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Is Prey for the Xbox 360 worth purchasing/playing?

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Speaking of Street Fighter, are there any Xbox 360-compatible controllers that have a better D-pad and button layout for use with the aforementioned game?

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Does anyone know if you can use a debit card as opposed to a credit card to add points to your XBL account?

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Awesome, time to go bankrupt myself.

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Nah, I'd say the bonus disc isn't really that great.

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It was just brought up in another thread but I'll ask here - is that Table Tennis game by Rockstar worth purchasing?

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I'm trying to remember this indie game I saw an article about a long while ago - I believe you are essentially a ball that rolls around in a sort of surreal-fantasty 2D platform world and has very pretty storybook-ish art. Am I ringing any bells?

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Good call, it was Gumboy.

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Anybody got a gamepad they favor for PC gaming? A few games I'm playing would really benefit from me not using keyboard controls.

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Is Mother 3 unplayable if one can not read Japanese? All that talk of it on the fukukbukbukubukuro made me sort of interested in it since I haven't played Earthbound in like 10 years.

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Is there any reason why I should not unplug my Xbox 360 when I'm not using it? Sometimes at night I can see the steady orange glow of that little light on the power brick, and I wonder about how much electricity is being wasted.

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Any chance of Portal being released for the 360 outside of the "Orange Box" compilation? It's really the only part of the whole package that I'm interested in.

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Is there any sort of accepted... XBL etiquette... in terms of what you call people in voice chat?

Say perhaps I am playing against ShaperMc, whose gamertag is ShaperTGQ. Should I just say "sup Shaper" if I initiate a private voice chat, or go through some introductions and be like "my name is mike (not as obvious on xbl since my gamertag is ilopan, there), and yours?"

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Anyone here use Gamefly/think it might be worth it to do so?

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Can the PS3 make use of VGA connections?

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Does anyone have an explanation for why it seems that Xbox 360 titles cost more than their PC counterparts?

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If one wanted to record video of themselves playing a PC game (the action of the game, not actually one's self), what would be a good program/method to use?

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Screencasting! I knew there was a fancy name I was forgetting.

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I read something once about this game in Japanese arcades (or maybe it's still in development) that is a touch-screen fighting game that is somewhat like Senko no Ronde but in 3D - anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

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Bingo - thanks Deets

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I think Icy Calm liked it, too. Unless I'm remembering incorrectly.

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PSP owners: Is the PSP actually convenient for MP3 playback?

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I'll admit to being blinded by novelty and presentation in the case of Nervous Brickdown.

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Does anybody remember the names of (or can anybody link to) those websites that were used to promote the original Metroid Prime? There were at least three I can think of:

One which was a bogus weapons-manufacturer

One which was a site for conspiracy theorists/UFO watchers

And another for some speculative all-female space exploration plan


EDIT: I found them

1) Orbis Labs (but some dude bought the domain! well, his portfolio isn't so bad) www.orbislabs.com

2) Channel51.org (defunct)

3) athenaastronautics.com (also defunct)


EDIT AGAIN: WOOT for the wayback machine

1)Orbis Labs

2)Channel 51

3)Athena Astronautics

[Mikey]

You might be stuck going the route I did - I coughed up the dough for a pair of wireless headphones, and I just connected the audio cables from the xbox straight into their base.

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I got a pair of overpriced (lol Sony) Sony headphones - model MDR-RF960R. They leave something to be desired. The sound quality is good, but there's a bad tendency toward static and interference, especially after they've been in use for an hour or two and the battery is draining. I wouldn't recommend them. On the plus side, they're comfortable to wear for long periods.

EDIT: BUT NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS THIS TOP POST!

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Can anyone recommend a decent Virtual DVD drive/emulator or whatever? - I've got an iso file that I'd like to run

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Does anyone know who the artist is behind the character portraits in XBLA Carcassone? I like them a lot, and wouldn't mind having a look at more of that person's work.

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So play-asia is sold out of Coloris and Orbital, and I'm guessing maybe they won't be restocking them. Can anyone recommend another vendor?

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That was the very first one I purchased, as it turns out.

[Mikey]

You might want to just go on play-asia now and buy Boundish, it's only about 10 bucks and i doubt you'll ever find it again for that cheap

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Does the PS3 come with an HDMI cable?

edit: also are there any reasons not to orient the system vertically while it's being played? (disc-scratching issues, etc?)

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I think you got pretty lucky with that auction, I could swear I've never seen Earthbound going for less than 60 bucks on Ebay.

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I sort of wrote that game off because it seemed sort of generic, but lately games have had a way of surprising me with quality. Let us know, toptube!

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Give me the straight dope: is Steam an obnoxious bastard of a program? I ask because it seems to be the only way to acquire Audiosurf, and every now and then I hear people gripe about Steam.