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Find the perfect avatar with Gamerpic Scout
So, you've got a shiny new Xbox 360 and you're all set up to play except for one thing: your Gamer Picture. It's an important step in creating your online identity after all. Heck, even veterans like to change things up once in a while. So, if you find yourself still saddled with stupid green circles or that weird Darth Vader skull thing, we've got just the solution for you. Introducing the Gamerpic Scout from MyGamerCard.net. More or less, the Scout is simply a Gamerpic search engine. Just enter a word -- "zombie" for example -- and you'll be directed to all the Gamerpics associated with that word (you can also search for pics by Gamertag). Click on one of the icons that pops up -- let's say Master Chief from Halo 3 -- and it will tell you how much it costs and whether or not it's still available.One of the more interesting features is that the engine keeps track of both the most and least popular Gamerpics. You'd be surprised how many Gamerpics aren't being used by anyone at all (mostly sports related ones). If it's time for a change, or if you're new to the scene, head over to MyGamerCard.net and check it out.[Via Evil Avatar]
Exclusive Halo 3 360 theme & gamer pics spotted
One of the bonuses you get for purchasing the Halo 3 Xbox 360 is a special Halo 3 dashboard theme and set of exclusive gamer pictures to show the world that you're the proud owner of a Halo 3 360. And, of course, nobody has seen these exclusive downloads yet ... until now. Over on Xbox.com the powers that be have already placed previews of all seven exclusive gamer pictures as well as all the blade backgrounds from the Halo 3 Special Edition theme. It could be be accident that they've already uploaded the pictures or they did it on purpose, because they want consumers to know what goods they're getting before ploping down their cash. But no matter the reason, you can preview both uber exclusive theme and gamer picture downloads on Xbox.com. Enjoy.[Thanks, SpaceGhostFlyer]Read - Halo 3 Special Edition themeRead - Halo 3 Special Edition gamer pictures
Free Balls of Fury Marketplace downloads
To celebrate the impending release of Rogue Pictures' ping-pong comedy Ball of Fury, the powers that be have lovingly placed a few free downloads up on the XBLM. Available to US and Canada Xbox Live members are two free Ball of Fury downloads including a theme and nine different Balls of Fury gamer pictures. The gamer pics feature a bunch of characters from the movie and the theme is pretty decent as the guide displays a ping-pong paddle and balls tiled in a sexually suggestive manner with Christopher Walken used as the background for the Media blade ... 'nough said. So, we advise giving the free content a download if you're all about ping-pong, balls, or Christopher Walken.
Free Shark Week & Unlock Xbox downloads
We advise US Xbox Live members to swim on over to the XBLM to download a few newly free themes and gamer pictures. Discovery Channel is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Shark Week by giving away a (somewhat bland) shark theme and a set of shark gamer pictures. And what more can we say, they're sharky? But if you hate sharks or just like Doritos, then you'll be pleased to know that there is also a free Unlock Xbox inspired theme and gamer picture set available too.And allow us to vent a little here and point out that the Unlock Xbox theme bothers the heck out of us. Why? Because the background colors don't match the freakin' blade colors! It looks like the designers tried to match the colors, but got sort of confused by the time they painted the media blade. Hey theme makers, is it that hard to match a few colors? End rant.Read - Free Shark Week downloadsRead - Free Unlock Xbox downloads
Get your Pathfinder theme and gamer pics
With next month's quiet release of the movie Pathfinder we receive a few free downloads off of the XBLM. Right now you can get a free Pathfinder theme (which isn't anything spectacular) and a picture pack. The picture pack is actually pretty good, featuring a few creature pics and even a skull! Nothing says "I'm hardcore" like a gamer picture featuring a skull. Very l33t indeed. And for our worldly fanboys, we're pretty sure this content is only available to US residents and possibly Canada. Hey, we don't make the rules.
Free Eragon and The Reaping downloads
Today's free XBLM downloads are movie related themes and gamer pictures that are available to a worldly audience. First off is the free Eragon theme available to most of Europe and only Europe. The other downloads are for the movie The Reaping (featuring that swanky Hilary Swank) and include both a theme and a set of gamer pictures. And be sure to note that The Reaping's free downloads are only offered to United States residents ... Canada gets shafted this time, sorry guys. We just rang the free downloads dinner bell, so go get your content already!
Free Blades of Glory theme and gamer pics
In love with competitive figure skating and just can't wait for the Olympics? Well, we didn't think so, but Will Ferrell's new comedy Blades of Glory is about figure skating and looks quite funny. And on the XBLM you can download a free movie theme and a set of gamer pictures. The theme is pretty okay, as the guide isn't the plain jane light gray we usually see. And we'll just say the gamer pictures are "goodish", if goodish is a word. Did we mention we enjoy free themes and gamer pictures? For some reason if the content is free we couldn't care less it was advertising shaving cream or the Smucker's jam ... we just love our free content. Anyway, time to download, you know what to do.
Free gamer picture for Canada [update 1]
Boy do we love those free gamer pictures and themes from the marketplace. And even though there is only one new one and only available for Canadian Xbox Live members, it's still newsworthy. Everyone who's from Canada and loves free goods, hit up the XBLM and get your free Multiplayer Mayhem Month gamer picture right this second! We can't see what it looks like since our HQ is in the States, so if you could download it ... is it one sexy gamer picture?Update 1: CANADA360 found an image of the gamer picture. It isn't all that bad.
Promote Burger King with your Xbox Gamer Pic
A filthy marketing scheme is slivering its way onto the Xbox Live Marketplace today: Burger King Games Picture Pack. We shudder at the thought of Xbox Live users handing over their gamer picture spaces to Burger King. But it will happen -- because the picture pack is free.Some may view this as a win-win situation (users get free pics, BK gets free advertising), but the BK Picture Pack also highlights a growing disappointment: there aren't enough freebie gamer pics to download. If we had our way, playing a game would unlock at least a pair of pics (additional content could still be sold); plus, achievement images (already cropped to gamer pic size) could be inserted into one's gamer card. Instead, users are eagerly downloading Burger King ads because they deviate from the pay-for-content norm.
