TGC Pink XBox 360 Face Plate
The Gamers Choice XBox 360 Polished Pink Face Plate, the ultimate in Xbox 360 console accessories
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Spider-Man The Movie 3 (Xbox 360)
Based on Sony Pictures Entertainments Columbia Pictures upcoming feature film, Spider-Man 3 allows players to experience the actions of heroic red-suited Spider-Man and, for the first time ever, his darker, more mysterious black-suited persona. Set in a larger, dynamic, free-roaming New York City, the game gives players the freedom to choose their own gameplay experience through multiple movie-based and original storylines, fully integrated city missions and performance rewards including improved speed, combat maneuvers and agility.
List Price: ?39.99
Amazon Price: ?19.96
Used Price: ?7.40
Customer Review: Saved by a webline?
After a relatively reasonable outing in Spiderman 2 I had high hopes for a greatly improved 3rd outing which would improve on all of the shortcomings of the first. However this is not to be as this game has actually managed to include more annoyances and general bad design than the previous. It seems to be an impossibility for any Spiderman game to do interior wall crawling levels without an extremely jerky and unhelpful camera making it impossible to navigate and this is one of the worst. I seem to remember a relatively decent attempt in the very first Spiderman 3D iteration on the original Playstation but this is definitely the worst. Not to mention that several of the levels actually occur inside small areas (saving people from a fire being a memorably poor one) and suddenly it no longer feels like your controlling a superhero as you end up jumping straight into flames and getting stuck in corners. This wouldn’t be so bad if the combat was reasonable. For the most part it’s passable and using midair juggles to keep about five characters airborn is certainly entertaining. However when in a fist fight against certain bosses (Kingpin step right up) it turns into an exercise of sheer patience as what feels like an hour is spent whittling down a seemingly never ending energy bar with the same 2 button press sequence. There are now Quicktime cut-sequences which are basically God of War/Shenmue esque tests of reaction time whilst amazing spidey-villain fights are on screen. These are nothing special and in some cases (punching a chandelier three times…????!?!) are just exercises in selecting “continue” and watching the same unskippable cutscene for the 50th time. HOWEVER… this would be a completely dire game if it wasn’t for the amazing web-slinging in the game. Swinging through the streets of a much larger New York city in glorious 360 graphics is fantastic (and quite a relaxing post work way to spend half an hour.) As superhero games go this is the closest that I’ve ever found to actually feeling in full control of the superhero. Slightly tweaked over Spidey 2’s swing mechanic it takes a while to get used to but is soon completely intuitive. Any gamer who has no interest in Spiderman will be hard pushed for any reason to buy this game but Spidey fans will want to at least take a look, if only for the swing mechanics (and a semi-reasonable boss fight with The Lizard.)
Customer Review: it gets worse
i loved this game at the start then it seemed to get worse its hard i know hard is good but its so hard its frustrating and it makes the game un-fun
Customisable Faceplate and Skin Kit (Xbox 360)
List Price: ?14.99
Amazon Price: ?12.99
Customer Review: I’m split…
Well, here you have it. the Nyko customiseable faceplate for the Xbox360. On first impressions, i thought it was quite a funky piece of kit, but i do have one or 2 reservations about it. Firstly, i would say you DO need quite a decent, good quality printer if youre going to make some faceplate inserts. Secondly, You WILL need to toy with your paper loader on your printer, as when you print out your faceplate it is not -exactly- central to the punch-out. Thirdly, obviously this depends on where your 360 is in your room, my problem is that i can hardly see my faceplate because of my light glaring onto and off of the clear plastic exterior of the faceplate. I will also add that it does almost feel as though youre about to snap the darn thing in half when you clip the clear cover onto the backing plate, but i guess that is to be expected from a third party accessory. All in all, a good effort, and i admit it is fun to play around and make your own designs to decorate the front of your 360.
Xbox 360 Wireless Bridge
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List Price: ?59.99
Amazon Price: ?59.98
Customer Review: Couldn’t be simpler
I too will add weight to the other reviews, this item is the easiest wireless device you’ll ever set up! You literlally fit it to the back of the Xbox with a ‘click’, plug in the USB lead to the port on the back and then under network settings on the dashboard change your connectivity to Wireless. Let your router do the rest. If your router is RIGHT NEXT to your xbox, stick with the ethernet cable because this gadget for all its marvel is still pretty expensive. However, if like me, you just moved house and found your xbox is now at the opposite end of the room from your phone socket and router - and the cable won’t stretch, then this is the way forward. The only reason I give this 4/5 as opposed to 5/5 is the price.
Customer Review: Excellent product but you may have installation problems
Ok, the price gets 1 star. There should be no reason for the price tag. however, as you should expect from Microsoft, it is reliable and works a treat … once you get it up and running. Personally, I had a nighmare time of it which nearly killed me yesterday evening installing it but not the fault of the hardware itself but other factors like creating a Windows Live ID and Gamer Tag, which I did not have already. My bad experience involved getting assistance from 360 Technical Support for a good couple of hours. Firstly, once you connect the adapter you have to put it through an initial network test. There are several separate tests that it goes through. Depending on your network settings you may pass all or fail. Mine failed with MTU settings. This meant i had to increase the MTU data transfer settings for my Netgear Rangemax router. Once I had overcome that I needed to create a Windows Live ID account. Then a Gamer Tag. Then encountered another problem when it came to entering my Gold Live subscription. For some reason, my location kept being automatically detected as living in the United States. I live in UK. Restarted over a couple of time tweaking Network settings on the console dashboeard but with no success. This was when I called Tech Support. It’s a good thing that support was open until 10:00 pm and the guy was very, very helpful and patient! To cut a long story short, and after trying several workarounds, he guided me through setting up a free Hotmail email address verifying my location as UK based. We then went back and created a Gamer Tag etc … and when I got to the part that verified my location it automatically showed as United Kingdom. From there onwards it was simple and everything fell into place. The adapter works faultlessly (fingers crossed)so the kit itself is reliable but the initial process can possibly confound you.
TGC Black XBox 360 - VGA HD AV cable High quality VGA HD AV cable for the Xbox 360 with gold plated RCA stereo audio connectors.
List Price: ?14.99 
List Price: ?14.99 
Recharge your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller while you play and kiss disposable batteries goodbye! Complete with a charging cable and rechargeable battery pack, the Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit is all you need to juice up your Wireless Controller even in the midst of battle.
TGC Ecru XBox 360 Single Ear Piece Headset with Mic The Xbox 360 Headset heightens the experience of the unprecedented online gaming community, Xbox Live, allowing you to strategize with team mates, trash-talk opponents or just chat with friends while playing your favourite games. You can record and leave short voice messages for friends or family through the free Xbox Live Message Service or connect with buddies online using the headset in place of the phone.In-line volume control and mute switch let users adjust the headset volume or switch mute on and off easily.Noise-cancelling microphone improves game response to voice commands, and provides crisp and clear voice communication.