me and my brother usually play video games while everyone in the family sits in the other room and talks.

my thoughts exactly minus the uncharted part. i checked facebook, twitter, last.fm and even browsed around the zune marketplace for a bit. i literally haven't checked any of them again since the day i downloaded them. this is the first update in a while that really adds only extra stuff that i probably won't use. i still need to rent a 1080p movie from the zune marketplace though.

these avatar items must be selling at these prices since ms is continuing to use this pricing structure. of course i say that about games on demand too but those are simply the msrp of games. i will continue to speak with my wallet and not buy these. as badly as i want a dallas cowboys jersey i am resisting. the only avatar items i have are FREE ones from halo waypoint.

what is gears of war????

what a stupid comment from an uninformed fanboy. at least add in what you consider "REAL music" so we can subsequently bash and insult it into oblivion.

so i thought the halo career part thingy would just simply a reproduction of your bungie stats page. but it is totally new and different like grouping achievements together for a specific "award". so that is cool i guess. hopefully i get into the preview program so i can try this out.

quit your whining. they have 10 of their best songs with 2 others on lego rock band and i'm sure bohemian rhapsody will be on rock band 3. wah wah they don't have this song. expand your musical tastes.....

man i wish this would come to fruition in the USA. they previewed it here a LONG time ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0GijX9SSjU
on second thought, having my 360 on all the time just to watch tv probably wouldn't be that good for it and would just increase the odds of RROD.

yeah others are reporting the same thing. i think the microsoft point cards are showing up as gift cards at the register rather than video game accessories therefore they do not qualify. supposedly some are saying if you can find any of the older point cards in the plastic packaging, those are working for the buy 2 get 1 free. but again the gift cards that are just on the shelf (aka not in any packaging) will not work.

game developer #1: "hey we should include some of those avatar awards in our game to reward gamers as they progress through the game, similar to achievements."
game developer #2: "that is great idea. it would give added value to our from the consumer's standpoint. or at least those consumers who actually care about their avatar."
microsoft: "why give avatar awards away for free when you charge for them on our avatar marketplace? everybody wins except for the consumer who has to pay money for a digital shirt for their digital character."
game developer #1: "that is a good point. 4 dollars it is for a shirt!"