Show #303: The final show of 2008

Just in under the wire, it’s the final show of 2008. Thanks for all your support through out the year. We’re looking forward to a great 2009

This week’s show:
Co-host : e
We discuss the Holiday season
The great Seattle Blizzard of 2008
What we’re playing
Name the Game
Xbox 101
Much more…

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Arcade: Merv Griffin's Crosswords

New Avatar clothes now available

It’s almost New Years, and that means some new Avatar clothes! As always, all clothing choices are free, and will remain available:

For the guys, we now have:

Pixel Art Hoodie
Rave Baseball Cap
Dark Purple Jeans
Green Skinny Fit Jeans
Pink Sweat Bands

The ladies have these new items available:

Green Chunky Ring
Red Chunky Ring
Yellow Fingerless Gloves
Blue Fingerless Gloves
Chunky Beaded Bracelet
Day-glo Zebra Print Pumps
Rave Baseball Cap

Remember: It is easy to tell what is new when you are in the avatar editor, just look for the gold star. Any item of clothing with a gold star is new since the last time you signed in.

LIVE Activity for week of December 22nd

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)

1    CoD: World at War
2    Halo 3
3    Gears of War 2
4    Call of Duty 4
5    Left 4 Dead
6    GTA IV
7    Guitar Hero World Tour
8    Fallout 3
9    Madden NFL 09
10    Fable II

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)

1    Castle Crashers
2    Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
3    A Kingdom for Keflings
4    Worms
5    UNO
6    Banjo-Kazooie
7    Puzzle Arcade
8    Bomberman Live
9    Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
10   Portal: Still Alive

The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.

Original Xbox Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)

1    Halo 2
2    Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3    Fable
4    Counter-Strike
5    Conker: Live Reloaded
6    Call of Duty 3
7    Doom 3
8    Star Wars: Battlefront
9    Splinter Cell Chaos
10    Burnout 3

Top Community Games NEW! (Full Versions purchased)
1     Golden Royal Blackjack
2     Fireplace
3     Word Soup
4     Snowmans Dilemma
5     Weapon of Choice
6     CarneyVale Showtime
7     EZMuze Break and House edition
8     Johnny Platform's Biscuit Romp
9     sin(Surfing)
10     Dr. Popper

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Community Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Rock Band: Deep Purple, Jethro Tull and more

Content: "Space Truckin'"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All regions except Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Space Truckin'"--Deep Purple. PLEASE NOTE: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many Rock Band song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Hymn 43"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All regions except Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Hymn 43"--Jethro Tull. PLEASE NOTE: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many Rock Band song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Funk #49"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All regions except Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Funk #49"--James Gang. PLEASE NOTE: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many Rock Band song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Take Back the City'"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All regions except Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Take Back the City'"--Snow Patrol. PLEASE NOTE: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many Rock Band song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Guitar Hero World Tour: Various Tracks

Content: "Johnny" by Di-Rect
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] "Johnny" by Di-Rect downloadable single for Guitar Hero World Tour. Please Note: Many songs are available both as singles and as part of a Track Pack, so please carefully consider your purchases before downloading. For all song credits please visit www.guitarhero.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Degenerated" by Backyard Babies
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] "Degenerated" by Backyard Babies downloadable single for Guitar Hero World Tour. Please Note: Many songs are available both as singles and as part of a Track Pack, so please carefully consider your purchases before downloading. For all song credits please visit www.guitarhero.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Por La Boca Vive El Pez" by Fito & Fitipaldis
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] "Por La Boca Vive El Pez" by Fito & Fitipaldis downloadable single for Guitar Hero World Tour. Please Note: Many songs are available both as singles and as part of a Track Pack, so please carefully consider your purchases before downloading. For all song credits please visit www.guitarhero.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Demo: NINJA BLADE (Japan only)

Content: NINJA BLADE Demo Ver.
Price: Free
Availability: Only in Japan
Dash Text: [CERO: D] シネマティックアクション「ニンジャブレイド」の体験版です。東京の摩天楼を舞台に繰り広げられるダイナミックなアクションの数々。まるでアクション映画のワンシーンのようなドライブ感と臨場感溢れるゲームプレイが可能です。この体験版では製品版の一部を体験できます。

Show Schedule (no show this week)

It’s been a sucky week in terms of weather up here in Seattle but it looks like we’re finally out of the woods – for now. I wanted to let you know that I will not have a show this Sunday (Dec. 28) due to my personal schedule being pretty busy now that we’re beginning to thaw. I know that that makes two weeks in a row with out a show, but e and I plan to go in to the studio this week and record a rare mid-week show since we’re both anxious to record a show and finish up 2008 properly.

Arcade: Puzzle Arcade

Demo: Legendary

LIVE Activity for week of December 15th

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
1 Halo 3
2 CoD: World at War
3 Call of Duty 4
4 Gears of War 2
5 GTA IV
6 Dash of Destruction
7 Left 4 Dead
8 Madden NFL 09
9 FIFA 09
10 Fable II

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)
1  Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
2  Bomberman Live
3  A Kingdom for Keflings
4  Castle Crashers
5  Worms
6  UNO
7  Banjo-Kazooie
8  Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
9  Portal: Still Alive
10  Braid

The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.

Original Xbox Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
1 Halo 2
2 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3 Fable
4 Counter-Strike
5 Conker: Live Reloaded
6 Call of Duty 3
7 Splinter Cell Chaos
8 Battlefield 2: MC
9 Star Wars: Battlefront
10 Doom 3

Top Community Games NEW! (Full Versions purchased)
1  Golden Royal Blackjack
2  Snowmans Dilemma
3  Word Soup
4  Weapon of Choice
5  Tower Revolution
6  World Molder
7  Couples Sudoku
8  Petank Party
9  sin(Surfing)
10  Classicard

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Community Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Halo: Combat Evolved Deal of the Week is now available

Halo: Combat Evolved is now available for 600 Points

Add this to your Xbox 360 download queue.

Remember: You must be signed in as a Gold Member to see the lower price.

Guitar Hero World Tour: Reggae and more

Rock Band: Holiday Pack and Foo Fighters

This weeks Deal: Halo: Combat Evolved

For the final Holiday Deal of the Week we have Halo: Combat Evolved. Starting tomorrow this Xbox Original, normally priced at 1200 points, will be 600 points (a savings of 50% ) for Gold members in all Xbox LIVE regions.

The lower prices will kick in tomorrow and will last for a week.

Demo: MotoGP 08