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Dear Ubisoft, i really hate you!
Sep 24th
I’ve been waiting for “Splinter Cell: Conviction” since last year to come out and i am getting very impatient.
Let me bring in some drama.
How could you do this to me? I am Sam’s biggest fan and is like you sent him to Iraq and now i have to wait for him to return. You can’t go around making girls cry!
He better be intact! You hear me, Ubisoft?
Q1 of 2010?! Come on! What’s a girl supposed to do until then?
Teasers! I hate you!
Image from xbox360.ing.com – see more pics of Sam Fisher.
Twitter, Facebook and Last.Fm coming to Xbox 360 this fall
Jun 4th
Oh dear God! It has been announced that this fall we will be able to use Twitter, Facebook and listen to Last.Fm right from our dashboards.
The Last.Fm addition is more than welcome, but can we please not poison everything with Twitter and Facebook? I already feel contaminated.
What are gamers supposed to twitt about? “ I just unlocked the Horde on Icy map packs.” Whoa!!! Who cares about that ? Gamers will go for the next achievement.
They are a lot busier playing games than facebook’ing and twitting , so please, try distracting us with something better…gaming related such as Gametrailer.com TV channel or something else.
That will make you sell us games.
By the way, why not simply add a browser? That would have been more convenient.
Splinter Cell: Conviction – Sam is back with shorter hair and sexier than ever
Jun 2nd
Early this morning i saw a new trailer of Splinter Cell: Conviction and i can’t even begin to tell you how excited and happy i was to see that the game makers are giving us back the old Sam…the Sam with short hair that is. Still mean, still gray and so much sexier.
His face features are somehow different. His new hair style and the beard doesn’t really make him look like a rebel but rather like a father seeking his daughter’s murder.
Because of the repeated delays and lack of news about Conviction, i started thinking that the game will not make it out anymore but the game will come out this fall and people, i can’t wait to play it.
You can clearly see that the makes have done a lot of extra work and this game is surely one worth waiting for.
So Splinter Cell lovers, Sam is back so prepare yourself. It’s going to be awesome.
Extra Content:
Conviction will come out for Xbox 360 and PC only.
ING.com screenshots
GameTrailers.com Conviction trailers
Possible fix – Can't join a friend's game on Xbox 360
Jan 2nd
This issue really kills me, so i went through some forums after reading something about “pings“.
Considering that the issue is to connect to another friend’s game or chat, it is only logic that this is a network related problem.
According to the guys from TeamXlink.co.uk – see this thread – “All 360 games have a ping limit on them that won’t allow you to join the game if the host’s ping is over 30ms to you.” -”you can help your ping by closing all other apps that use the internet .. msn, aim, torrents etc ..”
If you, for instance, are only allowed to use 1 connection – 1 IP that is, you must indeed close all other apps. In fact, keep your computer offline while playing on the xbox live.
My ISP allows me to use 4 IP’s, which makes things easier. I also make sure that there isn’t any IP conflict between my devices.
So, the solution above is applicable to those gamers who are allowed to use 1 IP address, but if you are allowed to more than 1 and you still have the issue, try the fix anyway.
Hope this helps.
Can't chat and play on Xbox Live – How many got this fixed?
Nov 7th
This issue really gets to me, as we all have been trying to fix this since the beginning of 2007.
It is ridiculous that no one from Microsoft Support Center came up with a logical explanation for this and with a fix.
What’s more ridiculous is that i get the feeling that they are relying on the forums and bloggers to find the fix.
Ok, i get it, the crowds can share more, but the answers we get when calling or e-mailing MS for this very issue are just a waste of time.
Today, after getting one other comment asking for help, i decided to make a checklist and look at this from a different angle. Read the rest of this entry »