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Old 01-07-10 | 07:51 PM
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I read the article and, iirc, it said visitors could visit your arcade and try before they buy. Technically though, the demos allow that. I want to them to be able to play the whole damn thing all the way through if they so desire. Not a shortened demo version.
The day Microsoft lets you do that will be the day pigs fly.
Old 01-07-10 | 08:59 PM
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I want my visitors to pay me 20 for each game they play in my arcade.
Old 01-07-10 | 09:01 PM
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I want my visitors to pay me 20 for each game they play in my arcade.
Early on in the hype for XBL didn't they claim users would be able to generate content for games and make a profit from it?
Old 01-07-10 | 09:02 PM
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Old 01-07-10 | 09:25 PM
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Being the sad SOB that I am one of the most played games on my MAME machine is Lunar Lander so I'll likely be one of the 11 people worldwide who will pony up for that one.
Old 01-08-10 | 07:28 AM
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re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines

Originally Posted by xmiyux
I read the article and, iirc, it said visitors could visit your arcade and try before they buy. Technically though, the demos allow that. I want to them to be able to play the whole damn thing all the way through if they so desire. Not a shortened demo version.
Anyone can download a demo though, so what would be the point of visiting someone's arcade?
Old 01-08-10 | 08:53 AM
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Old 01-08-10 | 09:03 AM
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Old 01-08-10 | 04:33 PM
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Old 01-08-10 | 09:03 PM
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Ok...how do you take Zune video off of your xbox after installing it? I wanted to check it out, and it replaces the normal interface your xbox has for watching videos. It is a lot slower, which I could deal with, but it does not update when a video is done downloading from xbox, which forces you to leave the zune interface, and go back to your xbox dashboard, then click back into the video. This sucks, cause I usually download 4 or 5 video game videos at once, and like to watch them one after another. I can not find anything in the memory that would let me remove it...
Old 01-09-10 | 02:44 PM
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I also want to know. I've only once tried that new interface and didn't like it.
Old 01-10-10 | 10:02 AM
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is anyone providing a free "full access" trial to XBL Gold? meaning not just online play, but access to all content for a short period of time without having to buy...

thanks.
Old 01-10-10 | 10:21 AM
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is anyone providing a free "full access" trial to XBL Gold? meaning not just online play, but access to all content for a short period of time without having to buy...

thanks.
Amazon had a year long membership card on sale for 35$. Order one and enjoy.
Old 01-10-10 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
is anyone providing a free "full access" trial to XBL Gold? meaning not just online play, but access to all content for a short period of time without having to buy...

thanks.
I think we've already established that full Gold membership is pay-only. You can get a full year for only $35 at Amazon, or if you were planning on buying something on the Marketplace anyway, you can get a year of Live + 1600 points ($20 value) for $50 at Costco.com with free shipping. Either is a pretty good deal. If you want all access, that's the way to go.
Old 01-10-10 | 10:55 AM
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I also don't like the Zune marketplace interface as much as I liked the old video browsing.

Over Christmas, I used Last.fm on the 360 to play Christmas music by playing tag, well, "Christmas".

Now that music is in my Library. So I'll hear Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, then the Andrews Sisters. Is there any to not include that tag in my library?
Old 01-10-10 | 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
is anyone providing a free "full access" trial to XBL Gold? meaning not just online play, but access to all content for a short period of time without having to buy...

thanks.
Did you sign up for your initial month of Gold?
Old 01-10-10 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by sniper308
Did you sign up for your initial month of Gold?
My wife and son signed up for silver accounts and got the free month of gold to play 1 vs 100. Near the end of the month they also got an offer to get three months for $10. She wasn't sure she wanted a year since she only wanted live to play 1 vs 100 and bought the extra 3 months. She figured she didn't want to pay for too many months that 1 vs 100 wasn't running and I think the season ends fairly soon.

So if nothing else you can get the free month and then 3 more months if you want and only spend $10.
Old 01-10-10 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by sniper308
Did you sign up for your initial month of Gold?
no. it was never mentioned and thus never offered when i signed up at first.
Old 01-10-10 | 12:47 PM
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It should sign you up automatically.
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I don't think the free month of Gold is still offered.
Old 01-10-10 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
It should sign you up automatically.
When I got my Xbox and signed up for Live Silver I was never offered the one month of Gold. However, when my gf created her Silver account on my Xbox she was. So it doesn't seem to always offer it for some reason even though it's supposed to do so.
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would someone mind giving me one of their codes for a free 48 hours of Gold because i want to try this online thing with Halo: CE and then see if i want to go for the year?

sometimes comes with new games and if you don't intend to use it...

please pm me.

thanks in advance, i do appreciate it sincerely.
Old 01-10-10 | 07:45 PM
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The first Halo doesn't have online play.
Old 01-10-10 | 08:01 PM
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I could have sworn I played Halo 1 co-op with my friend in Pennsylvania on the old Xbox.
Old 01-10-10 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by pinata242
I could have sworn I played Halo 1 co-op with my friend in Pennsylvania on the old Xbox.
Splitscreen or over a LAN. Neither of which require Live Gold.


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Now, there was a tunneling program that would trick the Xbox into thinking folks online were on a LAN. However, there is no way Scott will work his way through that setup.


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