)
Assassin's Creed (next to last level, bored to tears)
Call of Duty 4 (Motion Sickness, can't play it)
Tempest (Control is wack)
Sonic 2 (Love this game)

Just ordered.
Crackdown (Never tried it, not a fan of sandbox games, but I like the angle and it was Amazon's Deal of the Day)

Marvel Ultimate Alliance Gold Edition (Huge Comic fan, so looking forward to playing this one over and over)

Whoops...wrong link for the gamerscore challenge. Correct link: http://www.360voice.com/join/3512N513

So I popped in Rainbow Six Vegas just to mess around and when I joined a game to observe I noticed that some of the movie/billboard posters in the Casino are <b>current</b>. :lol: I saw recent ads in game for both the game "Assassin's Creed" and that new film thriller "One Missed Call". I remember when RSV came out the single player had a truck with the "Alpha Dog" ad on its side.

It's actually kinda cool because you don't notice them unless you look at them so they don't come across as blatant pimping...even if they are. :p

That happens to me rarely, usually i have to reboot the system and it fixes itself.

Yeah I noticed that the Guitar Hero III ads had updated to show billboards for The Sarah Connor Chronicles the other day.

I really don't mind ads like these, or the billboards in Burnout Paradise.

Speaking of Burnout Paradise, I've spent some more time in the demo and am starting to enjoy it a little more. The online portion is a blast.

A month or two ago Madden 08 had some of their in game stadium ads changed to the Simpsons game. I thought it was pretty cool at the time.

I also have a problem with some games. Supposedly Dramamine or eating ginger will help. I recently purchased a bag of candied ginger which I'll have to remember to snack on when I'm playing a first person game.

Yeah, I had the same problem with COD, only in campaign. The first chapter were specially hard. I'm in the middle of the game and I think I don't have motion sickness anymore. I can play for 2 hours with no problem. Of course when I finish I feel a little bit dizzy but that's ok.
But at the beginning of the game, just the first 5 minutes and I just couldn't play anymore. I had to stop and move away.

I got kinda sick playing Superman Returns. That whole not knowing which way is up kinda nearly made me hurl.

I got to play some co-op Gears of War last night.. wow, the forced testosterone in this game is so bad to the point of parody. All the guys have necks twice the size of their heads and they all talk with such fake gravel it's laughable. Oh well, gameplay wise it's alright.. not something I'd really consider since it's basically nothing but hiding behind shit.. though I tried to fight against that when I got the shotgun and bum-rushed everything I could. The first berserker fight was pretty fun too. I can see myself playing through the campaign with my friend but that's probably all I could take of it.

What are some games that you and a buddy can go online with on the same console and play?

Bomberman LIVE is one.

But you both need Gamertags.

All I can think of at the moment are Halo 3 and GRAW1+2

i just realized that you can't do this, or correct me if i'm wrong...

To connect the X360 via component and have the audio go through HDMI.... I have done that with the PS3.

As to why i want to use component over HDMI? Well, with HDMI, the X360 is kept showing 720, but with Component, it's showing 1080.... I know the games are running the same (at least for Gears, i played via component and HDMI). Now, i do want the 1080 setting if i'm watching hd-dvd via the add-on... So, question is, the 720 display is a "lie" (i.e. when running hd-dvds, it's really 1080?)

I'm sure most are aware, but Gamefly is having an end of year sale on their used games along with free shipping.

Anyway, just noticed the Darkness is listed for a mere $12.99. So those that missed out should jump on it, as it is a great game. Shadowrun is the same price, but I can't vouch for the quality of that one.