xbox 360

Get PlayOn For $19.99

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PlayOnWe’ve been using PlayOn for a few months now.  It’s made a nice addition to our Media Center, Netflix & Xbox 360 (media center extender) Television viewing.  Having access to Hulu through PlayOn has pretty much made the DVR unnecessary.  I’m not sure what the future holds for Hulu access given their (vague) pricing announcement, but assuming it’s not too crazy I highly recommend PlayOn.

Right now they’re running a promotion to give the gift of PlayOn so if you’re interested just let me know.  $19.99 isn’t too bad a deal either, remember it’s a one-time-only cost unlike your Cable bill.  I’m not buying though, so you’ll have to pony up the 20 bucks.

Post 360 Activity To Twitter

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I use Twitter when I feel it’s appropriate my friends know what I’m doing.  When I’m playing a video game on my XBox 360 chances are it’s a multiplayer game and I might enjoy some company.

A few months ago Internet Duct Tape posted an article with several methods on how to obtain your XBox 360 activity.  I subscribed to their Yahoo Pipe for my gamertag.  I never really came up with any good way to use this but I finally have.  My XBox 360 activity (game activity only) now automatically updates my Twitter account.

XBox 360 Twitter Updates

To do this All I’m using is the Yahoo Pipe mentioned previously and TwitterFeed.  TwitterFeed allows you to update your Twitter status using any RSS feed and the pipe feed works just fine.

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