Exporting Songs From Rock Band 1 to Rock Band 2 Will Require Code, Five Bucks, HDD Space [Rock Band 2] (1)
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One of Rock Band 2's more thoughtful features is that you'll be able to export most of the tracks from your Rock Band 1 disc to play in Rock Band 2 on the Xbox 360 (DLC works with it automatically). Harmonix has just dropped some of the details on how you'll make this happen. It's easy, and it'll cost you about $5 (and a considerable chunk of hard drive space), as expected. On the day ...
Quick Media Converter Converts Audio or Video to Any Format [Featured Windows Download] (13)
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Windows only: Free application Quick Media Converter converts virtually any audio or video file from one format to another. Like previously mentioned WinFF (and several other media conversion tools), Quick Media Converter is really just a graphical front end for the powerful command line tool, FFmpeg. But where FFmpeg takes some command line chops to use, Quick Media Converter couldn't be more simple. Just drag and drop a file you want to convert into the ...
Lightning Review: Earforce X4 Xbox 360 Wireless Surround Sound Headset [Review] (1)
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The Gadget: Turtle Beach's Earforce X4. It's a wireless surround sound headset that can also plug into an Xbox 360 controller for full Live chatting. The Price: $200 The verdict: If you've got an extra $200 and play Xbox 360 a lot, buy 'em. It should be noted that these "surround sound" headphones are really transposing a 5.1 channel signal into two stereo speakers, but the results are excellent all the same. In Call of ...
GTA IV DLC On Xbox Live This Fall [Gta Iv] (1)
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Wow, it seems like years since the first rumors of the Xbox getting exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV DLC and months since the game actually appeared (ok, it has been months... but I mean more months) Finally, Microsoft has announced that the first dollop of episodic GTA action will appear on Xbox Live in the fall. At the Leipzig Games Convention, a nice chap from Microsoft announced, "In autumn there will be news from Liberty ...
Microsoft fesses up to a new, tweaked Xbox 360 controller (6)
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Filed under: Gaming According to gamesindustry.biz, Microsoft is confirming a slight revision to its Xbox 360 controller design. Apparently, the new iteration of the gamepad includes enhancements to its d-pad, which admittedly has always been somewhat lacking. In Microsoft's words: "The new limited edition green wireless controller offers enhancements to d-pad functionality, which will add to the experience of playing games where the d-pad is the primary control mechanism." We'd like to think that this ...
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All Xbox Live iPhone Apps To Be Free [IPhone] (2)
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Microsoft has decided that if you want to make an Xbox Live app for the iPhone, you will have to give it away for free. The coders behind the 1337pwn Friends List were contacted by Microsoft and were told they could keep their app on the App Store — but only by reducing the price to Zero. We have looked at a similar previously, and were fairly unimpressed, so perhaps this is a quality-verus-branding issue ...
Microsoft says Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution instruments to be cross-compatible on 360 as well (1)
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Filed under: Gaming It's sad that the petty bickering between Activision, Harmonix, and Konami required console makers to step up and ensure that gamers didn't end up with piles of redundant plastic instrument controllers, but things are starting to get better -- just as Sony did yesterday, Microsoft announced that it's requiring Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution to be cross-compatible on the Xbox 360. The post on Redmond's Gamerscore blog ...
Microsoft Says All Xbox Live iPhone Apps Gotta Be Free [Xbox Live] (4)
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Microsoft hasn't released its own Xbox Live iPhone app (and we're kinda thinking they won't), but it's definitely cool letting developers fill the gap, on one condition: They can't charge for the app. Of the three Live apps in the App Store, two are free right now, though iLive still charges $1.99, even though it has the worst interface of the three. Microsoft can boss them around 'cause they're all getting Live info through the ...
Angry Father Nails Xbox To Tree (2)
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Filed under: Video Games, eBay What do you do when your kids get out of hand while playing with their Xbox? Your options are: A time out. No dessert. Nail that Xbox to a tree, dammit! Yes, option number three was in order for a Mechanicsville, Va., father, who apparently had enough of his kids' shenanigans/back talk/zombie-like addiction to Halo. Out into the backyard and up onto the tree the Xbox went.Lest you think this ...
Microsoft - All Our Instruments Cross-Compatible Too [Xbox] (3)
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Yesterday we reported Sony's annoucement via the PlayStation Blog that all the major upcoming PS3 music games (Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution) will be able to share instruments. Not to be outdone (and concerned that the PS3 claim might imply the opposite for rivals) Chris Paladino from Microsoft used the Gamerscore Blog to confirm that the same was true of the XBox version of those games as well. For the ...
PlayOn Brings Hulu and More to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Netflix Next [Playon] (2)
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PlayOn, a program that allows Hulu, ESPN, YouTube and CBS streaming from a Windows PC to a PS3, Xbox 360 or HP MediaSmart TV, has just been released as a free beta to the public (well, the first 60 days are free, after that it'll cost $30). And to make things even better, the software should expand to support Netflix streaming and the Nintendo Wii within the year. Finally, that whole console becoming as complicated ...
PlayOn media server brings Hulu / YouTube to consoles, Netflix coming soon? (7)
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Filed under: Home Entertainment PlayOn wants to make sure you can get your daily dose of Barackrolls and Airwolf episodes beyond the desktop, while Hulu might not have a slick streaming set-top box of its own, this media server software turns flash video RSS streams into easily browsed folders for your DLNA-compliant hardware. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and HP MediaSmart HDTVs being at the top of that list (with Nintendo Wii support planned by year-end) ...
PlayOn Brings Vudu and More to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Netflix Next [Playon] (2)
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PlayOn, a program that allows Vudu, ESPN, YouTube and CBS streaming from a Windows PC to a PS3, Xbox 360 or HP MediaSmart TV, has just been released as a free beta to the public (well, the first 60 days are free, after that it'll cost $30). And to make things even better, the software should expand to support Netflix streaming and the Nintendo Wii within the year. Finally, that whole console becoming as complicated ...
Duke Nukem 3D on the XBOX (1)
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While it isn’t the long awaited release of the game that has taken forever to finish, “Duke Nukem Forever” (wikipedia), 3D Realms have announced that “Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox Live Arcade” has passed certification and is in the hands of Microsoft to distribute :) You can also check out the wikipedia page for Duke Nukem 3D for some detailed info on the original game. Duke Nukem 3D - Episode 1 - Level 1 YouTube
Irate father nails Xbox to tree (7)
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Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox After having "warned [their] 3 boys about their behavior while playing the Xbox," a rather vengeful father had decided to create folk art with the console, according to the mother's CNN iReport. In the comment section, the mother said the kids do not "totally hate dad ... There was a problem, and the problem was addressed properly."Not to worry for the kids, however, as a replacement Xbox can be found ...
XBMC for Xbox 2008-08-19 SVN rev15026 build - T3CH (1)
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T3CH released a new SVN compile (rev15026) of XBMC for Xbox(info).This T3CH-compile is a complete snapshot of what is in SVN at the time the build was compiled, with just a few small additions.Special Notes and Noteworthy/XML/Script changes:* Team Razorfish gave me permission to bundle their excellent skin 'MediaStream', so I'm gonna start doing that now. That's also why this release is 25MB larger size than usual.* AMT updated to 0.99.7, XBMC Lyrics to 1.6.0, ...
Forgive Dad, He Knows Not What He Does [Inappropriate Humor Alert] (4)
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So do the proud consoles die ... crucified, not on a cross of gold, but a humble backyard poplar in Mechanicsville, Va. Reader Daniel S. sent us this is from iReport — the "citizen journalism" site CNN launched. Citizen Journalist Mom said Citizen Journalist Dad "repeatedly warned" Citizen Journalists Jr., III, and IV about "their behavior" (I guess that doesn't mean rocket-jumping, PIT maneuvers, or killing hookers) while playing the Xbox. Left unsaid, but if ...
Dad Nails Xbox to Tree, Cleverly Gets on Master Chief's Bad Side [Xbox Tree] (7)
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I think that, in any tough situation, there's a kind of normal way a person can react and a completely angry, psycho, absurd way a person can react. The normal way is the best way about 99.99% of the time. Example: A waiter brings you the wrong drink, so you politely ask for another. Result: You get the drink you wanted without traces of type 1 herpes. See? Everybody wins. Anyway, that's the rational way ...
A Sexy Guide to Video Game-Themed Cufflinks (1)
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Only real men wear pink, and only real gamers wear geeked out accessories. That’s right, if you are a male and consider yourself hardcore but you aren’t wearing your gaming heart on your sleeve, get the hell out. Or you could just refer to this handy guide about some awesome video game-themed cufflinks. Either way works. While the Wii is traditionally known as the casual gamer’s console, being dedicated enough to wear sterling silver cufflinks ...
Installing Xbox 360 Games Is Easy Peasy [The New Xbox Experience] (5)
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As part of The New Xbox "can we please get a shorter name yet" Experience, players will be able to install any Xbox 360 game in its entirety to the console's hard drive—decreasing load times dramatically. Here's the first clip of that process. You'll notice that yes, it's easy to do, yes, it takes a long time to install and yes, you need the game disc to load the game. So it's pretty much just ...
