Living Black (Live At The Lighthouse) - Charles Earland

Advantages: Online multiplayer, priviledges downloads
Disadvantages: Price a little daunting at first, additional hardware required, PS3 online is free

...What is Xbox Live: Xbox Live is the online service for players of the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles. Xbox Live Silver is free to all users and gives some limited facilities. With a Silver account you can accumulate a reputation by achieving goals within games. These are own on your Gamercard and allow other users to see how experienced a gamer you are. With a Silver account, you can also download game demos, trailers, and event videos. Some games have the ability to upload performance based stats like lap times etc. to online leaderboards. Xbox Live Gold is a pay-for subscription, approx £35 to £40 pound a year. Gold gives you all the benefits of Silver, however you have access to marketplace items days, and sometimes weeks before the rest. The biggest benefit of purchasing a Gold subscription is that it opens up the full... Read review

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Advantages: Fun for everyone. Easy, intuitive controls. Good Graphics :P
Disadvantages: Internet setup complicated. No DVD playback.

...'re essential especially for those of you with wooden floors like we have. - This sounds obvious but make sure you have the space to play the games. We don't have a large living room and we do all right but we've had our fair share of arm banging and ornaments flying. Also, before you start playing, have a quick look around to make sure no-one is within striking distance. There's nothing like giving someone a black eye to spoil your Wii party. And no, I haven't done that - yet. To be fair, Nintendo put up warnings all the time to make sure you're aware of your surroundings - they are there for a reason so heed them. - The SD-slot for loading pictures is located behind a small door on the front of the Wii. It took me ages to find it. - Wii Play is a good game to buy if not just for the controller you get with it. It's more... Read review

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Advantages: Play with friends all around the world.
Disadvantages: Only lasts for 1 year.

...The live 12 month gold card enables the player to play online for a year. When i first received it i accessed it very quickly and was surprised to see how easily i was able to get online and play with millions of people all around the world. All i needed to do was enter the code and i could start playing. The benefits of going live is mainly playing against people all around the world and making new friends. But if you are a hardcore gamer, this is the perfect place to be as you get to challenge the best around the world and you even get ranked. What's more is that you can even download exclusive things only from the xbox live marketplace where you can't get from anywhere else. Overall: A must get for all xbox 360 owners. It completes the console and makes the xbxo 360 that much better.... Read review

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