The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
05-25-09 | 01:54 AM
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Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
That the game kinda sucks.
Yeah, it's lame. Just like your post.
Since you have NOTHING to add that's helpful we'll just move along....
05-25-09 | 09:40 AM
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Here comes the Wii60. Introducing Squeeballs with Freedom Controller
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Though Squeeballs sounds like something sailors pick up on while on shore leave in Southeast Asia.
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“Squeeballs” for Xbox 360 is a unique collection of 11 motion sensing party game types. The game will come bundled with the Gametrak Freedom (also referred to simply as “Freedom”) handset utilizing PDP’s proprietary and exclusive motion based technology. Launching in fall 2009, “Squeeballs” and Freedom will bring motion-based fun and physical party play to the Xbox 360 for the first time. Squeeballs are 12 adorable, small, cuddly toy characters that are manufactured on a remote and secret island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. As part of the requirements before they can be sold to happy children around the world, Squeeballs must be fully put to the test…to the point of destruction! That’s where the gameplay begins. You will blow up, cook, slice, bat, bowl, shoot and skim the Squeeballs through over 150 mini-game challenges, all the while using the Freedom motion handset to pull, stretch, throw, spin, shake, weave, fly and slide your way through the games. The game is primarily targeted for children 6 to 13, but is designed to also appeal to the Casual Game and Family Game genres.
Though Squeeballs sounds like something sailors pick up on while on shore leave in Southeast Asia.
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05-25-09 | 10:02 AM
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Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
That's how I squeeballed your wife last night Trebek.
05-25-09 | 05:34 PM
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05-25-09 | 05:44 PM
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no release date other than fall? this looks cool to me and opens up a lot of potential avenues for the 360. i'll grab this on release day for sure.
05-25-09 | 06:32 PM
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05-25-09 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by darkside
360 has not been successful with the casual market so far and this doesn't look like it will change their fortune.
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05-25-09 | 08:16 PM
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I would love to have something like this for my 360 for the little one to play and not have to buy another console just for her.I think it looks cute and kind of fun except for the disturbing grinding up the cute creatures. If they are trying to tap into the kid and family audience it is probably a bad idea to introduce cute little anthropomorphic characters and then grind them up on screen.
05-25-09 | 10:17 PM
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You know one of the biggest problems I have with letting my nearly-3 year old play around with the 360? It's WAY too easy to accidently buy something. He recently bought me a Rock Band track I wasn't planning on purchasing (Alien Ant Farm, it's not too bad actually). I know if I sign out that won't happen, but I have to sign in for him to watch the crap he likes on Netflix like Dora. Is there some way to safeguard your purchase with a password or something?
05-26-09 | 11:33 AM
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05-26-09 | 12:03 PM
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05-26-09 | 05:23 PM
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Even the microsoft-made camera is barely used.
05-26-09 | 05:34 PM
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Interesting. I would've expected Microsoft to release an official motion controller. Seeing it come from a 3rd party is a little weird.
I noticed that PDP is also putting out a Wii version of Squeeballs. Will we start to see other 3rd party games launch on both Wii and 360 because of this? Or will it be a flash in the pan as fuji suggested? I'd guess the latter since every Wii out there has a motion controller while only a small percentage of 360s will end up with this device. Still, might be a good option for gamers with kids who don't own a Wii.
I noticed that PDP is also putting out a Wii version of Squeeballs. Will we start to see other 3rd party games launch on both Wii and 360 because of this? Or will it be a flash in the pan as fuji suggested? I'd guess the latter since every Wii out there has a motion controller while only a small percentage of 360s will end up with this device. Still, might be a good option for gamers with kids who don't own a Wii.
05-26-09 | 07:07 PM
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"I have come to realize that GatorDeb07 has no soul... and her heart is a twisted black mass of evil. To never play a game is my new eternity!"
Nice
05-26-09 | 10:07 PM
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Anyone here know anything about this new game, "Damnation"? It looks cool but it seems to have come out of nowhere. I read some stuff from '08 on teamxbox but that's it.
05-26-09 | 10:35 PM
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ZuneHD is Official.
Link for the rest of the story.
Zune Service Expands to New Platform
Zune will be a premium partner in the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace, bringing an exciting catalog of TV and film to the platform. Zune will occupy the first slot within the Xbox user interface in the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace, exposing the Zune brand experience to millions of new consumers for the first time. At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) next week, attendees will see firsthand how Zune integrates into Xbox LIVE to create a game-changing entertainment experience.
Zune will be a premium partner in the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace, bringing an exciting catalog of TV and film to the platform. Zune will occupy the first slot within the Xbox user interface in the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace, exposing the Zune brand experience to millions of new consumers for the first time. At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) next week, attendees will see firsthand how Zune integrates into Xbox LIVE to create a game-changing entertainment experience.
05-26-09 | 11:00 PM
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05-26-09 | 11:03 PM
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05-27-09 | 07:00 AM
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une will occupy the first slot within the Xbox user interface in the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace,
05-27-09 | 09:35 AM
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Ugh...I really don't want to have to upgrade my Zune, but I also really don't see how I can't. Maybe it'll be some ridiculous price to keep it out of my thoughts.