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Overheard on Xbox 8

Ever hear something horrible and/or hilarious on Xbox Live? Send your submissions to overheardonxbox at gmail or post them to my ask box and I’ll feature them!

I once knew a guy who made his GT “like seven midgets”, so when playing online with him you’d get messages like “You killed like seven midgets” or “You were beaten down by like seven midgets”.
-Kristen

I was playing COD:MW2 and I walked into a lobby and into the middle of a conversation between some people and this girl.
Girl: “Yes. I’m a girl“ 
Boy 1: “Shouldn’t you be in the kitchen?”
Boy 2 “Yea, you should be making me a sandwich with you left hand cause girls don’t have rights.” (Get it?)
The room: (laughing)
Girl: “OMG, that’s racist!!”
The room: (slient)

Not that it really matters, but her avatar was blond…
-Phil

I play Black Ops every couple weekends or so, and I’ll be the first to admit I’m not incredibly good, but I do alright. My username is mopar_chick**, so I usually get subjected to some hilarious comments. This past weekend, I was doing absolutely terrible and was raging pretty hard, when some guy started giving me shit for being a girl. I promptly told him that this was the closest he’d probably been to a girl in years and to shut the fuck up and make me a sandwich.
-Caroline

So, I was playing search and destroy on MW2, and this kid starts yelling at us for doing bad after a game. I ask him if he had to get his mommy to buy the game for him, to which he was less than pleased. Before I even get the chance to retort to his stream of f-bombs, I hear the kid shout, “Hey mom look at the new gun I unlocked!”
-Matt

Back in the good ole days of Halo 2 I let my dad play, he’s about as good at an FPS as an intoxicated monkey, meaning he will run around with the gun pointing straight up. Anyways someone from the other team continually keeps telling him how shitty he is, he retorts with “Listen here you fucking cocksucker, I’m going to shove my dick so far up your ass your going to choke on it!” Dude shuts up and leaves immediately. Way to go old man.
-Justin

I was playing Halo Reach on St Patricks Day and there was this one guy in the lobby who had a clover for an emblem and entirely green armor. When we started the game he put on a fake Irish accent and said stuff like: – ‘suck my potatos’ when he teabagged people
- ‘Oh no, This is worse than the potato famine’ when he died – ‘Ayetiditidi, I found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow’ when he found a good weapon like a rocket launcher, energy sword, etc.
-HG

(Source: dorkly.com)

Rumor: Free-To-Play Games Coming To Xbox Live?

Free-to-play and microtransaction oriented games have taken the industry by storm, especially in the PC marketplace. Now, reports are surfacing that Microsoft’s Xbox Live online service — which has generally been focused on paid titles — might be embracing free-to-play games in the near future. IGN reports that “a trusted source” had told them that “[Microsoft] will allow publishers and developers to release games through the service for free where users can then purchase additional content, such as weapons, experience points, in-game currency, and perks.”

If true, this would be a massive sea-change for Xbox Live. IGN did point out that Joy Ride for Kinect was initially introduced as a free-to-play, microtransaction-driven title when it was announced at E3 in 2009. Joy Ride was eventually released as a conventional retail game.

Xbox LIVE Rewards Review…

…well, so far at least. Haven’t been using it for that long.

The odd thing about it is that it seems to be very…delayed. I filled out the starter survey which gets me 20 points about a week ago, and the total is just showing up today. I noticed other people were also having this problem, but better late than never, I suppose. Only 20 points anyway. =p

At least Xbox LIVE Rewards is actually, well, rewarding you for making purchases. For example, you can currently get 400 points for buying the new Halo: Reach map pack, Defiant and you could earn 200 points for buying a full year of Gold Membership. Sucks I bought my DLC before I knew about this deal lol. What’s annoying though is that some of the deals don’t apply to people who having been gaming a while using Live. You could earn on 100 points on your first Marketplace purchase, and another 100 for your first Netflix use. Oh well, at least they promise 5% back on all purchases through April.

I’ve been faithfully answering the trivia questions every day, getting a nice amount of them right. Haven’t won any major points yet, and I wonder if I ever actually will. Have any of you been trying out the daily trivia? What do you think of the Xbox LIVE Rewards program if you’re using?

Xbox Live Rewards Membership Just Got Approved!

Woohoo! Now I can start earning some very needed Microsoft points…hopefully. I mean my first opportunity was to take a short survey and earn 20 points which can afford me nothing, but every point does count. Everyone should join up: http://rewards.xbox.com/. Even if you’re skeptical, doesn’t hurt to try. =)

By the way, today is Tuesday - you know what to do! If any of you would like a promo for promo, message me! Any recommendations would be very appreciated as well, which you can do here: http://www.tumblr.com/directory/gaming. And any messages with concerns, comments, or suggestions are always welcome!

PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew is an indie game where two players must work together to control their jet-pack equipped hero. The game isn’t played with controllers though. Instead of traditional gameplay, gamers must work together by yelling into their microphones to power their hero. Any Xbox compatiable micrphone or headset will work. Check out the video to see it in action.

Microsoft Tests Your Gaming IQ, Offers MS Points

The Xbox Live Rewards program is still alive and well and has a new offer for users. Answer video game-related trivia questions and enter for your chance to win Microsoft Points to buy whatever your heart desires in their online marketplace.

Visit the Rewards site any day between now and May 15 and you’ll be able to engage in “Gamer IQ Trivia” made up of questions about 360 titles such as Call of Duty or Halo 3. You can instantly win prizes such as 1,000 MS points offered everyday, weekly offerings of 4,000 points, and there’s even a 10,000-point grand prize.

You won’t get disqualified for Google-ing an answer, but note that your score is decided by the number of correct answers and time it took to answer them. Think you might check it out?

30 Day Video Game Challenge - Day 12

Day 12 - A game everyone should play: I’m not going to list something too mainstream because I’m sure most of you all have played like, Halo or Assassin’s Creed. =p Try Limbo, which you can download from the Xbox Live marketplace! Play it with headphones in: it focused me on the sound of the game, complementing the visuals and interactivity. While the game is a platformer and puzzle mash-up, the speed at which it moves is considered and deliberate. Not slow for its own sake, you nonetheless get the feel that you are a little phantom of a boy, not running at full speed, not really knowing where he is headed.

Quick Poll, Gamers

You have 1880 Microsoft Points (used to have 2000, but they were having a sale on Avatar props and I couldn’t resist buying myself a Minotaur lol), and you could afford about 2 DLCs for your games. As you can see, I’m having a dilemma on which ones to download…they all sound so good! Here are what I’m thinking of:

  • Dead Space 2 - Severed
  • Mass Effect 2 - Arrival
  • COD: Black Ops - Ascension
  • Resident Evil 5 - Untold Stories bundle (bit pricy…)

Which ones would you pick? Or do you have a suggestion for another good DLC?

Funny Chat on Xbox Live

So I was playing a Search and Destroy match earlier with my boyfriend and I was doing really well. I guess I attracted the attention of some random guy called Frisco Lion because he messaged me:

FL: wat up man

FL: yo wanna join my clan?

Me: haha I’m already part of one thanks

FL: weakkkkkkkkk what’s it called?

Me: PRC - it is my boyfriend’s clan lol (figured this would get him to just back off)

FL: ur gay??? :0

Me (shaking my head): I’m a girl, dude lol

FL: oh my bad

FL: so this is your account

Me: yes lol

FL: cool…can we be xbox live buddies? lol

Me: yeah sure, y not

And so we became Xbox Live friends. I may regret that later, but I found that whole exchange kind of funny. XD

I remember doing the Gears of War 2 one… *shudders*

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