Show #208 The one about CES and Crackdown

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x Silence x — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

I was thinking you were going to skip another week. Working on Sundays is much better with your show :)

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deathtrap3000 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Thanks for posting your show early. Wont have to worry about it in the morning.

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FBI LiQuiD IcE — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:51:05 GMT

Everyone listen to this, it has an Interview with FBI Director. Great show major.

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Mogul218 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:04 GMT

Major, can you comment on the Crackdown demo delay?

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Wickedneoq — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:22:40 GMT

Prius... nice car, Major. Good job.

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StreetChariot — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:14:36 GMT

I use a Logitech Playstation2 USB keyboard on my 360.

I salvaged it when my PS2 died.

The keyboard will only work for text input for live messages / filling out forms.

There is, however a new device out on the net that claims to be able to allow KB/MS support (in games) for the 360, or a DualShock controller....

StreetChariot

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Barrel Buster — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:38:54 GMT

I have no idea who to believe here but....

The people over at xbox UK support said something very different. They said that the whole USB keyboard thing is not a feature that they do not support support.

The (very help full unlike the 3 or so people before him) chap said this whole ability was a happy mistake. They had never intended to attach a USB keyboard as a design feature.

Also i can attest to the fact that not all keyboards work. My new Microsoft one does but my old technika from TESCO didn't even tho it worked on my pc.

Major, can you give us the official line in your next show please?

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DanFilth — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:48:59 GMT

in the 18th or 19th minute, during the iptv interview, there is a mention of an "upgrade offer"

i'm guessing thats gonna be the bigger harddrive thing and maybe the hdmi enabled box?

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Bahimiron — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:53:14 GMT

Highly excited about Crackdown, Major.

I love the fact that you're basically playing the Golden Age Superman. Super strength, super jumps, super speed. Very fun.

I'm not a huge fan of cell shading, but AM a huge fan on giant draw distances and awesome vistas, which it looks like Crackdown will offer in spades.

Which is why it's too bad that your interview was awful. Not only was the volume off, but you sounded so friggin' bored. It's like you had a list of questions you were asking and while he was answering, you were reading the latest Harry Potter book.

Pep it up, guy. Sell us on it.

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The Grevster — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:55:52 GMT

Thanks for that Larry!

Good Podcast, and very helpful. Good information on IP TV as well, clears up some ifs and buts for the UK.

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fuzzbee000 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:50:23 GMT

Major, how come Crackdown is $60? It is a Micrsoft Game Studio game. Has microsoft abandoned the $50 Micrsoft Game Studio games?

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BobTheCorkDwarf — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:48:53 GMT

Major: "This is the first time we're going to have a sandboxgame on the platform"?

Aren't Saint's Row, Just Cause and The Godfather all "sandbox" games and some people say that Test Drive is a sandox game in a car?

P.S. Great. Fantastic. Yet another game with guns coming to the Arcade this week. If it's not guns it's "Retro Classics". How about something different for a change? You don't have to appeal to your core demographic all the time.

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ScouserBoots — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:47:33 GMT

XBOX 101 tip should be something the option that enables you to use sound effects only on games like Lumines Live, games that you can not otherwise use sound effects only options. Simply select a soundtrack from the 360 hard drive, then turn the volume of the music player all the way down, and there you go, sound effects enabled without the ingame music when there is no way to disable ingame music from the options menu in any 360 game.

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TAFUR 007 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:12:12 GMT

Hey Major Nelson. Xbox 101... Music on your Xbox 360, while playing games... also connect MP3 devices.

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ScouserBoots — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:45:39 GMT

MrBodhi:

Well you know the thing about the paying additional fees was not accurate, it was a stated thing by Number 01, who later stated he/she was indeed incorrect too, so therefore I apologize for my incorrect assumption that Number 01 was stating something he/she heard about this game and I presumed it was correct. Happy to hear it is false though, as I will be able to enjoy this game without any additional hassles.

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Chuck — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:32:08 GMT

Hey Major not sure if you can help, but IGN just released info on a pssible upcoming NextGen Ghostbusters game. Is it for the 360? Please say yes. They say its being developed by a studio called ZootFly.