If you wanted the Xbox 360 Elite because it was niiiiiice lookn', check this out.  You can send away your 360 and have it professionally done up for less than 25% of what an Elite would cost you.

Not a bad alternative, especially if you don't need the 120 GB HDD and the HDMI.

(UPDATE BELOW)...if so, I've got just the thing! Post a comment as to which ghost featured in Pac-Man is your favorite and why (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde), and you'll have a chance to win one of three copies of Pac-Man for the Xbox Live Arcade. There is a global tournament being hosted by Xbox Live for Pac-Man! For more information, CLICK HERE. The more original the post the more likely you are to win! Good luck!!!

Courtesy of Gamerscoreblog.com

"A total of nine finalists will advance to the finals, based upon the highest Xbox LIVE Arcade leaderboard scores. There will be one finalist from each of the following countries and geographic areas: Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Japan and Mexico; and two finalists from Europe and the United States.

The winner of the finals will also receive other great prizes, including 26 years of free Quiznos toasted subs (one sandwich a week for 26 years), 100,000 Microsoft Points for games, movies and other fun content available on Xbox LIVE, and a one-of-a-kind Xbox 360 featuring a special design inspired by “Pac-Man.”

Sounds awesome!

UPDATE:

As of 4-27 all codes have been awarded!

The 4 winners thus far have been notified! Check the comments for more info.

Check this thread out over at the Xbox Forums! You have a chance to suggest an Arcade title that will be voted on later! Stop in and suggest your favorite title (if it's not already on the list).

Josh

Xbox 360 Fanboy just posted an article describing the new pricing structure for upcoming "song packs" downloadable on the Xbox Live Marketplace for Guitar Hero II.

Each pack contains 3 songs and is currently priced at 500 points each. 

What do you think?  Is this price too high?  Just right?

I've already recieved over 10 messages from people voicing their opinion, most of which contained some kind of naughty language, (bad feedback on you!!!  j/k :D ) which obviously wasn't in approval to the pricing of the song packs.  I saw a great comment today that seemed to place everything in perspective, it went something like this:

"In a day where you'll pay over 6 dollars for a latte and a muffin and your local starbucks, 500 points isn't bad for a song pack you'll enjoy for months to come."  I have to agree, but I'll b honest when I say that when I first saw the 500 point price tag I was a little shocked.

What do you think?

In case you missed it, (is that possible?) the Grand Theft Auto IV trailer was released on Xbox Live Marketplace last week.  Turn your 360 on and download it in HD!

Impressions:  From what we've seen in the video, it looks as if Liberty City has been mirrored to New York City, down to the last ticker on Wall Street.  This makes me wonder how large the city will actually pan out in the game.  I'd love to see the entire city mapped out for gameplay. 

The gentlemen in the video who's speaking speaks of a past history of crime.  From his dialogue it sounds like he's either looking for a new peaceful, productive life, or he's looking to make Liberty City his bitch.  I'm betting on the latter.

Again, the cars are unlicenced, but already look to have much more character than the boxish types we've seen in previous GTA's. 

The population is much more "busy" looking.  I'm hoping to see a large difference in night life vs day life in the city as far as pedestrians and social activities are concerned.

It sounds like we're getting more of the same, only bigger and more detailed.  I'll take it.

I recently had the chance to play through Jetpac Refuelled on the Xbox Live Arcade, and left the experience feeling impressed, and yet ashamed as a gamer... I'll explain.

I know Rare.  I know they make good games.  I've been a huge fan of their games in fact.  I spent more time on Donkey Kong 64 and Diddy Kong Racing on the N64 than I did playing Goldeneye and Perfect Dark together.  (I loved Blast Corps by the way.)  I dived into the games industry head first as the N64 gave way to the all powerful Dreamcast, and I found myself becoming more familiar everyday with not only the hot games of the time, but the past games I missed as well. 

Unfortunately, the original Jetpac is one of those "classic" games I never played.  There, I said it.  I never played it.  Fast forward to today.  I know what Jetpac is, I know what Jetpac has done for Rare, and I know how it's played.  Going into Refuelled I wanted to try today's version, since I had no sentimental feelings towards the old version.  So after 20 minutes of fun with Refuelled, I gave the retro version a chance.  (You gotta love that option.)  It was awesome to see how the game had been updated to play to today's audience while keeping the main addicting gameplay intact from the original. 

In short, the graphics are great, the sounds are spot-on, controls feel tight, and the gameplay is very fun.  My only complaint is that I feel like the gameplay is a bit shallow.  Follow these three steps, kill stuff on the screen, assemble your stuff, get out.  Go to next planet, repeat.  On the other hand, the live suppport has been surprisingly deep.  Not only are their many different scoreboards to sort through (yes, I found a scoreboard that made me look godlike :D  )  but there is live gameplay available to extend the replay value waaaay past the 400 points necessarry to purchase this one.

This one's a no-brainer, buy it.  You'll like it.