Looking for some HALO 2 action over XBOX Live tonight. Anyone else going to be there?

Let’s get some good 4v’s happening.
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The Call of Duty series is fast forwarding from WWII to modern times. CoD4 will put you in battle with terrorists in the Middle East. Check out the video for more details. Other than the details, very little is known about the title.

Infinity Ward is making the game. They’ve setup a teaser site at http://www.charlieoscardelta.com.

The hi-def version of that trailer can be found here at gametrailers.com. The trailer we revealed during Saturday’s NFL draft.

What are your thoughts on this? Why switch from a WWII setting? Why go to the Middle East where, well, we are still losing a lot of American lives?

“Politics aside, it’d be a hell of a lot more fun to play as an insurgent.” – Slashdot user.
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If you want to see what the new Bioshock 360 Dashboard theme looks like instead of having to buy it first, here’s some screencaps:

















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After eating dinner Christina and I wandered into the nearby Gamestop and picked up the GHII demo. We took turns playing Cherry Pie and were hooked. We tried to buy it from them but they didn’t have any more. We had them call two other stores nearby with no luck. Finally, after visiting four stores I found it in WalMart. Apparently it’s sold out everywhere. The guy at the WM counter said “Finally found one, huh?” Not having told him of my journey, I replied, “Uh..yeah, finally. I can’t believe you guys have three.” “Three?” he replied. “We had twelve this morning. You’re very lucky.”

Yes I am.

Rocking out to Danzig is about the most fun I’ve had gaming. If you’re a fan of rock and roll as well as gaming then this is a game for you. I’m working through it on easy right now, which is pretty easy. However, it’s insane fun. I’ll have fun going through it again on each subsequent difficult, I’m sure. Danzig, Warrant, Ozzy, Alice in Chains, and Guns and Roses are the most fun for me right now. I look forward to downloading Motorhead and Edgar Winter when I finish the standard songs.

I’m able to 5-star most of them on easy on my first try, although I have had to play a few of them twice. Medium is tougher, though. It brings in more chords plus an extra button. I hope my pinky finger is up for a workout. GHII FTW!
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HDD transfer and Elite hands-on video from Major Nelson: Stream

From joystiq

While we’re going through the manual that came with the Hard-Drive Transfer Kit, we though we’d share some pics of the little devil. It connects to the underside of the Xbox 360 hard drive and to the console via USB. This kit did not come with the Xbox 360 Elite. Microsoft anticipates most customers purchasing the Elite will be new customers; however, if you’re upgrading, they’ll provide a free Hard-Drive transfer kit redeemable at Xbox.com. While that’s working (estimated time: 42 minutes), here’s some info from the process:

You need to snap your 20GB drive onto the Elite, and plug the 120GB drive into the Transfer Kit (yeah, we thought it was the other way around at first, too)

Despite the image on the CD sleeve and software screen, the manual says “be sure to connect the transfer cable to the back port, not a port on the front of the console.”
This process does not copy your 20GB hard drive; it moves that data over to the 120GB drive and erases the 20GB drive
The preloaded content on the Elite will be erased and replaced with your old data (not Hexic! Not again! Our refurbed 20GB drive didn’t have Hexic on it … and now the Elite won’t either)
XBLM and XBLA data will be moved, but the licenses “are tied to your console not your hard drive.” This means you will only be able to play/watch those items while connected to Xbox Live. (Update: this only applies to switching consoles — users upgrading to the 120GB drive on their existing console shouldn’t encounter this shortcoming)

Movie rentals will not be moved at all and will need to be watched before transferring data.
Update: And we’re done. The update took just under 40 minutes, and we needed to re-enter the network security settings for the 360’s wireless adapter, but otherwise it went smooth enough. Our save games are intact and operable, our XBLA games are intact and semi-operable (as long as we’re signed onto XBL, otherwise they behave like demos) and, whaddya know, Hexic remained on the drive!
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Well, it’s not my money…My dad’s laptop croaked a few days ago. He returned it under warranty to tigerdirect and they called him today to tell him he had a $1500 credit. He’s got to call them in the next hour and tell them what laptop he wants with the credit. He asked my advice in getting the best bang for the buck, so I am asking the advice of the uber-geeks here.

He surfs the web, uses ebay, trades email, stores and plays music files, and plays simple games. How would you spend $1500 at tigerdirect.com?
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