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I entered this one, too. It seems like there's a new one every time I play MLB 2k10. I see them advertised all over the stadium :lol:

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Quick question: the new 4gb Xbox... is the 4gb built in like a flash drive? Or if you upgrade to whatever hard drives are released, do you have to remove the 4gb?

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My 360 died last night. I put in a repair request, apparently it was under warranty through September 14th.

I'm definitely looking at getting one of those new sleek ones.

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Does anyone have a spare 48 hour Live trial card? Or know what games came with one recently? I'm in a bit of a pinch here...

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Sending you a PM now.

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In case anyone was looking for cheap storage expansion, dealspl.us has 8gb Kingston thumbdrives for $13 shipped: http://dealspl.us/product/dt101g28gb...01-gen-2-flash

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Buh, do they not sell the rechargeable battery packs separately anymore?

I think one of mine is dead (and it really wasn't used that much).

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They're really hard to find. I happened on a few at a local Toys R Us last year, as my two that I had just stopped holding charges completely. I think you can find 3rd party ones, but no idea what happened to the MS ones.

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Mine stopped holding charges completely as well. I picked up one of the 1st party quick charge kits that came with an extra battery and it didn't do much better.

I've transitioned now to using a wired controller for most of my gaming (I got it to use for my PC) and regular old batteries for the few times we need the other controllers.

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Oh, you can still get them with the cables for an extra $10.

Of course, if you already have one (or two, in my case).. that's not nice. :(

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What's weird is that one of mine is completely "dead" unless I charge it with the quick charge kit. The play and charge kit will let it play but it does not charge. So maybe try that?

(also check amazon warehouse. I was able to buy some rechargeables for a couple bucks each a year ago.)

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I just use rechargeable AAs.

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I have one of these. "InCharge for XBOX 360". I think I got it from ThingFling or Dell or some other deal site one day for like $8. Charging cradle and 2 battery packs.

http://cdn.overstock.com/images/products/P11325803.jpg

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Where is the best place to get replacement power supplies? I was gifted a launch 360, but it doesn't have a power brick. How much do they run?

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Me too. Eneloops rock!

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Yeah, another vote for rechargeables. Why pay more for a battery that only works in one device?

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Yes they do! I made the switch to rechargeables this year and I wish I would have done it a long time ago. So much better--especially when it comes to the wireless guitars.

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the two I got were deals from Amazon that included the controller too.

Back to the AAs I guess.

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I use rechargeable AA's for most everything else, but it's nice to have a battery pack ready to just snap in when you need to since I often times find myself hunting for spare rechargeables, or realizing some weren't charged, or pulling them out of other devices :lol:

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I have the same thing, probably from the same deal. :lol:

I normally would use rechargeable AA's myself, but I eventually found getting them in and out of the Xbox battery back to be a bit cumbersome. This charger is great -- I just wish the light would go out when it's done rather than blinking.

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Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU's)

1. Modern Warfare 2
2. Halo 3
3. Call of Duty: WaW
4. Call of Duty 4
5. FIFA 10
6. Red Dead Redemption
7. GTA IV
8. Gears of War 2
9. Battlefield Bad Co. 2
10. Left 4 Dead 2
11. Halo 3: ODST
12. Forza Motorsport 3
13. LIMBO
14. Madden NFL 11 demo
15. Castlevania Harmony of Despair
16. Hydro Thunder Hurricane
17. Madden NFL 10
18. Trials HD
19. NCAA Football 11
20. NBA 2K10

Kinda of sad that more people are playing last year's Madden than this year's NCAA. And CoD: World at War is still that popular?

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I've been playing WaW lately. I picked it up at Gamestop when they had it cheaper.

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I was playing an exciting game of Carcassone last night and noticed that entire groups on my friends list were playing COD:WaW. Is there some memo I didn't get?

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It was Woot, and I have one too.

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Text "madden" to 74139 for a chance at 1600 points. They'll send you a message back requesting your gamertag. Winners announced on October 5th. Only 1 entry allowed.

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I hit REPLY and entered my GamerTag and it was confused and said it was not acceptable. Is it because my GT has a space in it? DJ Doubledown....oh well.

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Mine has a space and it accepted it fine.

Thanks TL.

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Thanks TL :D, I can't buy cards for a little while and this would certainly be welcome.

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i have been grinding in WaW to get my last achievement (10th prestige). not sure if i will ever do it. it is a nice break from all the cheating and terrible matchmaking of mw2

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Thanks. My gamertag went through.

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That's weird. Try again I guess since Corvin's went through?

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Thanks TL!

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So here's a link some people might appreciate:

This is a link to yesterday's Don Geronimo radio show (if you don't know Don Geronimo, he does non-political, non-sports talk radio and would be in the same geenral category as Howard Stern, though he's very different from Stern)

http://khtk.cbslocal.com/2010/08/12/...ugust-12-2010/

Anyway, click on Segment #1 and jump to 11:30 (or just listen that far) and you'll hear Don's tale of going on XBLA to play Madden and running into one of those poser kids who likes to call everyone a mother-fucker.

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+1

And, I hate that the light blinks when it is fully charged rather than staying lit or turning off all together.

Hope they make a black one soon too!

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Just listened to that today at lunch. Classic. As a father with three boys with XBL accounts, I have it set up so they can only talk to people on their friends list. I don't want to subject them to the trash talking and name calling that goes on on XBL.

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DUDE! I didn't even know he was back on doing stuff. Big fan of the old Don/Mike and current Mike O'Meara show stuff. Thanks! :up:

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I tried again, still gave me the Text Message error...weird. Oh well, I guess I don't care anymore.

I'm new to texting anyways. I hit Reply, typed my GT in. I even typed it in case sensitive, since mine is DJ DoubleDown

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Same here. I feel like I grew up on Don Geronimo, and cried when I heard about Freda.

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Yeah, I grew up with Don & Mike too and absolutely love them. Don's been back for about a month -- I actually read about it in Otter (can't remember who posted and I'm too lazy to go back and check, but thanks whoever you are.

So -- the scoop is that Don is now on noon until 4 on KHTK in Sacramento, and if you're outside Sacramento, you can listen via the internet live, listen via the webstie after the fact, or download the shows via iTunes. Mike is doing mornings on 105.9 in DC which streams via the website (but is not straight talk -- he plays music, too) and also does a daily 1-hour podcast with Buzz, Rob, and Oscar Santana (formerly of the Big O and Dukes show). The podcast is available via www.mikeomearashow.com and via iTunes, and is also syndicated to KCJJ, a Cedar Rapids, IA radio-station.

Both Don and Mike are, IMO, as good as they ever were, and while I miss the interaction of the two of them, they are both doing some awesome stuff separately.