Help me buy an XBox.

[prog]

OK youze guys, after hearing about Microsoft's GDC keynote and its plans for XNA, I'm hot to buy an XBox. I mean, I kinda have been for two years, but I can more or less afford it now, and my justifications have never been more solid.

I understand (with Wikipedia's help) that it currently comes in three sizes, and that (correct me if I'm wrong) I want the middle-weight "Premium" one, versus the "Arcade" or "Elite" ones. (Sigh.)

What on-disc games that are available right now should I get? (Fritter me not with your talk of pre-orders.) What downloadable games should I get? Assume that Portal and Rez are already in my imaginary cart.

Any other things I need? Extra controllers? Who what?

I'm just going to play it on my old crappo TV for now. Yeah, I know.

Comments

[prog.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Multiplayer FPSes just confuse or sadden me, usually. The screenshots of TF2 sure are pretty, but when I'm watching a friend actually play it I'm just "Huh? Wha?" I have no idea what's going on.

I am one of the cranky people who feels he solved single-player FPSes permanently when he finished "Marathon 2". (Though I have played and enjoyed some newer ones, since then.)

[lediva.livejournal.com]

Multiplayer FPSes just confuse or sadden me, usually.

I feel the same way. This is why TF2 completely blew me away. They got it right.

Granted, I still pretty much only play with friends. But all the different classes really do pander to pretty much any style of play.