Here's the spot to discuss the This Week in Xbox column, which comes to you every Wednesday on the Games page here on Xbox.com. Each week, I cover which games are shipping for the Xbox, hot Xbox Live events, and more. If you want to talk about the games covered in this week's column, suggest a topic you'd like to see covered in a future column, or just talk Xbox happenings, this is the place. Anything's game except for snarky comments on column photo. They held me at gunpoint and made me pose that way, I swear.

Lol, well it looks like you're advertising a new 360 sweater... that or MS is releasing a new line of pinup calenders.

I don't suppose we have answers to the H3 questions? Ohh'well.
I may get Viva Pinata after christmas after hearing such great things about it. It seems like a nice break from GoW and BF2:mc.
I havent tried RoboBlitz, but is it worth the points? I enjoy most puzzel games myself, but checking out the product info, it really doesnt tell us much about the game. I mean every sensetence says physcis, unique, innovative, or some related synonym. Is there just no clear way to describe these unique innovateing physics?

Any chance we'll be seeing shipping news for "Blue Dragon"?

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 xTheGunslingerx wrote:

Lol, well it looks like you're advertising a new 360 sweater... that or MS is releasing a new line of pinup calenders.

Lmfao!  So true.  Very interested in Assault Heroes.  Xbox Live Arcade is just great.

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The release of XNA got me excited.

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Yeah I liked the XNA and the Halo 3 info.

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please   i need  someone  explain in easy  english   what mean  by  a   xna

whats for   when  it wil be relased

 

thanks 

 DARK MAN 2006 wrote:

please   i need  someone  explain in easy  english   what mean  by  a   xna

whats for   when  it wil be relased

 

thanks 

XNA is a program that goes with Visual Studio Express.  You can make your own xbox 360 games, then play them on your 360.  There is a monthly or yearly fee to do this, but you can make your own games, which is awesome.

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 die coward wrote:

 DARK MAN 2006 wrote:

please   i need  someone  explain in easy  english   what mean  by  a   xna

whats for   when  it wil be relased

 

thanks 

XNA is a program that goes with Visual Studio Express.  You can make your own xbox 360 games, then play them on your 360.  There is a monthly or yearly fee to do this, but you can make your own games, which is awesome.

thanks man for explain it thanks again

take care  

great WIXR:

cant say I was too pleased to hear that this newly available XNA isnt user friendly for us un-tech-savy gamers, but at least its comforting to know that there are plenty of people out there and within these forums who are, and are creating new titles as we speak.

AH is a great addition to the Live Arcade. I was skeptical about shelling out 800 pts for it, but after playing a little and watching my girlfriend play it near-religiously.....i know its ms pts well spent.

cant wait to see what this next week has in store for us 

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i think we should have a internet browser in xbox 360 over xbox live do think that would be great or not

It'd be great if you could review or tell us more about new games that come out new each week.I'm also a member of www.gamespot.com which does the same thing as we do...posts the weeks newest releases and when they do they review it once they've beaten it.On Gamespot each user has the chance to post game reviews for whatever system they want to or whatever game they want to.It helped me decide on whether or whether not I should get Gears Of War.And ever since I got Gears Of War i've been playing more than ever.The wbesite also has the admins posting what they gave it.It's a great website that will help many of us who are deciding what game to get or use Christmas money on.

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It'd be great if you could review or tell us more about new games that come out new each week.I'm also a member of www.gamespot.com which does the same thing as we do...posts the weeks newest releases and when they do they review it once they've beaten it.On Gamespot each user has the chance to post game reviews for whatever system they want to or whatever game they want to.It helped me decide on whether or whether not I should get Gears Of War.And ever since I got Gears Of War i've been playing more than ever.The wbesite also has the admins posting what they gave it.It's a great website that will help many of us who are deciding what game to get or use Christmas money on.

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True man.....very true *beats chest with fist* lol

Good column although your take on UNO as a no-trash-talk kind of XBL experience has be a bit baffled.  Have you actually tried a random "quick play" on Live for this game? As my first foray into that game resulted in 2 kicks from lobbies for no reason and two games with people calling me "stupid" and chatting with each other about how much "booty" they got this week (and I don't mean Christmas presents).  I've checked the UNO forums and it appears people have run into even worse than that.  Hopefully I'll find a better crowd on there tonight...not banking on it though.  Keep up this newsworthy column though...I'll keep reading!

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is there new maps or anything that will be coming for gears

I use Mac OS and can't get excited about a game when all I can do is see still shots from xbox.com. Why do I have to search for trailer videos at some other game review site? I work as a System Support Technician and have my system up to date and have Flip4Mac installed... STILL going on some two YEARS Mac OS users can't view ANY video on the xbox.com site. Why do you have to lock it out, do you think that only Windows users buy XBOX games, or do you want us to not buy a 360 and games for it?

 rite of passage wrote:

is there new maps or anything that will be coming for gears

Thats what I'd like to know too.

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Hiya kids,

Sorry it's taken so long to respond here. Between the Great Power Outage of 2006 and the holidays, life's been crazy. To answer a few questions:

xxTheGunslingerx: When anything's officially announced about Blue Dragon's ship date, you'll see it on the Xbox.com Games page. Nothing has been announced yet for the US market.

InSaNe H34D6HOT: GameSpot's a great site -- I used to do some writing for them. While there are differences between a site like Xbox.com and GameSpot, we do plan to add even more info about individual Xbox games this year. More tips, more strategies, more behind-the scenes info, etc. And I'm watching the forums to see what people want from the site.

ruiner02970: I guess I've just had better luck with matchmaking in Uno. :) So far everyone's been fun and polite. I have heard a few stories, though, so I understand where you're coming from.

rite of passage: Once any downloadable content is announced for Gears, you'll definitely see a story on the Xbox.com home page or Games page.

ZenJD: Mac OS users definitely aren't intentionally left out. Apple's WMV9 component won't work?  If there's a problem, it may be the MMS configuration in the web browser, or no suitable player for ASX/WMV files on the system. Alas, it's been a year or so since I passed on my iBook G4, but I know with a few plugins, the Mac version of Windows Media Player installed, and VLC Media Player, I could play just about anything on the web.

browers for 360 please OMG

good stuff

what are microsoft points and how do i get them???? thanks in advance

 ohh zemmama wrote:

what are microsoft points and how do i get them???? thanks in advance

You can find the full scoop on Microsoft Points at this here page. You can buy them in batches and use them to buy Arcade games, downloadable add-on content for your games, themes, gamer pics, songs from the Zune store, and various other things.

Note to be confused with the points on your Gamerscore, which are only redeemable by your ego. :)

 

Hey how is it going I own Viva Pinata and I love the Game myself if you have not played it i recomend it, espacily of you have childern it is a great game. well if you get Viva Pinata i hope you enjoy it.

The great thing about Viva Pinata is that it's appropriate for smaller kids (you can even help them play using a second controller), but it's also a surprisingly good strategy game for teens and adults. There's a lot of depth there that you don't see in "kid" games.

I was surprised how addictive I found it.