(CyKiller) Aaron Johnson

There is a reason you have to find it in the usual places compiled, it is built with Xbox SDK which is illegal. But it is the best software to date - and seeing it evolved on the 360 could prove to be potentially good.

DD-WRT+Chillispot - nuff said - be your own FON

It is M$'s content - so they loose nothing. Bandwidth is paid for from your content purchase and Live account so this is a win-win for them. Thumbs up for Microsoft to snag in some early numbers.

It was very nice coverage, and if we had awards for this type of dedication you would be in first place for sure. Ahh, and In-And-Out (West coast burger heaven), perfect menu, perfect food, outstanding. Next time you go ask for the special sauce on the fries - you only can get it if you ask, it is not on the menu - enjoy ;)

Simple - ESRB has already given an alternative but it is the parents that should be taking the next step of how, when, and what their kids are playing. I can guarantee that half of the Americans that plays video games are kids if not more, but most importantly that the parents aren't guiding them correctly beyond what the neighbors kids has.

This is what is killing ethical values and family morals, but it is primarily the parents fault because they can start it or end it before hand which determines the outcome. Those adults blaming video games for violent matters they engaged in should be penalized without special needs stemming from the justice served.

CyKiller - coming back soon....

It is rather kool, but what is the games point? Shocking the article doesn't state anything about it rather than laughing about being, uhh...shocked. Good game if you are a stoner off of marijuana (which all of them look like potheads). Anyways to the sound - it reminds me of the Xbox's dashboard background sound, yes the original.

Few things I wanted to comment on before I get on the article, which concerns some ridiculous comments.

(from 7) "But MS isn't force feeding us a proprietory format like BluRay and MS isn't forcing us to buy hardware we don't want like HD-DVD disc drives either. We can have it if we 'want' it."

Are you understanding what you are saying, MS is one of the companies leading proprietary services and now implementing it in their hardware (360 and Zune). To stop all the next-gen DVD war, I will make 1 comment that would change the world. That would be, instead of buying a native Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player, there are cheaper more entertaining options like the PS3 and the Xbox360 which both are cheaper then native players. If you want to take a ride on the next gen video security fiasco, be my guess but any buyer would note that the gaming systems are cheaper and adds productivity way beyond traditional players.

How can you say MS is not proprietary when you had to have XP Media Center OS (let alone a capable high-end PC) to enjoy your videos via 360 until this past fall update, which is almost a year since the systems debuted? Microsoft now offers video playback and other natural media services through its Zune and USB drives, but still being Mr. Proprietary with the streaming as it requires you to use 2 of either service they have built that is exposed for XP OS’s. Windows Media Player 11 and Windows Media Connect are self surrounding the box with it's oh so lovely windows media video formats. Who on planet earth can say they have a $41tload of WMV files floating around on their PC’s – so your solution is to transcode your videos to WMV and enjoy the ever low graded blotched material on your television. Or enjoy the premiums of new HD material offered by the sneaky MS that has planners probably laughing at this comment (that the plan is going to work). It all starts on the 22nd, and stepping into this market so quickly already states the power and extensive resources of MS behind the Xbox360’s updating possibilities and future implementations. (POWER OF FIRMWARE UPGRADE) Be afraid – VERY AFRAID.

Kudos to Mr. bobbytomorow - your comments make more sense, but get out of the corporate thinking for a minute and take a step back to a consumers mind which relates sales. MS wants everyone to go onboard and companies are going to follow but get greedy as their vocal leader, MS. Grabbing some hardware royalties seems like a good idea for the video companies and it shows from the UMG’s approach by charging $1 per Zune sale. MS will have to do more then that to earn these companies heart let alone to secure their self; they have to start delivering results which extends their partnership relations. How is this going to be achieved? In my opinion it is definitely Xbox Live Video as a start, the service will only be exclusively available to the 360 which is the counter but hey, a starts a start. This is the least concern for MS as this is where they have a community to infect as I call it. And they are doing it very well with the content addition and more future implementations.

The reason I stated this as a contagion is because it will spread greatly under its own community it has now, but as well it represents a better quality video then any transcoded files by far. The infection = taking a community and throwing services at them. Look at Skype, Google, Yahoo, Youtube, or any web service business - you call it. All of these successful web serviced companies that built communities (some purchased) around a service and then threw a bunch of other (some un-useful) services on top of that. It is what web 2.0 is about in my opinion.

CyKiller (yeah that CyKiller)

Why is everyone comparing or stating that GOW (Gears of War) will be even somewhat close to the Halo series. If you want to consider hype, do it with something that has not been out and not scoring anything under a 9. Halo has provided a that which definitely has my spirits up high for the next-gen version.

It has nothing to do with the subject either, now if we want to start a GOW being something over-hyped like Brute Force then that is another story. Anyways let's stick to the subject - for those who forgot we were discussing, that would be replay's and ways they will be shared. I just wanted to add a comment stating that I can see replays being a good thing where they are needed and already provided, like sports games - but what difference could weigh in here with MS trying to start a new social media site\platform based on Halo crowd alone????? Could be revolutionary under the community, but surely more then just re-played gaming content from friends being shared will have to come out of this.

You do the rest and figure it out, MS will be rolling out a new service very soon. I mean how are they going to compete with SEGA's REEL feature or ESPN's live radio and TV shows (snippets) via EA's next gen games? That is the thing - they won't be....they have their own community to entertain. Ok so the last comment was me being an ass to all the non-subject writers but seriously we should be more concerning with what else is MS bringing to the table - the possibilities are nothing new at all in the announcements. It is the big picture that will count, and considering Halo 3 is the biggest Xbox360 title, we must not forget it could be on its way to break it's little brothers record.

CyKiller

Saving replays sure won't make the game, nor will it have anything to do with it's perfect score everyone is waiting for. The game has more hype than the word itself and MS knows this, the series did land MS where they are today in the console gaming world. Now with the movie coming and then the ever so loving Halo 3 debuting it will effect nothing if the feature is in there or not.

As for the actual replay sharing it can and easily will be implemented. But "how" may be the biggest question, and I mean how will and how much will the service be. It will sure enough be a purchase feature like Sega's 2K7 reel sharing, which requires you to purchase the update at a small fee to share and edit (yes edit) your highlights. So it could be a very good thing, at a cost of course...

CyKiller

I would love to come down and speak with the TUAW community, it would be great. I'll be there!!

CyKiller