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Picked up Poker Smash last night, yeah I'm already addicted as I played a game this morning while waiting for my wife.

Defense Grid wasn't bad, but I passed on that for now. I dunno, it still screamed tower defense which makes me get bored by it awfully quick. All of these tower defense games just make me miss what I really want, a game called Warlords II Deluxe. It fits somewhere between Tower Defense and a RTS. Now that was an awesome game, too bad somebody can't port that to XBLA. One of the few PC games I remember fondly.

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Poker Smash, for me, wore out its welcome quickly back in aught-7 or 8 (whenever it was released). I've no doubt it's all on me as I just don't have the skill to see any hand ahead of time that isn't like-rank. I mean, I don't see flushes or straights or anything like that. Occasionally something like a full house will mess up what I'm setting up for a cascade/combo and I get frustrated.

I just never got ahold of it :(

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I enjoy it, but I feel the same way. I can pair up three cards, no sweat. Sometimes I can even plan out a full house. But straights, flushes, etc? I never get those except through dumb blind luck.

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Same here as well. Which is why I'm not going to be picking it up this week.

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I can do straights no problem, but trying to match a flush and the suits I do have issue with...hearts look way too much like diamonds and clubs look too much like spades. It's a fun time waster but you are right, some of the game dumb blind luck. That's why I waited until it was $5. It's a good little game but it takes some serious skill and eyesight, the latter of which I'm not too versed in :D. (and I only have a tiny bit of skill)

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· Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge™ (LucasArts)

July 7 | 800 Microsoft Points

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· Toy Soldiers “The Kaiser’s Battle” Game Add-On (Microsoft Game Studios)

June 30 | 400 Microsoft Points

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· Worms 2 Armageddon Battle Pack Game Add-on (Microsoft Game Studios)

July 7 | 400 Microsoft Points

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Great price on MI2! Grrrr for more Worms 2 achievements wrecking my life :mad:

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I popped back on to Ticket to Ride last night for a quick game when i was baby free. and I noticed there's a new USA 1910 pack (probably not that new). Is anyone still playing this? I didn't head online to check, I just played the AI to remember how to play.

I bought the Europe pack, and totally forget the changes in that one.

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I still play Ticket to Ride, but online is usually pretty dead. When you do find a game, no one ever plays anything but the standard mode. The European expansion was pretty bad. The 1920 is decent. If I remember right, it adds more destinations and bonuses to the North American map, and you get to choose from five cards at the start instead of three.

I'll play with you sometime if you want. I still need the achievements for 25 wins and for connecting all the Canadian cities.

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That is the bad thing about older games that need online achievements. It took me 3-4 months to get the achievement for winning a puzzle quest battle online. First I could rarely find anyone on to play and then if I started winning they would drop. It took quite awhile this weekend to get the achievement for playing 10 games online of Hardwood Backgammon. Talk about an online ghost town.

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Definitely. I hate it when games have online multiplayer achievements. Unless the game is Halo, Gears, CoD, or a few others, it isn't going to last online.

I like the way Modern Warfare 1 and 2 does it: No online multiplayer achievements, but there are still in-game rewards for doing things in online multiplayer.

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that's what xbox360achievements.org is for. Helps you find others to get those achievements.

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Hmm, I'll have to think about that other USA expansion. I do enjoy the game, and it's nice and quick to play...my game time is pretty limited now days so it'll likely be a while before we can meet up on there.

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I don't think anybody plays Rocketbowl though :(

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TrueAchievements.com. Gaming Sessions, Boost Lists, etc. All way better than using x360a's clunky forum system.

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Sweet!

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Hmmm, I've been snooping around, but I don't get it. How is it easier?

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It's much more active and specific times are scheduled. People can be contacted through a game's boost list or even notified directly of a new session being created.

x360a's forum relies on people checking the forums and there's no incentive to not leave you hanging. That is, if you care about "feedback" which is what measures a players dependability.

Have you signed up so you can fully see what the site does for you? I'm guessing not because http://www.trueachievements.com/TurdFerguson64.htm goes nowhere ;)

Sign up THEN snoop around.

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alrighty, I will try it out based on your recommendation.

Now back on topic, so to access HULU on xbox live, you need to subscribe to their service? There's no "regular" HULU access?

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Cool. Now they'll scan your games and achievements and you'll be able to get much more detail on gaming sessions for "your" games and for achievements you don't have. In addition, you can more easily find people that have requested to boost specific games and sign up to boost for those games.

Start here for the current calendar of sessions: http://www.trueachievements.com/gamingsessions.aspx

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Hulu+ for $10 is too much for one person. It's more than NetFlix... However, if they allow simultaneous streaming to multiple devices, there's much more incentive to set up a family account. Ain't that right, brothers?

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Indeed, though I don't want you guys knowing how much I watch Backyardigans.

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:up: Okay, I thought I was out of it back when it came out. Everyone was going nuts over it and I just couldn't get the hang of it. I thought it was just me. Glad to see I'm not the only one. I downloaded the demo again yesterday to see if I had missed something, but I guess not.

I'm still riding strong on Sword & Poker 2 since it was on sale 6 (?) weeks ago, so I have my poker fill anyway.

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Did you see that gigantic list of douche you quoted? You want to be in that party? ;)

The game is the closest thing to Tetris Attacks I can get on the XBLA, which I was obsessed with on the SNES/GBA (as Pokemon)/DS (Planet Puzzle League), so that's why I love it. But yeah...it can be a bit goofy, especially trying to match stuff in the later levels and you've been playing for a LONG time.