HUGE gaming show on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" tonight.

[shpankey]

Hey guys, Outside the Lines on ESPN tonight is having a HUGE special on video gaming and sports. You should check it out! It's totally about gaming.

It comes on ESPN at 6:30 Central Standard Time and I think has a few other airing times tonight and Monday.

Here's a link to a preview of tonight's show...

http://msn.espn.go.com/main.html

[Xtopia]

Cool! Thanks for the heads up!:)

[shpankey]

Yeah, I know they talk to a few of the Xbox people according to their website preview, and they go in depth with NFL Fever 2002.

[Xtopia]

I'll be sure to tune in!:p

BTW-is it on ESPN or ESPN 2? ESPN 2 usually has stuff like this...

[shpankey]

It's just the regular ESPN. 6:30 CST, 7:30 EST. Comes on in about 45 minutes from this post I'm making.

[shpankey]

Just a quick update... the show is getting ready to begin. You have about 15 minuted before it starts, so tune into ESPN asap.

[Xtopia]

I'm already there!

W/my XBox being broken, I have nothing better to do...:D :mad: :(

[shpankey]

Ok, show is starting right now. Be back to talk with ya later about it if anyone wants to (?).

[Xtopia]

Looks like somebody does not like NFL Blitz! LoL!

[shpankey]

WOW! They were tearing Blitz and Hitz a new bunghole! :)

[Xtopia]

I wonder if they are going to tear Halo apart...or any other FPS for that matter...

[shpankey]

I doubt it, they're just talking about how gaming relates to sports.

[shpankey]

Did you guys see that?!!!!!!!!!!!!

Xbox ONLINE WAS ON!!!! THEY SHOWED IT!!!!!!! HOLY (*#@Y)*Y _)@( _)($&)_(@& %_)$(@& $_@($_


::SPEECHLESS::!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:eek:

[shpankey]

Awesome show! ANyone who missed it, it comes on again...

ESPN - Fri., May 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET
ESPN - Sat., May 18 at 3:30 p.m.
ESPN - Mon., May 20 at 2 p.m.


A MUST WATCH SHOW!

[cracchus]

Just finished watching it. Pretty good, although I was ****ed off about the 2nd segment, where they talked about the evil influence of video games on our poor impressionable children. What crap. I guess it's a PC rule, if you're talking about video games, you are obligated to talk about the corrupting effect of violent images on children. Blah blah. I get really tired of hearing that.

But the rest of the show was pretty good. I was suprised to see Xbox featured -- nice zoom0in and discussion of online features, plus a little demo! I liked seeing motion capture being done, and I liked the feature about the tournaments (where does the prize money come from?)...the whole show in general was good in the way it moved away from the "gamer as geek" stereotype, showing all the atheletes gaming, etc.

[Xtopia]

Ya, when those two Q-Bs played...I was amazed! It looked like it was fun, fast, and easy!

[Highlite23]

Seeing the box on-line with the communicator was awsome.:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Xtopia]

Seeing the box on-line with the communicator was awsome

Sure was! I can't wait till XBox live launches!

[fanofslipknotib]

Come on, stop beating around the bush! Who played? What game did they play? Did they play it online?!? Who won?

DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS!:D

[Xtopia]

The Indianapolis Colts Quaterback-Peyton Manning v. Seattle Seahawcks Q-B. The Seahawks QB won, 63-40. The played with the "XBox Communicator." But as I mentioned earlier, it looked fast, easy, fun, and lag free! It was cool, cause they were talkin trash and just having fun!

I am sooooo exited! :eek:

[Xtopia]

Oh, ya, and they played NFL Fever 2003.

[fanofslipknotib]

Did they show them setting it up on the computer? If so, was the interface of it cool?

Err...maybe I should just watch it tomorrow...but the Lakers are on during when they show it again.

[Xtopia]

No pc! Ya, that is what is cool about XBox live! You don't need a pc. It is all through the XBox! That is great news for me...because my XBox is in my basement, while my PC is upstairs, so whenever I play Halo online, I have to get my running shows on.
But, it did not show too much of the interface...infact, it did not show hardly any. But what they did show looked awesome!

[fanofslipknotib]

Surely you need your computer for SOMETHING...wont we? Are we going to set up games through our TV?

Ahhh, hurry up E3!

[Xtopia]

Nope...In fact, there are some people who are just getting a broadband connection, even though they don't even have a PC! All you need is the broadband service and a cable/dsl etc modem!
go to www.xbox.com...and do some research, you should be able to find out more than what I can tell you. Or call 1800-4my-xbox...I call there all the time when I have questions. They are very helpfull and knowledgable.

[Xtopia]

[QUOTE]Are we going to set up games through our TV? [/QUOTE


Sorry about the double post...but ya. That is basiclly (from the limited knowledge I have) what will happen! :)

[fanofslipknotib]

Alrighty then , I guess we shall see!