Ok so I had my xbox for about 5 days and I just now hooked it up. I have the pro HDMI model with a 120 GB elite hd. I wanted to try a couple of games on the 360 and with Forza 3 dropping that just made my choice quite easy. Now I've had a PS3 since launch so comparing the 2 would be silly on my part, but there are certain aspects of the 360 I like. The interface feels akward to me but in time I can see it being a lot more comfortable.

I'm not quite sure what its called so I'll just call it the hud section where you decide if you want to pick a game of movie or what not seems really colorful. It feels more like a toy then the PS3 XMB. Its not a bad thing, but the PS3 feels a lil more adult to me.

I liked the lil customization character you could make at the beginning of setting up your gamertag. This is something I would like the PS3 import over as the avatar is sorta bland to me. I wasn't to thrill with the hairstyle choices and player complexions but all and all it was fun creating a lil guy.

I signed up for the gold membership for a month just to see what it is all about. All my friends have a PS3 so I don't see this being a long term thing unless it proves to be well worth the money. I'm a total noob to the live scene so any advice would be much appreciated.

All and all I'm happy with my purchase so far. The games I got with my xbox were dead rising, lost odyssey, mass effect, viva pinata trouble in paradise, and Forza 3. I haven't played anything yet but If anyone has like a forza 3 league I would happily sign up, I love racing sims. I also plan on getting L4D 2 next month.

OT: I wanted to put in underscore in my gamertag but for some reason I couldn't is there a reason for this?

My gamertag is: FameMcswagg

My PSN is: Fame_Mcswagg

Sounds pretty cool man, you chose some great games as well. As for Forza 3 leagues, selnor's running something, although he hasn't updated it in about a month.

dead rising is wicked... an xbox 360 owner without halo 3!!? :O

Yeah the avatars are really lame. I'm pretty sure gamertags can only consist of letters and numbers as well, so that would explain why you can't use an underscore. Great game selection too by the way, you should hit up Fable 2 as well.

yea I know I will eventually dive into halo 3. I beat thew game co-op with friends about a year ago and I want to try out the online multiplayer. I am installing mass effect to my hard drive right now, What is a good character class to start out with in that game?

You should look into getting a force feedback racing wheel if your into racing sims.

Going by your gaming tastes, If there is an FPS that you might like, try Halo 3 ODST.

Yea I was thinking about investing in the wheel, but I'm going all out for GT5 when that drops. didn't want to have 2 steering wheels for 2 different systems. So I got to go with the franchise I had the most experience with.

Welcome to Xbox land. Many good games available but depends how far you wanna go back. You've got a good varied collection there but part from Forza, they are fairly dated but still worth playing to see what you've missed out on. Bear in mind when playing say for example Mass Effect, this was released a couple of years ago so may seem dated to you but if you're not a graphics fiend than you won't mind. Plus it will help set you up for the up coming sequel which will feature an up to date tech engine.

When it comes to racing games, well most of them available on 360 are also out for the PS3 so you may have already played them. I know you say you like sims so Forza is the best for that. Though it's not a sim, PGR 3 or 4 are a steal right now and exclusive to the 360. Gameplay wise they are very very enjoyable but are fairly arcadey.

Nice to see another gamer "jump in." I suggest finding a free 'premium theme,' such as Halo 3 ODST's to make your xbox menus seem less colorful/kid-like. Also, incase you've yet to discover such a thing, if you have a PC that is pretty much always on, install Zune software onto the pc, give it access to your MP3 library, go to settings and click "share with these xbox's" and you will be able to stream any MP3 from your library whenever you feel like it through the 360. You may need to pay attention to the GUI, usually "X" allows you to select music source, just find your PC's zune and blammo, your done. You do NOT need to have Zune running on your PC in order to do this, simply installed (it has threads running in the background of your PC rather than an application when doing it this way). Also find yourself a badass gamer picture. I found some cool Venture Bros ones as well as free Family guy ones a while back. Beyond that, play around with it and enjoy.. everything is seamless so sometimes it takes a bit to realise everything that it can do!

Keep that thing in a fridge, you dont want it to RROD!

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