It actually looks like it might be one of the few kinect games that is worth your time.

The gifts have started to show up as pending on people's accounts.

Your special birthday gift will be... Wait for it....

Yeah, I found the email posted online this morning:
Bolded for hilarity.

Can't believe I have to wait all the way until next September for my free 20 Points.

Just think: after only 60 birthdays as an XBL Rewards member, you earn enough for one free arcade game!

I admire your patience. Me, I'm already trying to decide which free Dance Central track I'm going to grab in 2025!

Shooting too high fellas. Just keep your eye on an indie game you might want in 4 years.

why doesn't anyone post in this thread anymore? Do we know when the Fall update comes out?

Isn't the update today?
I signed up for the beta updates, but never even turned my Xbox on once during the whole beta period.

Everyone should try Happy Wars since it's free. I found it pretty entertaining. Not sure it will keep my interest for long though.

New dash should be rolling out today for non beta testers.

Thanks hopefully it will be available when I get home from work.

Why so excited? They've been getting shittier and shittier with each release.

Well, the Pin is a really useful feature. I keep HBO Go, Netflix, the Sales & Specials app, Rock Band Blitz and Dust : An Elysian Tale pinned, and when I want one of those (which are recently the most often played things on my 360 that aren't disc based), I can launch right to them without any searching or any loading concentric circles. It's actually the best update yet.

But yeah, there are more ads now, which sucks. As well as not-so-helpful suggestions of crappy games "You Might Like". But on the plus side, I don't think you get the random loud ads as you scroll through any more.

No kidding, at this rate, the next one will have advertising taking up 90% of the screen, and you'll have to sit through ads to play your games.

I miss the blades - remember those?

Not sure. Whatever dashboard I had when I initially got my 360, was the best. Got mine right when the slimmed down models were coming out.

Remember when everyone complained that the friend list took a long time to load. And the games list.

And still no more than 100 friends?

I liked the original dash.

the first two dashboards were great but there is no way they would have been able to handle the amount of content offered these days.

I don't mind the dashboard updates.
That said, I haven't received the latest one.

I like the new update. They really just changed it to match Windows 8.

I'm looking forward to Internet Browser and NBA League pass.

yeah, no update for me either.

Well this is utter crap...