I bought an xbox 360.  The sole reason for the purchase was not Halo 3, but PGR4 because it has motorcycles.  Its proabably the worst purchase I've ever made.  We'll see.

Also for the future purchase of Assassin's Creed.

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so maybe you need a wii?

also, stick, dont forget Fable 2!! And bioshock! the 360 has a lot of titles... more than the ps3 thats for sure

*hides my full body leather catwoman outfit*

ya Briney...which one are ya!

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No...I'm Catwoman!

I mean...no...psh...n-no

it had a simultaneous pc/360 release bob, you can get it now!

Holy crap they're still making PC games?!  Awesome!  Too bad piracy and high game prices go hand in hand.

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I have a solution for you bob!  Just get a new credit card, max it out buying a new computer then never pay it off...


everyone wins!

A guy I know said that he would trade Bioshock for Oblivion temporarily in a little while, so I will get to play it at some point. No one else is pumped about assassin's creed?

I read an article that said the PS3 would outsell the 360 by the year 2012. Very interesting...

Its nice too that the Premium system ($350) has the HDMI port now too.  That was a selling point for me.  I don't know why anyone would get the Elite system now.

As the proud new owner of an HDMI-equipped TV and DVD player, both of which support 1080p, I can honestly say... who cares?

Sure, 1080p via HDMI looks pretty good, but I can honestly say that it isn't significantly different than old-school RCA connections, and certainly no better than component cabling.  That said, I do plan to buy component cables for the Wii, since 480p is not available through traditional RCA cables.  I'll let you guys know if it offers any real improvement.

-b0b
(...probably should have bought the $400 Monster cables.  Ha!)

Mere and I bought a Samsung 30" Widescreen TV.  It's a flat-tube CRT, so it has a small form factor for a CRT but is still insanely heavy.  Just ask Spanky, he helped me carry it up the stairs.

We opted for the CRT because it was quite a bit cheaper than an equivalent LCD/Plasma display and had a much longer life expectancy.  I very rarely watch TV (and don't even have TV service) and don't watch movies very often, so I expect any TV I purchase to last at least 8-10 years.  CRT's typically last about twice as long as LCD's, so it was a good purchase.

The DVD player we purchased was a Pioneer unit (I can get the model number tonight if you want) that supported 1080p and had HDMI output.  The single best part of HDMI, in my opinion, is that all video and audio functionality is run through a single (extremely expensive!) cable.  Best Buy had two other units that also offered 1080p, but this model also had a variety of other functions (including a USB port for picture viewing!) for only $20 more.  It will also play mp3 and WMA audio and WMV/AVI/MPG videos from a burned DVD.  If memory serves, the DVD player was $119 out the door.  I didn't buy an HD-DVD/BluRay player because I'm not a consumer whore.

Once we buy a house and get everything moved over, we'll probably drop some cash on a decent home theater sound system.  There's not much point in adding surround sound speakers in the apartment!

-b0b
(...proposes a movie night.)

I should also mention that the first thing I hooked up to the TV (outside of the DVD player) was my Super Nintendo.  Who needs 1080p when you're living in a 16-bit world?

-b0b
(...rocks on.)

I hear that the CRTs have to replace the $600 bulbs every 2-3 years.

I recently purchased a 360, and rented Bioshock.  I'm not really into gaming that much, but I don't know if I liked it that much.  Don't get me wrong, the graphics, and physics were amazing.  But the entire concept was a little boring.  I couldn't play it longer than a half an hour without wanting to just do something else. 

But that was after just playing Resident Evil 4 for the Wii.  Which by the way is a really fun concept with the controller.  I loved that game.

Halo 3?  WTF?  You guys should be boycotting Halo on principal.

Don't you remember when Microsoft stole Halo from the PC?  It was supposed to launch on PC a full year before the Xbox was even released, but Microsoft bought out the company to turn Halo into a launch title for the Xbox.  When the PC port finally came out a year after the Xbox was announced, it was extremely buggy and ran like crap.  If you ask me, Microsoft intentionally bombed the game to make the Xbox seem more powerful than it really was.  Why else would a title originally destined for the PC run so poorly when it had an extra two years to grow (and for hardware to get more powerful)?

Screw Halo.

-b0b
(...is still a little hot about that one.)

Nice reference to the Saints, Stewie.   

For what it's worth, pre-order slips no longer seem to actually reserve a copy.  When the 360, Wii, and PS3 launched, the stores didn't have enough supply to fill all their pre-orders, so vendors offered them on a first-come, first-serve basis to slip holders.  That infuriates me, and I very rarely pre-order anything these days as a result.

-b0b
(...needs a really cool free gift as an incentive.)

Our dear, benevolent Microsoft would never do that!

-b0b
(...scoffs!)

There is a program available that allows you to run Halo 2 on Windows XP, although I think the multiplayer functionality is still buggy.

Again, why the heck would you want to buy Halo?

-b0b
(...remembers the incredibly crappy level design in the original Halo.)

Are the system requirements as insane as I think they might be?

-b0b
(...is skeered.)

Well, I guess that means I can at least run the game!  For the love of all that is holy, I need an upgrade!

-b0b
(...figures he'll be able to do a full rebuild around March or April of next year.)

@#%@#%!!!  50GB?!

For what it's worth, Baldur's Gate II required 5GB, and that came out when years ago.  8GB isn't all that bad by comparison.

-b0b
(...wowza!)

nope its 50. during install...

Stranglehold Minimum System Requirements (Subject to Change)

* Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista
* Intel Pentium 4 1.5GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500
* 256 MB RAM
* 15.0 GB free hard disk space (Stranglehold requires 50GB of free hard disk space during the installation process but, once installed, the setup files can be removed or stored elsewhere. If installing to a secondary drive, your system's primary drive requires 20GB of free hard disk space during the installation process.)
* DirectX 9.0b compatible graphics card with 64 MB VRAM (see below for complete list)
* DirectX 9.0b compatible sound card
* DirectX 9.0c (included)
* Broadband Internet connection required for online play

Stranglehold Recommended System Requirements (Subject to Change)

* Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista
* Dual Core Processor
* 2.0 GB RAM
* 15.0 GB free hard disk space (Stranglehold requires 50GB of free hard disk space during the installation process but, once installed, the setup files can be removed or stored elsewhere. If installing to a secondary drive, your system's primary drive requires 20GB of free hard disk space during the installation process.)
* NVIDIA GeForce 7800 or higher, ATI X1300 or higher
* DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
* DirectX 9.0c (included)
* Broadband Internet connection required for online play

mmm crysis! now that game looks sexy. Too bad ill never get vista.

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Did any of you know that Vista has DRM protection?  Wow...really?!  Is Microsoft trying to become the internet police?  That's scary.  I would rather have Bush and Chaney guard my newly won lotto money.  I would rather have Michael Jackson babysit my kids.  I would rather have Rosie O'Donnell watch my hot fudge sundae while I go to the bathroom!

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