The Shrine

What do you all think? As I'm writing this I'm waiting for the dashboard to fill in... still getting the "hour glass"... the update already scared me half to shit when it rebooted after the update I got no video but still got sound... luckily a reboot fixed that.

From other topic:

This is great. I can uninstall Transcode 360 now. It used up a lot of my system memory to be able to stream avi files to the 360 in Media Center... now I don't even need to use Media Center! Divx encoded files run flawlessly right off the dashboard. You just need to go to video in the media blade and change the source from the 360 HDD to your comp by pressing X.

Further impressions:

I greatly prefer the marketplace design. Even seems to run faster, although I did have a kind of long initial load when I connected to Live after my system rebooted so I don't know if that's going to be normal.

I think the Xbox originals is a great idea, BUT:

1) I can't think of too many Xbox games I'd replay
2) Overpriced
3) Conversion of points is still unfair to Canadians since our dollar is more or less equal now (500 points is 7.75CAD or 6.25USD). So a game at 1200 points is 18.60 here (plus tax!) or 15 in the US (no tax).

Most of the games on the list can be found in stores for $10-15 new or used, Psychonauts and Indigo Prophecy may be exceptions.

Still, very nice update. I may be playing Bioshock again to check out the new plasmids/display setting.
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Addition: I remember reading something about a CNN-like 'ticker'. Also, a daily feature, including some Major Nelson jizz. Did you come across this? Maybe it's a US only thing like the video marketplace (ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!).

Bastard Lotus, why'd you get off Live?? Was just going to ask for some Halo goodness

Black Lotus wrote: Addition: I remember reading something about a CNN-like 'ticker'.(ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!).

there is a feature like that on the ps3.... maybe that's what you're talking about.

bovine wrote:

Black Lotus wrote: Addition: I remember reading something about a CNN-like 'ticker'.(ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!).

there is a feature like that on the ps3.... maybe that's what you're talking about.

Nope.

Tessian wrote:I wear women's clothing

Alright, I'm coming back... Bovine?

It appears that Live is real laggy tonight... I don't know if it's worth trying to play or not. I'm going to sit in the matchmaking lobby for a bit and see if the playlist loads but if not I'm bagging this

I do like Bovine's current status though:

"Bioshock. Online. Not currently playing Bioshock"

I'll be around in a little bit. Gonna open my US account to see if the new content's any different. Five minutes

Oh hey, video marketplace coming here on the 11th!

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/04/xbox- ... da-dec-11/

Tess you asshole, we're waiting for you.

Sorry man, I didn't think you guys would even be able to get in... it took 10 minutes to load up Matchmaking and I was still having horrible lag looking at profiles. Decided tonight wasn't a good night for gaming since people were talking about CoD4 tanking tonight and the last time that happened Halo3 did too.

Halo ran fine. The friends/profile blades were slow as hell and froze, though.

Black Lotus wrote:Halo ran fine. The friends/profile blades were slow as hell and froze, though.

They were better at night when I got home. After about 10pm everything was moving fine. But it was slow as hell navigating the blades until that time. So I just watched Dexter :-)

I've noticed that the blades are a heck of a lot faster than they used to be.