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LanciePants
12/01/09

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Lips is a potential cure huh? I see Microsoft is stridently sticking to their "throw good money after bad" policy regarding Lips.
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Edge of Blade
12/01/09

@LanciePants: I think it's apparent Lips isn't for you. It's targeted at the socialite wife or girlfriend who is looking for a reason this video game system should even exist. This is Microsoft's answer.
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LanciePants
12/01/09

@Edge of Blade:

The 360 neither stores shoes, delivers shoes OR makes cosmopolitans. Without those features, I don't think Microsoft is going to be successfull chasing the Sex in the City crowd.

As it stands, Lips is still a hole in the water which Microsoft shovels a portion of their marketing budget down.
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
12/01/09

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I'd call it clever, except it sends the message that whomever receives it is having some sort of psychiatric problem
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brass2themax
12/01/09

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Zune Video in 1080p HD? What? On a small thing like that? I hardly see a point.
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brass2themax
12/01/09

@brass2themax: Replying to myself since I can't edit this now. Thanks for the clarification everyone, I thought they were referring to the Zune device, I didn't know "Zune Video" was the name of a service.
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sandorasbox
12/01/09

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It frustrates me that microsoft still advertises the 200$ pricepoint. On one hand they DO have a 200 dollar console, and it might be a selling point for the uninformed buyer, but the core system is a total waste compared to what you get for 300 dollars. Built in hardrives and wireless controllers are what make this generation, not memory cards and wired controllers. But I guess if you're buying one in the first place you probably won't care.
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Kobun
12/01/09

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Maybe I'm not watching the Microsoft approved TV stations, but Sony is completely dominating the airwaves this holiday season. I'm taken aback by just how little -- zilch -- I've seen of Microsoft in what remains the most important sales period of the year. This is a nice mailer, but it doesn't hold a candle to all of the Kevin Butler out there lately.
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ichiban1081
12/01/09

@Kobun: Very true. Also what I don't understand is why send this to a gaming blog headquarters. Do they mail or put things like these out in the open for casuals to see and experience? Sending it to a gaming journalist will only really inform the hardcore gamers and we all already know the price of the Xbox 360 and features it has. Why not mail these out to random homes or place these in game shops or where ever else to make a bigger impact? Just seems like this is a wasted effort but maybe I'm wrong.
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crabperson
12/01/09

@ichiban1081: Well, this is basically free advertising for them (kind of like the whole Dante's Inferno thing), but I think they're targeting the wrong demographic.
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FutureShock
12/01/09

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This was really well done.
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Skunky
12/01/09

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If House was here, he'd be asking in some snarky fashion about the patient's actual family history. Then reveal to us that there's likely some blockage in the feature set and the patient is slowly dying.
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Handsome Al
12/01/09

@Skunky: It's not cancer.
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spidermann
12/01/09

@Handsome Al: It's not lupus.
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Baguette
12/01/09

@Skunky: Don't forget breaking into the patient's home.
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Skunky
12/01/09

@Baguette: That's what the neurologist is for.
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Master_Odin
12/01/09

@Skunky: Don't forget about almost killing the patient when trying to treat them multiple times (twice-ish generally)
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Skunky
12/01/09

@Master_Odin: Must be an HDMI allergy.
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Skunky
12/01/09

@spidermann: @Handsome Al: Well it must be something, why would they hide the family history of heart failure and symptoms like red rings on the face?
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Burning
12/01/09

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I saw a dog with it's head split in two. That's normal, right?
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
12/01/09

@Burning: I see a...

Butterfly.
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ShamanNY
12/01/09

@OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: i finally made it past the first page... What does it mean that in the inkblot i see Peter Moore as Adam Lambert playing rockband... naked.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
12/01/09

@ShamanNY: That you got it right.
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LucasReis
12/01/09

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"in the form of a psychiatric examination" so basically they're saying that anyone willing to pay for live is retarded?

ps: I'm joking...
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Downskated
12/01/09

@LucasReis: Thank you for adding the PS, because a lot of people that undergo those things are not retarded, I had a psychology professor that was a prison psychologist, before he went into an inner city school to be the psychologist there.
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LucasReis
12/01/09

@Downskated: I know how it is, I've been to psychiatrists and psychologists myself for a part of my life. It's just that this story screamed for a stupid pun. :)
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fuchikoma
12/01/09

@LucasReis: I'm with you on this... I just got a 360 a couple of months ago, but when I saw this flyer I thought "So you're thinking of buying a 360... it is our professional opinion that you should have your head examined!" :p
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The Cap'n
12/01/09

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Velocity Girl? Damn, there's a blast from the past. They were one of my first concerts.

That was cute, I guess. But it was a little incoherent. The girl who socializes too much is told to get a 360 because it has facebook? Is it too much to ask to have well-thought out propaganda ads? I mean, C'MON!!
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Thomas Peters
12/01/09

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i'm color blind, is number 7 supposed to say something, i'm gonna assume it says "360", but i can't see anything.
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Showmeyomoves!
12/01/09

@Thomas Peters: It actually says "199" (as in the starting price of a 360).
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EricStratton-RushChair
12/01/09

@Thomas Peters: Damn that color blindness test! I'm color blind also and I hate that test. I used to think I was just a little colorblind until I interviewed with the FBI. Turns out I'm A LOT colorblind and it apparently the FBI wants you to be able to tell whether the perp you're chasing is wearing a green or grey jacket.

I can't see the 199 either. The 199 is a lie.
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kNZA
12/01/09

@EricStratton-RushChair:

As opposed to local police who just care bout skin colour =D
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Nulls
12/01/09

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I still don't see the need to pay for xbox live. Seems to me most people pay for it solely for multiplayer and only because that is what their friends have.

I wish MS would tackle some of the real problems with Live, than try to use things that really ought to be free to try to justify the cost.

Truskill is a joke, matchmaking could use some improvments and do something to improve the community.

Even if it was some simple ads or PSA to encourage good sportsmanship. Alot better than doing nothing and pretending the reputation of xbox live users isn't a problem.

I feel they have spent alot of time developing all these new features. I have not seen where the core xbox live service has improved much, if any since the launch of the 360.
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Demonbird
12/01/09

@Nulls:
I have paid for Live for five years, but I only use it to play games. I don't stream movies, I have other options for music, and certainly don't need facebook/twitter anything.

I might just let my subscription lapse, because all I do anymore is play one or maybe two games online with it, and the service isn't worth $50 just for that.
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Phil Rennie
12/01/09

@Demonbird: I'm in the UK and I had to phyically ring them up to cancel mine otherwise they just renew your LIVE without asking you. I assume when you say 'lapse' you mean just let it run out? Just sayin becareful with that. If you already know this im sorry, don't mean to be patronising
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Demonbird
12/01/09

@Phil Rennie:
I've had to do this dance with them before, so my account is no longer tied to a credit card. They can't bill me or do anything.

I had a friend who had to call many many times to cancel an account, and I don't want to go through that myself.
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sazzrah
12/01/09

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Is it me or are Sony and Microsoft trading places in the advertisement game? Sony are now doing straightforward fun advertising and Microsoft are taking the weirdo route? While it's quite an imaginative piece of advertising it's more than a tad creepy to me. o.O
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xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx
12/01/09

@sazzrah: What's creepy about it? It's just an ad that impersonates something else. You must be easily creeped out.
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sazzrah
12/01/09

@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx: Not at all, I just find it a bit off to imitate a medical report for gaming advertisement. There's something off putting about it to me personally, doesn't mean that I am "easily creeped out" at all.
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fuchikoma
12/01/09

@sazzrah: To me it kind of says "your life sucks - buy our product!" which is... really not the most tactful way to engage your audience.
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deanbmmv
12/01/09

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Creative I'll give em that.
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'360 Cabinboy (Corsair)
12/01/09

@deanbmmv: Most definitely.
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deanbmmv
12/01/09

@'360 Cabinboy (Corsair): Can't say much else on it.
Its PR. Its kinda creative, albeit forced.
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Ryan_the_D
12/01/09

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And so it begins... Gates attempt at world domination is starting now. Watch your back Steve Jobs!!! Hide in that bunker Kaz! I hope you have the wii mote sword ready Miyamoto.

this shit is about to get ugly...
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ender1490
12/01/09

@Ryan_the_D: Except Gates no longer works at Microsoft
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Ethereus
12/01/09

@ender1490: [www.sadtrombone.com]
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