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To avoid the direction my blog is headed – a twitter repository – I thought I’d add a new post.

This weekend I wanted to move all my content between an old Xbox 360 & a new Elite Xbox 360.  At first I thought this would be easy…  Essentially I’m transferring data between to PC’s.  And what’s this?  They both have USB ports?  The plan formulated quickly…  Just get a USB cable and attach the two Xbox’s together.

I was wrong (also a great Social Distortion song).

There’s a special Xbox 360 Hard Data Transfer Cable.  Of course there is.  And it’s ONLY $20.  Only.  When a USB cable transfer method (which it appears this mostly is) would have been free.

So – first complaint – that’s all sorts of lame.  Thanks Microsoft.  For nothing.

Second complaint – and I’m not sure who to blame this on – is DRM.  Since I’m not paying for a transfer kit I’d only use once, I used my memory card to transfer over ALL my save data.  There were several gigs so this probably took about half an hour.  Which is fine, I saved $20.

The problem came when I was trying to move my DANTE’s INFERNO save from my hard drive to my memory card.  And I could not.  It tells me I can not transfer data from one storage device to another.  Even though I’m signed in with my account (I realize that portion of DRM might make sense).

I don’t know which company’s fault this is…  Either way, even though I paid money for BOTH products, I cannot move my data around.  So it really doesn’t matter where the fault is – it really doesn’t.  I’d LOVE to not be sold software and hardware that cripples simple tasks like that.

In the end I had to boot up the game and then select a save from the hard drive.  I then was able to create a new save on the memory unit.  But guess what?!?  I’ll then have to launch the game, select the save game from the memory unit and then save a new game onto the hard drive.

Awesome.

Way to go everyone.

via freeloveforum

iTampon is trending ahead of #apple right now.

shouldn't that be iPad?

The internet triumphs even over the best marketing in the world.

MadTV called this over 2 years ago.

Somewhere a marketing executive is reconsidering pushing for this name.

If you missed this show when it was happening – do yourself a favor & catch it NOW.  Well watch them COMING SOON!

I hope this is headed to DSi Ware of the App Store soon.

Military Madness in Nintendo Power

The original Military Madness on the TurboGrafx16 set the standard for console strategy games.  Experience it for yourself in the this enhanced remake, which includes new hero units in multiplayer mode.

Actually – they’re called COMMANDER UNITS – but I’ll let it slide.  Also featured at the top of this page is BONK.  You can find this all in the February 2010 Nintendo Power magazine on page 18.

Go buy them – soon – when they’re out.

After having spent 2d 01h 25m on MW2 so far, I think I’m getting a hang of it.  I’m by no means great – my current k/d is .82.  It would be higher – but I can’t do hours & hours every night.

That said, I think a friend (credit where credit’s due) has figured out a great killstreak combination.  Especially when combined with the Hardline Perk.  With the use of this killstreak-hardline combination I managed the best k/d of my 2d 01h 25m career.

mmm... samsung...

These are the best stats I’ve had in a game: 36-3-8

It’s not the greatest ever – but that’s not the point.  The point is that it improved my k/d ratio.

What’s often difficult is getting enough kills to use any of the higher killstreaks.  It’s not every game I get 8 kill streaks.  The nice thing is that some of the killstreak rewards increase the number of consecutive kills you’re getting.  So use those, silly.

Here’s how I’ve got it set up.

predator missile

The first killstreak reward to enable is the Predator Missile.

This has a 5 kill requirement.

Try to get a double-kill with this one.

pave low

The second killstreak reward to enable is the Harrier Strike.

This has a 7 kill requirement.

Getting a double-kill with the predator missile enables this killstreak.

harrier strike

The third killstreak to enable is the Pave Low.

This has a 9 kill requirement.

This means your Harrier Strike will only need to get 2 kills.

What I’ve listed, without Hardline means you need to get a 5 kill streak.  Then, you can either get a double-kill with the Predator or get one kill & another with your gun.  Then, you just hope the Harrier does it’s thing & unlocks the Pave Low – or you can get the next 2 kills.

With

Hardline, you’ll only need to get 4 kills to start this whole chain of events.

Thanks to:

bomberman bundle.

Get it while it’s hot.

I love indie games.

This game deserves to get published.

It wasn’t that difficult.  I just stopped clicking on the icon in my quick launch bar.

The reason behind my quitting is simple.  The game doesn’t end, it doesn’t progress, it doesn’t have a compelling storyline.  For awhile it was fun to see how many levels I could progress through – to try and catch my friends.  But once I got into the 125-130+ range, the fun just stopped.  So now the game sits at my current level:

I know the revelation that nothing happens in the game  & that it doesn’t progress are not earth shattering.  In fact I knew that going into it.  For that matter I’m impressed that millions of other people have played & will play [progress] much farther than I will.

The game makes money & people want to play it.  Good for them.  I quit.