Show #278: Assault Heroes 2 and Wits and Wagers

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Red1black — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:20:34 GMT

Is e's Name Eric?

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xOGx Gunnz — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:26:18 GMT

Good show Major! Besides the part where you and E lie about the problems with the arcade games and how easy it is to fix them. I've tried this method a couple times since you mentioned it on your show. Each time nothing changes with my arcade titles. I'm also tired of talking to support, they have no answers either. I initiated my calls to support on this topic on February 27th of 2008, and only 37/63 of the arcade games work properly when I'm not signed in to Live. I will no longer be purchasing any downloadable content in the future! Unless MS gets their act together on this issue! Almost three whole months and my problem hasn't been resolved, MS should be ashamed of treating customers like this.

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Discrete mayhem — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:29:59 GMT

Dang, she messed you right up there didn't she. But good to see Trixe drop in and have me laughing just like I was listening to the podcast. What's up Trixie? GamerTag: Discrete Mayhem (I am at work and it is not letting me log in for some reason.)

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trixie360 — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:23:09 GMT

Anon 11: To see those pictures call 1 800 MARINE and they'll hook you up with a recruiter ;)

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SUFFEL77 — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:12:57 GMT

OMG, I was laughing my butt of listening to Trixie talking about her "troops motivation pictures".

If you are in daddymotivation as well send your picture to Suffel77 over live.

Great Show Major and e

Thanx

Stephan

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XstonefryX — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:03:15 GMT

I am one of the people who messaged "e" about the drm issue not being resolved using the Xbox 101 method. Well, my 360 meets the requirements, but it doesn't work for me. I actually had a repaired 360 red ring the day after I received it, so I sent it in again. Maybe that's why it's not working for me.

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VEGEMITE 98 — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:32:26 GMT

Hi further to the WIts And Wagers game not being released in Australia & New Zealand, due to the question not being localised, well if you play the game there is a New Zealand Question!!

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a Frisky Dingo — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:25:36 GMT

Major, I just want to say thanks to you and or Microsoft for fixing the drm issue when it comes to refurbished xbox's. I still think you should be able to do it easier if you don't have a refurbished xbox, but this is a good first step.

I don't know if you had anything to do with it, but I know we've been begging for change on this subject on your site, and I'm glad you guys listen to us.

Thanks.

And hopefully we'll get it to do the same with any xbox, to transfer licenses to a new one easily and from the new xbox just like you can now if it is refurbished. Say for example if you bought an elite or a new one because of the hdmi or cooler processor.

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Keloran — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:11:11 GMT

hmm i want to see these pix of trixie

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Flying Tortoise — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:49:42 GMT

Great show this week, good to see the fully cast back, and total randomness from TriXie :-) - She did realise that you were recording didn't she?

Looking forward to checking out Assult Heroes.

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SnowPhoenix9999 — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:51:42 GMT

My comments (hopefully in order):

In regards to the TriXie part: I know what the missing word is! ;-)

Glad to hear e decided to get SimCity DS. Just out of curiosity, which of the other SimCity games has he played? I've played the major ones (SimCity Classic, SimCity 2000, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, and SimCity 4), but I never tried SimCity DS.

Finally, in regards to Hidden Path Entertainment, they were the ones that developed Culture (one of the games in the sample of XNA games that was available earlier this year), but I don't remember hearing anything about it when Mark Terrano mentioned their upcoming games, so are we ever going to get to play it again?

Oh, and that story at the end about the Sega consoles and the TurboGrafx-16 was sad. ;_;

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GoArtekis — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:33:32 GMT

Ha, great podcast Major Nelson and e.

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jsb2 — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:28:16 GMT

I would keep your xbox since it has better games and online service than the PS3. The Wii is the only system that can outpass the xbox in game category with the Big N.

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Doug DeJulio — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:54:10 GMT

Major, e's "XBox 101" tip from last week and this week simply do not work for me.

We've got an XBox here at work. It got red ringed a few weeks ago. We sent it in for repairs, and have a new unit now.

Content I downloaded here at work used to work for everyone at work; I bought "Doom" and "Robotron" as downloads so we could play them at lunch here. Upon getting the unit repaired, they require my gamertag to be logged in in order to work. From what I could tell, this is exactly the circumstance described by this weeks (and last week's) XBox 101 tip. Didn't work.

I went into my account history, found the download link for "Robotron", re-downloaded it, watched the re-download happen, and it *still* requires me to be logged in to work. Which is a pain because I bought it because my *boss* is the huge Robotron fan around here.

I can go into more detail. Just wanted to put in enough information to demonstrate that I understood what the tip was supposed to do and how it was supposed to work, and that it actually *didn't* work for me.

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reyla — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:44:28 GMT

hey Major I think you meant to add in the achievement unlocked sound but you never did. That was just kinda funny to me, sorry to be so anal.

Trixie is crazy. I wish she would tone down the sexuality a bit, she's supposed to represent us gamerchix. I know she's got some brains in there, can't she give that part of Trixie equal exposure? I just don't think she's a positive role model for young women who want to have equal footing in gaming.

btw I really liked the interview with the Wits and Wagers guy, the job he had at Microsoft sounds really neat! Can you find someone else who does that and interview them at some point?

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Cuddlebich — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:58:28 GMT

I disagree that the GTA IV launch was a 100% success. I have tried three copies of the game on my January 2008 box and every one freezes every time during the introduction of the game. I have tried contacting Rockstar and Xbox and I don't know if they are working on a fix. It's cool with me if they don't know how to fix it just yet, but I'd like to hear from them to know they're working on it. I want to play too! Help!