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    Image of Chilly Hollow Chilly Hollow
    12/15/08

    In reply to Free Your Avatar - Custom Avatar Pics For The Photoshop Illiterate
    Fahey, where is your head?


    Just asking....

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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    12/15/08

    In reply to Free Your Avatar - Custom Avatar Pics For The Photoshop Illiterate
    Crecente is so moe.
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    Image of Ding! Hardcore Ding! Hardcore
    12/15/08

    In reply to Free Your Avatar - Custom Avatar Pics For The Photoshop Illiterate
    Cool, but not something i'm going to do anything with.


    I want the ability to customize our clothing for our characters.


    Why can't they give us a special T-shirt where we can put our favorite Achievement pics on it? That'd be great.


    We can't even change the colors of clothing, so i'm asking for way too much.

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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    12/15/08

    @Dead Giveaway: No. It's not too much. Even the most basic of "Create a Character" makers in games these days provide basic elements such as outfit palette changes.


    Hell...you can barely resize/reconfigure facial features.


    I hate to say this, because it'll likely open a flame war, but the Mii System (though VERY basic in terms of clothing) really nails the ability to get the face down.


    MS could've at least countered by allowing far deeper clothing customization. Because I've already run into a handful of Avatars that look JUST LIKE ME because of the limited options in clothing/accessories.

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    Image of Archaotic Archaotic
    12/15/08

    In reply to Free Your Avatar - Custom Avatar Pics For The Photoshop Illiterate
    The best way this would work is if you could pick other poses than that painfully effeminate stand that the Avatars default to. It's really unflattering. I don't think Crecente stands like a lady in real life.
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    12/15/08

    @Archaotic: "I don't think Crecente stands like a lady in real life."


    I notice a distinct lack of "or Fahey" in your comment.

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    Image of Wawa Wawa
    12/15/08

    @spiderweb1986: i think that's Luke


    [kotaku.com]

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    Image of Mike Fahey Mike Fahey
    12/15/08

    @joe: Nah, that's me. I stole Luke's Jacket.
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    Image of OkayOctane OkayOctane
    12/15/08

    @Archaotic: I really hate the way the avatars stand, what the hell is wrong with standing up straight?
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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    12/15/08

    @OkayOctane: Standing perfectly straight isn't hip enough, clearly.
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    Image of Brian Crecente Brian Crecente
    12/15/08

    In reply to Free Your Avatar - Custom Avatar Pics For The Photoshop Illiterate
    im an elf!
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    12/15/08

    @Brian Crecente:


    Are you the tree-living, cookie and biscuit baking kind, or the toy making northern sort?

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    Image of ixalth ixalth
    12/15/08

    @Brian Crecente: As long as you're the good LOTR kind of elf, and not the evil Terry Pratchett kind then that's cool. Seriously, how tall are you?
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    Image of MrBionic MrBionic
    12/15/08

    @ixalth: LOTR elves are tall.
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    Image of Sloopydrew Sloopydrew
    11/05/08

    In reply to Netflix Offering Free 48-Hour Trials For Xbox 360
    Now, if only they'd start renting Xbox 360 games through Netflix. Perfect corporate synergy.
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    Image of Brine Brine
    11/05/08

    In reply to Netflix Offering Free 48-Hour Trials For Xbox 360
    Wait, Netflix is inserting LIVE trials into games? Since when does Netflix rent out games? Or do you mean the company is just advertising in game cases?
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    Image of ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom
    11/05/08

    @Brine: Did you read the article? The trials are so that people can try out the stream-to-360 feature.
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    Image of Brine Brine
    11/05/08

    @ShaggE: Yes, but that's not what I'm talking about. The post above says, "To that end, [Netflix] begun slipping in cards for 48-hour trials of the service into newly released 360 game titles."

    It makes it seem as though Netflix is putting these in games they are shipping out.
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    Image of ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom
    11/05/08

    @Brine: Yeah, I re-read it, and it is a bit confusing. The card looks like a trial for Gold, not Netflix.
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    Image of KungFu M0nk3y KungFu M0nk3y
    11/05/08

    In reply to Netflix Offering Free 48-Hour Trials For Xbox 360
    Netflix Plan Rates:


    * 8 at-a-time (Unlimited) - $47.99 a month

    * 7 at-a-time (Unlimited) - $41.99 a month

    * 6 at-a-time (Unlimited) - $35.99 a month

    * 5 at-a-time (Unlimited) - $29.99 a month

    * 4 at-a-time (Unlimited) - $23.99 a month

    * 3 at-a-time (Unlimited) - $16.99 a month

    * 2 at-a-time (Unlimited) - $13.99 a month

    * 1 at-a-time (Unlimited) - $8.99 a month

    * 1 at-a-time (2 a month) - $4.99 a month

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    Image of nerdBOY01 nerdBOY01
    11/05/08

    @KungFu M0nk3y: Still this doesn't clear up the price for STREAMING MOVIES. if you can stream movies that ultimantly means you could watch a whole bunch. What are they going to do 2 streams a week, 3 streams a week, 4 streams a week.


    I'M REALLY interested in this service! but will it cost too much??

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    Image of ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom
    11/05/08

    @nerdBOY01: Streaming is free with your subscription. No limit to it. The only way you'd have to pay extra for it is if you have a bandwidth cap.
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