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By nightflameblue (Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 12:57:22 PM EST) (all tags)

Looky what I just found, about a month and a half later.

Br00talz. Electronics.

Currently conacting photographer to see if I can't get a full quality image of that shiny head one to hang on the studio wall.

BREAK

Mrs. NFB's sitting on a rather large pile of birthday money. She's trying to determine the best way to rid herself of it, because they do say money is the root of all evil. And we don't want to be evil by hoarding it or the terrorists already raped our moms or something.

Our moms probably could use a little action. . .

Wait, that wasn't the point. . .

So, anyway, she's looking at an XBox360 because she heard they'll soon be able to download and watch, on the TV, Netflix movies that they have available to view online. Fair enough. But I've heard enough nightmares about them that I'm questioning the wisdom of such a purchase.

So, XBox360, yay/nay/which one? Experiences? Anecdotes? Hatred/love?

And while we're on the subject of electronics, would anyone happen to know a good reason not to purchase a donutpod Touch? Donutphone is out of the question as it would be pointless to get on a network that only works for about a one block radius around the store. I'm ah, asking for a friend, yeah, that's it.

Actually, I'm using Mrs. NFB's birthday money to estimate my possible birthday money for the year and sensing a great deal of free money even after taking care of what I want to take care of with any money that might come in. (Bike repairs, finishing touches on the room, minor recording tools.) And, digging through the current apps store, I see a LOT of stuff I'm digging quite a bit. This wouldn't be happening until October, so it's likely I'd pick up a current generation one after they announce the next generation one, or something along those lines.

Discuss.

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Xbox 360: Love. by MohammedNiyalSayeed (2.00 / 0) #1 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 01:27:00 PM EST

Well, don't hate, rather. Mine has been relatively problem-free, and once you go HD, you never go back. The Nintendo Wii I bought sits unused, as the graphics are hella lame, and the games don't involve killing people. Actually, that's not entirely true; my Wii is on semi-permanent loan to a friend in the city who has much lower game machine standards than I do.

Also, donutPod Touch helps my stock price, so yes, you should buy one. Unless you hate me.

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You can build the most elegant fountain in the world, but eventually a winged rat will be using it as a drinking bowl.

What about by sasquatchan (2.00 / 0) #2 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 01:55:11 PM EST

the Apple iWii ? When's that coming out ?

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I don't hate you. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #3 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 01:59:38 PM EST

Though I do have to question what you need all that money for what with your current plan to check out soon. Were I in your position, I'd be planning how to wrack up debt before checking out so as to make sure people miss you when you're gone.

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Hookers aren't cheap by MohammedNiyalSayeed (2.00 / 0) #4 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 02:16:44 PM EST

And neither is coke, my man.

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You can build the most elegant fountain in the world, but eventually a winged rat will be using it as a drinking bowl.
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What kind of hookers? by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #5 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 02:20:18 PM EST

Or have you changed your policies on contact with human-like creatures?

The coke I can understand. Hell, I'd be nowhere without a few chemicals a week.

In all seriousness, I'd expect you've played with some of the apps on the phone/touch platform. Any of them live up to the hype? Or are you gonna oversell me?

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Abused and damaged hookers, mainly by MohammedNiyalSayeed (4.00 / 1) #6 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 02:45:11 PM EST

I just pay them to cry in front of me before I waterboard them. You'd be surprised how expensive it is.

Some of the iPhone apps are cool, but overall, none have proved that awesome. Then again, the only feature I wanted added to the phone is the killing of the constant ringing and jabbering people use it for.
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You can build the most elegant fountain in the world, but eventually a winged rat will be using it as a drinking bowl.
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So, you should have the touch instead of the phone by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #8 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 02:59:15 PM EST

I guess I'm impressed with the number of birds I can kill with one stone with the touch. Email if I feel like it, web shiznitz, ebook reader (now), muzak, blah, blah, blah. The games look so-so, but I wouldn't be going after it for that reason.

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Probably, yes by MohammedNiyalSayeed (2.00 / 0) #13 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 03:45:30 PM EST

But they didn't give me two of those for free, so you go to war with the device you have, not the device you want to have, as it were.

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You can build the most elegant fountain in the world, but eventually a winged rat will be using it as a drinking bowl.
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Ah well. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #15 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 03:53:02 PM EST

Silent mode is probably easy enough for the phone.

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The problem with that by MohammedNiyalSayeed (2.00 / 0) #19 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 04:44:24 PM EST

is that while I'm listening to music, it still lowers the volume of the music and waits for me to decide whether to take the call or not, rather then just knowing I don't want to take the call, and that it had been rude by interrupting my music in the first place. Technology has a long way to go.

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You can build the most elegant fountain in the world, but eventually a winged rat will be using it as a drinking bowl.
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: Yuck. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #20 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 05:03:04 PM EST

Clearly, Apple hates progress.

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Also. . . by nightflameblue (4.00 / 1) #9 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 03:01:07 PM EST

I know several females who would gladly let you abuse them in any way you see fit, and cry in front of you for their own amusement. If this is a requirement for your enjoyment, you should seriously consider moving into the area. It's filled with women that see that as the penultimate mature relationship.

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he'd be a real keeper by gzt (2.00 / 0) #10 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 03:26:43 PM EST

not only can he offer all that, he makes 8 times as much as the other deadbeats in the pool.

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Well, if *they* enjoy the crying by MohammedNiyalSayeed (2.00 / 0) #14 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 03:48:38 PM EST

then I can't. Love is a complicated thing. Also, for the record, after they cry that one time? I'm done with them. That's the end of the relationship, as it were.

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: Well. . . by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #16 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 03:54:05 PM EST

what if they don't realize they're enjoying it? And believe me, with the large numbers of women looking for exactly what you're offering? You'd not have any worries of needing to pay anyone for this performance for a long, long time.

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360: thumbs up by joh3n (2.00 / 0) #7 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 02:54:09 PM EST

donutwheel touch, big thumbs up.

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360 Is fun, but beyond the by MartiniPhilosopher (2.00 / 0) #11 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 03:36:32 PM EST

desire for movies what sort of games are you looking at?

Rock band is great fun, but I'm not sure you'll enjoy pretending to rock the fuck out. Blowingtheshitoutofstuff type games can be great fun but they almost require other people to make it through. Gears of War, for example, practically begs you to have a second person because the AI is so poor. And the Live games? Those can eat time like nothing else. Especially when you're playing against other people. But there is the douche bag factor in all of that.

Get ye to a Gamestop or whatever and take a look at the games. See if there's not more than one or two games before deciding.

Whenever I hear one of those aforementioned douche bags pontificate about how dangerous [...] videogames are I get a little stabby. --Wil Wheaton.

We'd find games. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #12 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 03:44:24 PM EST

We're not huge on new-gen consoles. We tend to buy behind the curve most of the time, so this will be a first for us, having a current console. If we do it.

As far as games go, we'd likely look at some of the online games, but have lots of the blowingshitup games because that's something I dig and really haven't gotten enough of on our Playstation kick over the years.

From the sounds of it, we'd quite enjoy some of the downloadable games. Though knowing us, we'd play them a couple times then forget we had them.

Bioshock looks awesome. I guess outside of that I haven't paid much attention to games available on XBox because, well, I've always been a Playstation guy. TEKKEN FTMFW!

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Bioshock is next on the gamefly list by MartiniPhilosopher (2.00 / 0) #17 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 04:08:20 PM EST

which is becoming a necessary service to get through all of the games the wife and I want to play. Try before you buy.

Speaking of which is there not a place whereby one might rent a 360 for a week or so?

Whenever I hear one of those aforementioned douche bags pontificate about how dangerous [...] videogames are I get a little stabby. --Wil Wheaton.
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: Possibly. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #18 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 04:43:37 PM EST

But how would that rid Mrs. NFB of all her birfday cash?

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WIPO by dev trash (4.00 / 1) #21 Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 09:26:40 PM EST

add to the 401k

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TERRAIST! by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #22 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 07:58:03 AM EST

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: nah by dev trash (2.00 / 0) #23 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 06:56:10 PM EST

I invest in liberal companies that send money to the bad guys.

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