i don't know if this is quite what you wanted... but i saw the ad for the "5 free BRmovies on the back of the latest PSM magazine. i think you may have to clip the thing out and send it in with proof of purchase, or there should be some corresponding web site with directions on how to get your 5.

it also looked like there were only a select few to choose from, so it wasn't 5 movies from the entire library.

however, Blazing Saddles was one of the choices, so that's a bonus! :D

KZ2 looked great. i can't wait to play it. and no comparrison to any other game, gears of war or not, can take that away. the fact that you can be disappointed in the preview from the conference is just plain weird. your expectations must be so high, they are unreachable. whatever happened to being excited about good games, despite the system they are on???

also, i think it's silly to try to convince anyone that it was a gears of war clone, when GOW is a clone of so many action movies already done and told. (ummm predator???) don't get me wrong... i love playing GOW, but how can you try to claim it's original over other games. GOW was simply executed better than most games.

i'm finally excited again about the ps3 again, which is remarkable after such a dismal year.

currently playing the darkness on 360 BTW and loving it.

drfeelgoodstwin - boy you are dumb... totally misread what i said. and i even talked about how i liked XBL for GAMING!

and if what you are saying about tv shows is true, then why does it offer tv shows and movies? why? explain smart guy.

plus, i never said i wanted any of them, in fact i said i didn't see the point, and it doesn't offer anything i would want. man, can you read?

 get off your high horse. i've been gaming longer than you've been alive.

i agree with you guys, in that as far as OXL quality, you get what you pay for. but what i do not understand is why, even with a GOLD mem, there are still so many additional purchases for this or that. if you total all the costs of things, it can really add up. the free things on XLive are lame; they just are. and i'm sorry, but having access to dozens of reality tv shows isn't exactly making me leap out of my seat. and many of the other downloadable content options, you can get or already have the box sets. just saying....

i will say that i dig Live Arcade, and have found myself playing those games A LOT LATELY. this week it's been Catan, and i'm loving it.

still, i don't think the initial 50 bucks subscription is really worth it by itself. but, as microsoft planned, if you invest more and more, you'll have more to mess with that can make it all worth having. still, i admit i do feel "nickel and dimed" to death. it seems like the whole microtransaction marketplace need more finetuning, because companies can charge you for every little thing they can attach a label onto. just think about how much we're spending on our consoles after about 2 or 3 years... to me it kinda makes the old "360 cheaper than the PS3" argument lose its significance.

i admit, i do want to know more about what the PS3 will offer online for free - for comparrison's sake, and to see where their online ratail media system inserts its own version of microtransactions and the like. the entire online marketplace has global impact on how companies are allowed to distribute their content... so in that sense, when we're talking about not minding this charge or that fee for these experiences, we're telling the companies to keep pushing the limit of what is acceptable for us to spend. and they will...

i definitely will.

at the moment, i'm going back and forth between my 360 and my ps2. having a lot of fun with both, continually. i do want a ps3. to me, there are a lot of reasons why i want it. mostly because i love video games, especially rpg's.