XBOX 360 E User Guide

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Open a Can on Hollywood—Game With Fame 
Ever wonder if big-name celebrities log in and frag out? Of course they do! They
might have their own high-end setups at home where they can play anonymously,
but on Xbox Live, they are subject to your wrath in the open. For all you gamers out there eager to open up a can of...fun and friendly gaming
on Hollywood, Game With Fame gives you the chance to play on Xbox Live against
your favorite celebrities. Past participants include hilarious actor Jack Black, the...

Anything You Can Do,
I Can Do Better—Achievements
On My Xbox’s Achievement subsection, you can track
your own achievements in every game you’ve ever
played on the Xbox 360. This is useful if you want to
complete a game, but got sidetracked. How can you
live with yourself if you complete fewer than half the
achievements in Saint’s Row? It’s also great if you
need an ego boost and want to remember how well
you did in a game. It’ll cheer you up. Really. Though it’s not actually on the Achievements page,...

Old Foes, New Friends—Recent Players
The Recent Players tab is
useful for finding people
you want to play with.
Say you played a couple
of hours of Unoand hit it
off with some great
gamers, then you got a
request from your best
friend to play  Project
Gotham Racing 3 and had
to leave the  Unogroup. You
can look up the people
you recently played with,
see their gamertags,
gamerscores, and zones,
as well as the game you
played with them. If they
seem like the sort who
won’t cramp your style or
friends...

Your Little
Corner—Profile
You can change your
gamer card, gamer profile,
and My Xbox settings in
the Profile subsection. In
this area, you can also
see the games you’ve
recently played and your
achievements. Want to
show off your gamer card
on a website? You can
get the proper HTML
code here and paste it
wherever your heart
desires. Finally, this sub-
section gives you a link
that will let you create an
Xbox-themed page on
MSN® Space for 
involvement in a broader
community.This is the back door to...

Staying in Touch—
Friends and
Messages
Your friends list lets you
keep tabs on all your
Xbox 360 buddies. See
who’s online, what
they’re playing, which
offline friends played
last, and even keep tabs
on their gamerscores.
Say you’re tied up on
your computer, but feel
the need for Need for
Speed . Check your
friends list to see who is
available for a race or 10.
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My Xbox also allows
you to send and read text
messages on Xbox Live.
This comes in handy
whether you’re working
or playing on your PC. You
can send out longer
messages much faster,
because you’ll be using a
keyboard instead of a
controller. My Xbox is a powerful
part of Xbox.com. It lets
you live in the Xbox Live world without having to be on your Xbox 360. Use it to communicate with friends,
find new ones, manage your gamer card and profile, and see all your achievements on your PC. My Xbox is
your...

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Lean, Mean ,
Multimedia Machine
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EXPANDING YOUR PLAYGROUND
For more than a decade, video game consoles have allowed you to play CDs and DVDs. So you’d expect your
Xbox 360 to deftly handle both types of media, and it does. It’s a great machine for playing your disc-based
movies and music, but did you know that the console is capable of much, much more? In addition to giving you
a top-notch gaming experience, the Xbox 360 is a powerful multimedia machine that’s capable of handling all
kinds of digital media, from photos to digital music...

want to hear. This is a
nice option if you don’t
like a certain game’s
soundtrack, if you’ve
played it so much that it
just sounds old, or if you
just want a change of
pace. Listening to Britney
Spears’s “Baby One More
Time” when you’re playing
The Lord of the Rings: The
Battle for Middle-earth II
is a funky experience.
Smile, You’re on Xbox 360™
Like connecting a portable music player to your Xbox 360, connecting a digital camera to your console is so easy
that it could be done half asleep. Once again,...