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External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

I've decided I want a Series X for Christmas, I figure they'll just get harder and harder to get as we approach that season. Anyone got any tried and true methods of obtaining one? When should I try to buy? I don't want to do Black Friday stuff. In the meantime I'll check my local Walmart whenever I go since we live in a pretty rural area.

Gamepass question: is there one where you pay one monthly thing and are able to play games on your Xbox as well as your computer? Or is the windows PC one a separate subscription?

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 02:09

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 17:46

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Roman posted:

PC only is separate for $10/month (first month is $1), Ultimate is PC/console/cloud for $15/month

Oh dope. That's good to know.

bushisms.txt posted:

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Thanks, cheers!

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 02:37

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New smash character is a car from Forza.

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 13:30

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For someone who's never played a Forza, what's the difference between horizons and the mainline game?

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 15:27

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Barudak posted:

Horizon is slightly more arcadey (read, less tuning) and is open world with wilder mission structure and objectives

Forza Motorsport is the game that made Gran Turismo look second rate and focuses on tracks, tuning, and tight turns

Awesome! Sounds much more up my alley, as a guy that thinks his Corolla is fun to drive.

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 15:29

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If anything it sounds like something that will put my father in law into fits of giggling, which is always a good time.

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 15:35

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Red Warrior posted:

Yeah the Forza Horizon games are the best because they are doing dumb poo poo in cars. You don't even really have to do races, just drive around and jump off stuff and fly through speed detectors and powerslide a hotted up Ford Escort through a small village and inexplicably be able to drive a Lambo cross country etc. etc.

No one has mentioned cool crashes yet...are they cool when they crash? :five:

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 15:53

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So like a 3-4 if 10 is Burnout Paradise

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 15:58

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American McGay posted:

Ever since we got licensed cars we lost cool crashes.

I get it, no one wants to crash a Fard G151 into a library, or a Peej Comanche into a gorge.

# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 16:37

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

Gonna hit a local GameStop today, when I went in yesterday the lady said they'd have a limited number of consoles and to try to get there before it opened.

She also said her phones have been down so who knows who's been trying to call but not a ton of folks have come in in person to ask, so we shall see!

E: Gonna try for half an hour before open, maybe dumb but whatever, I'm a gambling man.

# ¿ Jun 16, 2021 13:30

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Yo, if I don't care about 4k and only even have a 1080p tv right now, have no old Xbox discs, and mainly want gamepass, the series S makes the most sense right?

# ¿ Jun 16, 2021 15:03

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Quantum of Phallus posted:

more games run 60fps on the X but that might not be worth the extra 200

Yeah I mean... That's a chunk of change. I wish I could look into the future and see what elden ring and the space rpg thing are gonna play like.

Edit: 20 minutes before open and there is no line. Lol. Welcome to Appalachia.

External Organs fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Jun 16, 2021

# ¿ Jun 16, 2021 15:09

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Barudak posted:

You are describing the series s use case.

Don't overlook these consoles are also pretty spiffy emulator devices too

Rad! That's what I ended up with.

Gin posted:

That use case scenario is exactly what the Series S is designed for, I think you'll be happy with your purchase. What games are you going to download first?

This may be lame but I'm probably not gonna open it until Christmas. E3 got me pumped for a bunch of stuff, Forza(thanks goons), Death's Door, Elden Ring, Halo, Psychonauts 2, but my current tv room isn't set up yet and I have a million switch things to play. I'm just assuming that they'll be harder to find during the holidays, so I snagged one today.

# ¿ Jun 16, 2021 17:40

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Barudak posted:

Its june, just open it up and enjoy it. Crack open Streets of Rage 4, Doom 5 and all sorts of other solid classics (hell the rare collection is on there too and both Ori games). Theres so much stuff and no sense waiting.

Aw poo poo, I forgot about the Ori games...and I heard Doom was cool...

# ¿ Jun 16, 2021 17:52

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Seltzer posted:

# ¿ Jun 16, 2021 19:37

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I apologize for my bad posts earlier in this thread. I did in fact bust out the series S and have been playing it, as God intended.

Anyone else looking forward to Death's Door tomorrow?

# ¿ Jul 19, 2021 16:10

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I said come in! posted:

Is Death's Door not on Game Pass? I want to know if I should buy this on Steam.

I don't think it is. I pre-ordered it on the Microsoft store.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2021 16:54

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Zerot posted:

Basically anything on Xbox could come to Game Pass. If you want to wait that's fine.

The game costs barely more than a month of Game Pass Ultimate right now, so if it's something you really want to play I say pick it up. It seems really neat from the limited amount of time I've played it so far.

Yeah same I'm digging it. Good music too. I like how dying doesn't really punish you that much. Uh, is there map?

# ¿ Jul 21, 2021 12:05

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Cloud Stryfe at 36

# ¿ Jul 22, 2021 14:58

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Finally a game to convince my father in law that I'm worth spending time with

# ¿ Jul 27, 2021 15:08

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To celebrate MSFS, I downloaded Crimson Skies, which I've never played. Anything I should know?

# ¿ Jul 28, 2021 13:58

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Dunno if anyone else is playing Death's Door (not on gamepass, maybe someday?) but I just wanted to say that the music is super loving good. I just got to the first big boss last night and the music in the area leading up to her was synchronized with these elevators in the level, and, yeah, it was fantastic.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2021 14:31

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I always like the idea of open world games a lot more than playing them. Ultimately I'm just a grumpy old millennial who likes everything spelled out for him with nice objectives and levels and poo poo. Gimme that mountain level, snow level, lava level, factory level!

# ¿ Aug 9, 2021 15:11

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Assassin's Creed: Historical Avengers: Call of Duty: Howling Commandos

# ¿ Aug 10, 2021 00:25

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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

The fuckboi sword sent me “hey… u up….”

Then said he’s feeling extra sharp today

Then i told him to show me and he sent me a pic of him as a sword framed like a dick pic

I am presuming you can do like a poly thing that unlocks dual wielding right?

Haven't played yet but downloaded.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2021 14:06

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Barudak posted:

You can if you're ace go the cat route and if you have a bad relationship with your mother IRL you can turn off the messages from your mom.

Game has a lot of thought put into it for a 2 dungeon horny sword simulator

How is the hacky slashy stuff?

# ¿ Aug 12, 2021 16:43

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Gamepass wins again, holy poo poo where the hell did Recompile come from??

# ¿ Aug 19, 2021 02:49

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

Are there any gimmicky YouTube reviews that are 12 minutes long and then repeat?

# ¿ Aug 19, 2021 19:11

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

Can you mod 12 minutes to feature other plotlines written by an AI?

Edit: like these?

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External Organs fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Aug 20, 2021

# ¿ Aug 20, 2021 20:17

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

How hard can a coop campaign mode be to implement?

Was it a totally different campaign?

Hope these means they don't have to crunch around holiday time. That's fine imo there's a billion games to play.

# ¿ Aug 20, 2021 22:30

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Played some of the Diablo Resurrected Beta today. It's really loving pretty, but seems like melee skills have an awful time connecting. Spells are fine though.

Man it's pretty. Ugh.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2021 05:22

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Excel definitely needs cheevos.

# ¿ Aug 25, 2021 02:02

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

I was bummed to find out that my Bluetooth speakers don't work with my series S. I can even hook up the controller to something else with Bluetooth! I figured that's what they were using. Oh well.

Currently using old wired ipod headphones. I think I'm gonna get one of those new wired Xbox branded headset things, they look nice, and I figure will have like a black friday deal in a few months.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2021 14:38

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Quantum of Phallus posted:

you could probably buy a cheap USB-bluetooth dongle

This is true. I just wanted to show my wife Psychonauts but didn't want to share an earbud like it was a 2003 bus ride.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2021 14:44

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Zat posted:

Bluetooth audio in general is a bit of a mess, it's tough to eliminate lag which is pretty critical with video games.

This is why gaming headsets rarely support Bluetooth even on PC.

Huh. I guess it is a super old standard/technology. Roger that!

# ¿ Aug 26, 2021 14:46

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

I have tossed my series S into my suitcase to take to my in laws house. That was pretty nice.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2021 16:42

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

From a Series S guy - seems like discs / physical versions of things go on sale more than digital for some reason. Oh well.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2021 02:22

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harperdc posted:

Half the reason I was fine getting a Series S is I looked at my PS4 usage last gen and it was almost 100% digital downloads. Don’t need a BluRay drive, and lol at finding lots of cheap used games for Xbox in Japan.

As a GamePass device the Series S is fantastic. Tried Flight Sim last night, and it’s clearly not running at Series X or PC quality, but looks good in motion.

Yeah, my switch is basically the same except for a handful of random things. I don't really mind. Console kicks rear end.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2021 04:18

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

Huh. I just realized I thought Deathloop was Lemnis Gate.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2021 17:42

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 17:46

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Akuma posted:

Not me. I keep mine horizontal, though.

Horizontal and same.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2021 18:09

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