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modeps
12-21-2008, 07:27 PM
Major Nelson (http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/12/21/xbox-360-virtual-fireplace.aspx) updated his blog this evening linking to a new way to utilize your wonderful high definition gaming device. You can now turn your 360 and HDTV to create a pretend fireplace (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/00000001-0000-4000-8000-00005855014c) for a mere 400 microsoft points. Add in some Perry Como and Bing Crosby, and you've got yourself some 1980's-style holiday cheer.

Oh, and before you get your pitchforks and real torches, this was an XNA project created by some dude named SniperED007.

Yes, its too expensive, but at least its got a demo (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025855014c/?p=1&of=1&sb=1#offers).
ElektroDragon
12-21-2008, 09:31 PM
Jeez, I really have to start doing some XNA projects if they're going to have the balls to charge this much. This should have been 80 points at best. I bet you on PSN this would have been 99 cents.
Satertek
12-21-2008, 09:46 PM
Only worth it if it also stresses the CPU and video cores to 100% for maximum heat output :D
Mantooth
12-21-2008, 10:23 PM
"Which is to say Christmas, as in Yule. Yule log. Not a log. I don't have a log, but I mean, you know, if I had a log. Not in the sense you think you think I said I did. Good golly. Tis the season to be merry."
ascl
12-21-2008, 10:25 PM
Thats... unbelievable. Every time I see this kind of stuff it encourages me to speed up my XNA project...
Gorilla800lbs
12-21-2008, 11:31 PM
Those embers on the screenshot look like burning johnsons.
Ozena
12-22-2008, 03:59 AM
Thats... unbelievable. Every time I see this kind of stuff it encourages me to speed up my XNA project...

If anyone's buying, you might make some dough.

But seriously, though? Of all the things I could spend 400 points on . . . a Yule Log isn't one. I could just get the "Burning Log" DVD at Wal-Mart for cheaper, probably.
blackzc
12-22-2008, 04:15 AM
Add in some Perry Como and Bing Crosby, and you've got yourself some 1980's-style holiday cheer.



Whats 80s about a fire at Christmas? Or Bing Crosby?
blackzc
12-22-2008, 04:16 AM
"Which is to say Christmas, as in Yule. Yule log. Not a log. I don't have a log, but I mean, you know, if I had a log. Not in the sense you think you think I said I did. Good golly. Tis the season to be merry."


Thats my name....
MusicToEat
12-22-2008, 04:39 AM
Whats 80s about a fire at Christmas? Or Bing Crosby?

The 80s is when the first VHS fire tape burst on the scene. Warming the hearts and bringing good cheer to white trash everywhere!
netcraazzy
12-22-2008, 04:47 AM
Its like iPhone app store deja vu! Comming soon to Xbox Live...Pull My Finger the Game!
modeps
12-22-2008, 05:24 AM
The 80s is when the first VHS fire tape burst on the scene. Warming the hearts and bringing good cheer to white trash everywhere!

Correct! You win a complimentary... HUG!
LilAbner
12-22-2008, 08:10 AM
Comcast's free on demand yule log ftw.
ElektroDragon
12-22-2008, 09:05 AM
Comcast's free on demand yule log ftw.

Oh! Thanks for alerting me to this... must check out.
blackzc
12-22-2008, 11:01 AM
The 80s is when the first VHS fire tape burst on the scene. Warming the hearts and bringing good cheer to white trash everywhere!

Got got it, So if you dont have a fireplace your white trash correct? We need to do a poll to see who has a fireplace that way we can point out the white trash on this site.

Or am i just missing something?
Zecon
12-22-2008, 01:07 PM
"Which is to say Christmas, as in Yule. Yule log. Not a log. I don't have a log, but I mean, you know, if I had a log. Not in the sense you think you think I said I did. Good golly. Tis the season to be merry."

Clark Griswald quote FTW
MusicToEat
12-22-2008, 02:40 PM
Got got it, So if you dont have a fireplace your white trash correct? We need to do a poll to see who has a fireplace that way we can point out the white trash on this site.

Or am i just missing something?


Not having a fire place doesn't make you white trash. Putting a fake fire place on your TV does. :p

and it's not that you're missing something, it's that you're being overly sensitive.
shadow763
12-22-2008, 04:25 PM
Comcast's free on demand yule log ftw.

They need to put this in HD this year. I want my eyes to burn out from the clarity.
Chimpbot
12-22-2008, 05:42 PM
Sadly, I'm tempted to pick this up so I can put it on in the middle of July when a friend comes over, purely to confuse and/or confound them.
LilAbner
12-22-2008, 08:24 PM
They need to put this in HD this year. I want my eyes to burn out from the clarity.

It is in HD this year, as it was last year...at least in the Baltimore market. It's pretty neat, actually...and way better than this 360 ripoff. I don't even think I'd use it if it were free...