Consoles->PC->Consoles Again (front page post)

[Nighthawk]

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[Epsilon]

I have had almost the exact same path from my beginnings until now. My first systen was atari2600 till NES and eventually to Pc's in the 90s with UO. Here I am on my Xbox360 as well. Online gaming and consoles are the groundbreaking thing for me as of now.

[Lebowski]

I'm in pretty much the exact same position, just maybe started a year or two behind NH. I started with Atari 2600, although pretty casually. Later we got a NES and this really got me into gaming. Growing up with three bros and my mother being a single parent who worked nights, we kinda took care of ourselves, which left a lot of time we filled with gaming.

After going through pretty much all the major consoles (NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Playstation), I was pulled in PC gaming around '98 by some friends that were life-long PC gamers. I think my first real game purchases were the original Rainbox Six and Half-Life. I played a lot of FPS games and got into the whole Half-Life mod world (Counter-strike, TFC, etc).

Those same guys started playing EQ and I was intriqued by a persistant world which had consequences which lasted longer than the round/session you were currently in. Looking back, it's amazing I picked AC over EQ, since I knew several people playing EQ, but thank god I did.

I've since at least tried pretty much every MMO on the market, WoW being the only other one I played more than a month or two. During this time, I had the original Xbox, but outside a few games, it was definitely secondary to my PC gaming.

However, the last year or so, the 360 has really brought me back into console gaming, and single player gaming in general. It's easy to get caught up in only playing multi-player games once you get into them. Without other people to interact with, kill, etc, it's easy to just say, "What's the point." I was like this for a while and know several people who pretty much refuse to play anything that's not multi-player or even a MMO.

There's been so many great games coming out. Right now, I'm overwhelmed with the purchases I've made just in the last month and there's still several I haven't bought yet or are about to come out.

[TheShoe]

Indeed. I am seriously considering modding my xbox so i can "AFFORD" to play all the new things coming out. I think its kinda funny how the previously least popular platform, which drew the most "geek" points is now the most popular, and draws web 2.0 points. I fucking hate web 2.0 i want my old internet back. =/

[Nighthawk]

Originally Posted by TheShoe

Indeed. I am seriously considering modding my xbox

I have a couple of games downloaded in case I do this. I'm interested, but don't really know how to start. At least, how to do it right the first time without fucking up my box. Either way I'm guessing replacing the cd-rom voids the warranty which is further cause for hesitation for me.

I wouldn't be opposed to having a detailed description of how to...

[Judas Deceit]

First of all is buying an XBox that has a DVD-Rom as opposed to CD-Rom... next is finding the mod solution that is right for you.. Check out gamecopyworld and there various links and sources. Google Xbox Mod Chip and try the first 5.. I used to be on the modding scene however the places I used to use have been shut down or Cease and Desisted.

[Lebowski]

I believe it's possible to mod and still be able to be on Live, but you have to be careful, cuz lots of them get your console ID banned permanently from Live. And I think they are constantly trying to find more ways to detect if it's modded.

I know someone who bought a "broken" 360 on e-bay, looked up how to fix the issue, and used this one for modding. So, he actually has 2 360s, one he can use for online games, one for single player games.

[Genocide]

The fact that we can mod consules is pretty weird. I just never thought of having to do something like that. I blame the internet for this, simply because we learned how cheap it is to dl games rather then pay. So fuck it why not mod the consule to do the same thing

[Beer]

You know I'm all about paying for games to support game development. Other methods of payment, that don't directly affect the developers, is almost a necessity today because games are getting ridiculously expensive. 60-70 bucks for a game nowadays? Outrageous.

I like having a relatively high-end PC and my X360. It allows me to play the 360 exclusive titles I really want to play (GoW2) and then allows me to incorporate games I really want to try that are released for the PC.

I'll probably never mod my 360. No real reason to (for me).

[Liam J.]

I may just be a lonely computer geek, but one day I'll have millions of dollars. When this is the case, I will buy the rights to UO and re-develop it based on a 1999-era pre-cast PvP model.