Speaking of which, did lordzeppelin or clint ever get their OXM discs back from the Rock Band trading sequence? http://forum.dvdtalk.com/video-game-...content-9.html

I have 3 games in my queue and I'm not really sure which to pop in next. I just finished Bioshock (960/1100) on Medium. I can try it on Hard for the other 140 points or I can move back into my comfort zone with a nice JRPG. I have 3 unplayed, but one is currently lent out (Infinite Undiscovery). However if I don't do Bioshock now, I'll probably never bother. For other FPS games, I still have Halo 3 and GoW1 to finish, but I have some local friends that want to play those - we'll see...

So, tell me as my Friday afternoon is free. Which of these is next?

Lost Odyssey
Tales of Vesperia
Bioshock for "Brass Balls"

I finally got my 360 back yesterday. It was the same one I sent in, but the fans are now about twice as loud as they used to be. Even when it is just sitting in the dashboard, it gets very loud. Ugh.

My friend really loved Tales of Vesperia, so that would be my rec based on that :)

Are people using the Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter? My concerns are that it's majorly expensive and second, on ebay, tons of people are selling broken ones where the red light stays on all the time.

Is that issue easily fixed? Is it as common as it appears? Or are people finding other/better alternatives (for wireless use)?

The official adapter is merely the most elegant solution. Any wireless bridge can be used for this, but they won't clip onto the back of the unit and require their own power source.

I was using a wireless bridge because it was much, much cheaper, and I can use it for mutliple devices potentially. Now my intenet connection just happens to be at my tv anyways.

I think there are cheaper adapters that work, $99 is a rip off for a wireless adapter.

Cool. Thanks. And thanks also pinata242.

you can also use the old xbox wireless adapter which Ive seen for like 45 on ebay but that was awhile ago

So anyone else download the Resident Evil 5 demo? ;)

I believe they max out at WEP for encryption schemes, though. May not matter in this case, but just FYI.

It's only for gold JP members right now. However, if you can find the demo out there, it is burnable to cd (under 500 mb), and you can just put it in your 360 and navigate to the Demos blade/frame/whatever, and it'll pop up. Getting ready to do that now!

That's what I use with my 360. Never had a problem with it.

Im not a gold member and still got it FYI.

Yes :)

I created a new silver Japanese account (automatically bumped to gold for the first month) and downloaded it.

For those of you who haven't got it, there are two single player 'missions' available, Public Assembly, and Shanty Town. You can also play co-op online, and co-op offline. Is it just me or does the 3rd person camera seem to close to my character, is there a way to adjust it that I haven't found?

Then you weren't silver. You were gold.

I heard that it was a Gold-only demo (like some stuff here), and I've had my Japanese account for over 3 years. I was in the process of making another JP account to get the free gold when I found the download, so that was easier.

Yeah, I was under the impression that it was a gold only demo too. That's why I created a new silver to get the gold 1 month bump (sorry if that didn't come across in the previous post) because my original JP account is really old also.

If you have never played a Tales game, go with Vesperia. The combat system is a lot of fun.

Damn. Microsoft has put up IP filters for the RE5 demo.

I had nothing but trouble with this set up especially after the dashboard update. Had to reset the connection every time the console was turned on and it eventually would not reconnect at all. (may have been an issue with my 2Wire U-Verse router, but have no issues on the original Xbox, or the DS, PSP, Wii and PS3s built in Wi-Fi) I gave up and ran a cable to the living room. I've liked the 360 overall, but not including Wi-Fi at this point is mind boggling. At the very least Microsoft could stop pricing HDDs and Wi-Fi adapters like they are made of gold.

That's all I did and I just rec'd it in the mail today. Only took about 3-4 days after I faxed it to MS.

I'm still new to the 360 so forgive my n00b questions

Is there a preference in which way the console lays. Obviously it can lay flat or on its side but I was wondering whether one position was better in order to prevent problems down the road

Is the 360 a dust magnet like I've heard the PS3 is? Do you guys cover your console when it's off?

Well, here comes another one of those "Help me! I can't connect to Xbox Live!" questions.

Ever since the dash update, it has kept telling me that I needed to change my NAT settings, which I'm sure is the reason why I wasn't able to game with any of my friends. Well, I started to try to fix it and have gone from being able to connect to Xbox Live but not to my friends to not being able to connect to Xbox Live at all.

I'm using a shared connection with my computer. I have a static IP address and have forwarded ports for the 360 on my router. I keep getting a message saying that it is unable to obtain an IP address from my router.

I really don't know what to do at this point.

Well, the problem has now evolved. Now, it says, "Your DNS server can't resolve the names of the Xbox Live servers or Xbox.com."

I have entered the DNS in manually and set it to automatic and it won't work either way.

At this point, I'm thinking it might have something to do with the LAN settings on my computer, but I just can't figure it out. So frustrating!

And after a whole lot of work, I have finally gotten back to square one. I'm able to connect to Xbox Live but it still tells me that my NAT type is Moderate. :lol:

I think I might just give up at this point and be happy with what I've got.