So if I get this game without having played Halo 3 beforehand, would I understand the plot entirely? I know its a prequel to Halo 3, but is there anything pertaining to the story I should know before playing ODST?

At 6/18/09 01:09 PM, SlipperyMooseCakes wrote: A special edition "Collector's Pack" has been confirmed, containing the game and a special ODST wireless Xbox 360 Controller.

Looks badass, and the Collector's Pack seems like a good deal. $100 for a $60 game + $50 controller. Not that I need another controller, since I have two and so far have only needed two, but I could always put one out of commission.

At 7/4/09 04:38 AM, dmansland wrote: Yeah there is also a rumor for a firmware update that will give all PS3 backwards compatibility with PS2 without that one chip that name escapes me at the moment in a couple of weeks. Interesting how rumors start and sometimes don't come true, though I pray to God the PS3 backwards compatibility is true. I own a newer PS3 with no chip.

That'd be nice, since backwards compatibility is a big buying point for me. Will it be able to play original PlayStation games as well?

Here's another image of the alleged PS3 Slim I found here. It's rather small, but does look like a smaller PS3 separated into pieces.

At 7/3/09 11:53 PM, scetch00 wrote: A july release? Tell me what month we are in right now?

That's what makes me skeptical about the rumor, but there are articles which write it off as being plausible.

The only reason I have any curiousity is because BestBuy is giving great new 80 GB bundles to get rid of stock for what could be the next new PS3.

That's a sign something may happen. Just like how the 360 20GB Pro dropped $100 so they could make way for the more high-end versions.

Yeah, the PS3 price cut rumors have been active for years now, but some recent hub-bub has stated that Sony plans on dropping the price of the original model to make way for its release of the PS3 Slim in the fall. Some sites speculate the release of the PS3 slim to be this month, but that seems too sudden.

Here's an article speculating a July release of the PS3 Slim. Apparently Sony has given two Taiwanese companies the green light to manufacture the new model.

Personally I'm not putting any trust into these rumors as so many PS3 rumors have been a let-down, but if it happens, great.

Sounds like abuse. You should call the cops.

Wade Fulp figurines

At 6/30/09 11:37 PM, Chumbawamba wrote: I know there used to be a way to check if auto renewal was on or not on the Xbox website, but it looks like they got rid of that ability with the new site revamp.

Scratch that, I found it. Should be under "Membership Level". I'm assuming yours looks something like this:

Membership Level
------------------------
1 Month Gold

Gold Member since: 4/xx/2009

End date: N/A

Automatic renewal: ON

If you bought Gold on either your Xbox or PC (using a debit/credit card), automatic renewal is on by default. The only way to turn it off is to call Xbox Support, which can be reached at 1-800-469-9269. Tell them you want the feature off. It took me about a half-hour, most of that time I was on hold... Shitty service.

I know there used to be a way to check if auto renewal was on or not on the Xbox website, but it looks like they got rid of that ability with the new site revamp. Not like you could turn it off anyway. Again, shitty service.

At 6/29/09 04:41 PM, YeOldeSierra wrote: The graphics look like a PS2 game, yeah.

PS2? The graphics are considerably better than that.

At 6/29/09 09:01 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Naw, £17 for the R4, and it came with a 2GB Micro SD card. Compared to the R4 vanilla from the same site, that's £4, which is approx what I'd expect to pay, given P&P.

I paid a pretty hefty sum for my CycloDS Evolution, though it came with a 4GB microSD. I still feel like I could've gotten essentially the same thing by getting the R4 or Acekard, but that's in the past.

OP: I'm almost certain all storage devices you can buy for the DS do not have a homebrew application pre-installed that would play media files. I'd suggest Moonshell, which can play videos, music, and display images. Here's a guide on how to install it to a flash cart.

I heard the Conduit didn't need friend codes, but perhaps that was some other game...

Fallout 3 also sucked for me at first. Instead of going to Megaton initially, I went to the school, where I was killed by Raiders numerous times, then went to the Supermarket, where once again I was killed by lots of Raiders.

If I recall correctly, you don't even have to find Three Dog, though that does make the game a lot easier to navigate. Just look around the Capital Wastelands. You're aiming to go to Rivet City, the area located in the most south-eastern point on the map. That will bring you closer to your dad.

Raiders can be a bitch, especially if you assign everything to an attribute you rarely use. If you use small guns a lot (which you do in the beginning of the game especially), give like 7 points to agility. You'll have to start over, of course, but you're not that far in the game now anyway.

The game is very rewarding in the long run. Once you get the hang of things, it's very good fun.

There has been a history of pretty major glitches with recent Fallout 3 DLC, so I'll shy away from downloading it now, if I ever do. I'd kinda like to move on from Fallout 3, but if it's an awesome addition, I'll get it.

So yeah, report back d00d.

At 6/20/09 10:16 PM, ughanation wrote: Or downloading stuff from your computer?

I believe you can link the Xbox to a Windows computer, and you can transfer stuff like music other media from the PC to the Xbox using Windows Media Center. Here's what it says on the Xbox:

"Play music, videos, pictures, TV, and more from your PC. All you need is a Windows Media Center PC and a home network."

Makes me think you're interested in making games for mobile devices... specifically the iPhone.

I'll have to agree with anyone who said they were great or better. I own every one of their studio albums (and a couple of soundtracks + live albums), and I used to have A Treeful of Secrets. Never decided to transfer it to my new computer though.

At 6/18/09 10:33 PM, max15946 wrote: crap it's down again...

It's working for me.

You're lucky the cop was nice enough to drop the speed significantly. He said I was going about 85 in a 60 MPH zone, got caught, and the speed was reduced to 79. I'm grateful that it was reduced to below 20 over, but it still costed about $150. Still, I was going about 90 before I was caught, maybe even a little over that. I was being an idiot, but it was on a highway, and the roads were quite bare.

Water under the bridge now though, as I've stopped speeding, at least over 10 MPH in well-populated areas.

At 6/15/09 10:00 PM, GenericName54 wrote: Actually, they occurred a while after purchasing the pillow. And they were thoughts of things not to do to the pillow.

I hope sleeping on the pillow was one of them. Wouldn't want to drool all over dat ass.

Jesus, it's probably just some kid. Calm the fuck down.

At 6/9/09 10:35 PM, Fezz wrote: I highly doubt that The Beatles: Rock Band is going to go from $250 to $70.

This is only for the "surplus" of Rock Band and Guitar Hero games Gamestop has left over. I'm sure the Beatles version will still be released at retail price.

At 6/10/09 12:25 AM, Fezz wrote: also "because it's $60, and expansions don't cost that much."

He has either never been ripped off or is completely oblivious to corporate greed.

At 6/10/09 12:03 AM, Hellian00 wrote: Newgrounds has big grey blocks on the side for me and it's really fucking annoying.

Can you post a screenshot? I'm not getting that at all, though I am using a Mac (and I think you implied you were using Windows).

At 6/9/09 11:32 PM, claymater wrote: Oh, any big changes? (because I didnt have a problem with the beta.. I just dont like it :P)

Beta was better.

At 6/7/09 05:51 PM, whitewolfer wrote: You realize if you just spent $50 and got the 12 month plus 1, you would be saving tons of money.

Some people (myself included) don't want to play online for an entire year, so paying for 12 months when you only want one month is overspending.

I still say vidya, because in this household... fuck the rest.

Isn't Ron White a redneck comedian? They have to make shit up all the time, so the truth is never a part of their act.

At 6/5/09 02:59 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote: OH. EM. GEE. Game Fuel is back! And now in blue which is super fucking awesome! This is amazing!

The blue is all right. Pretty generic berry soda (tastes like Pepsi Blue, like so many other products out there).

Had a regular MD yesterday that actually tasted like a lemon/lime drink--in other words, kinda sour. I was blown away.

Well I sit and hear sentimental footsteps
Then a voice say, "Hi, so?
So what you got, what you got this time?
Come on, let's get high"

Come on, Lexo, what you got next-o?
Walk twenty-five miles-o
Well I'm bored, I'm bored
Come on, let's get high

Well I found a new way
I found a new way
Come on, don't amuse me
I don't need your sympathy

At 6/3/09 10:29 PM, CuteAndFuzzy wrote:

At 6/3/09 10:19 PM, link-011 wrote: I like "New car smell"

Oddly enough it is carcinogenic.

Oh well see, that's just a damn shame.