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Are you able to charge the Eneloops while they are in the controller?

No, that's why you have a charger and at least two sets, just quick swap them between the controller and the charger.  Takes less than 30 seconds.

Did someone post about a deal, get a $100 xbox gc for $90?

Costco has this deal continuously if you're a member.

if i let my ultimate expire cant i get it for a $1 a month or is that not a thing anymore?

Since the other response was potentially confusing - yes, your best bet is to let your Ultimate expire and then get up to 3 years of Gold.  After that you have to buy 1 month of GPU (normally $15) to convert the entire Gold sub into GPU.

Screen passes (97 movies):

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Enjoy

I can confirm that the $25 Xbox cards are ringing up for 20% off at Dollar General.  Today only, in-store only.  I got $50 for $40.

Yup I just grabbed $100 for $80 myself.  Unfortunately I've not been able to find any of the PSN multipack cards that are supposed to be on sale there.

A lot of 90s cartoons had adult humor sprinkled in which wasn't raunchy or inappropriate, just puns and references kids wouldn't get. Likely to give parents and babysitters some relief and entertainment, too. A lot of the humor on Rugrats had to do with the very young kids totally misunderstanding adult subjects, it's still kinda entertaining.

Grabbed a digital copy of Dying Light 2 from walmart.com for $20, nice to get it $10 cheaper than the sale.

Started LiS:True Colors tonight. So far it is a step up from some previous stories. I hope it stays this good. 

True Colors was excellent, I thought it was as good as the first LiS game.

I have an MS Rewards opinion question. I’m sitting on a bunch of points. I know some of you have gotten consoles and the like by cashing in points. I already have a Series X and don’t need another and I’m not quite to that level yet anyway. It seems like I have all the hardware they offer that I need. So, should I cash in for games (there are some I want)? Should I let it ride? Or something else.

Do you already have one of the high-speed Seagate expansion cards?  I'd consider putting it towards that unless you feel you already have enough storage space.

Cool, I got one saying I won a $25 gift code. Was your email from Hello world customer care?

Yes it was.

Nice, just got an email that I won 1 month GPU from the Ultimate Play sweepstakes.  It's not much but can't complain about free.

I also started Guardians of the Galaxy and it's great.

 

Yeah I just finished Chapter 1 and it's so well made. Immediately familiar for anyone whose seen the movies but the changes to voices. I think I sat on the opening for 10 minutes listening to 'Star Lord.' I look forward to playing more.

It gets even better because of how the team relationship and dynamic evolves over the course of the game and the MANY funny conversations.  Also no spoilers but I loved the ending.  The whole thing is just SO GOOD.
 

Just finished Guardians of the Galaxy - holy crap, how is this game so under the radar?  It is amazing and is like playing through a really good Guardians sequel (though the background history is different from the MCU, I'm assuming it's following one of the comics).  Huge win for Game Pass and I'd highly recommend to just about anyone.

EDIT: I forgot, the soundtrack is awesome too!

Hey all, haven't posted in a while but lurk every once in a while. Came to see if anyone has any experience replacing hard drives on the one x. I got an E102 and E105 error on one of them yesterday and it looks like the hard drive is failing according to google. It will power on and give me the option to restart, reset it with games and apps, reset everything or shut it off. The reset options don't work but there is an offline update option that's grayed out, I'll be trying that after work today. I can't decide if it's worth it to buy a new hard drive or just not put in the effort and just get a series s since I see them everywhere. The gamer in me wants a new series s but the cag in me wants to save a bit and just change the hard drive. I have a series x in my main room so I've already upgraded one console.

As far as gaming goes I got covid (luckily only with a fever for a few days) a few weeks ago and was home from work for 2 weeks so I decided to start Guardians of the Galaxy. I'm enjoying it and think it's fun (I'm maybe half way through). The only complaint I have about it which is very minor is I feel like there are constant cutscenes that I'm not too invested in.

I've upgraded two X1X consoles (one mine and one belonging to a friend) to a 2TB internal drive.  However in both cases I've had a working original HD that I could image to copy to the new HD.  There may be a download for the OS that gets around this but I'm not 100% sure.  Mechanically the process is a bit annoying but not awful.   There are a lot of screws to deal with - definitely watch a YouTube video and keep track of everything.  I think the worst part of it is 1 small ribbon cable you have to unplug/plug that seems delicate.  You do need a PC in order to partition and set up the new drive, preferably with a USB->SATA adapter for ease of use.

You can find a ton of info on how to do this here:

https://gbatemp.net/...console.496212/

Just finished Life is Strange: True Colors.  Absolutely wonderful game, equal to the quality of the first one I think.  I was very surprised it wasn't developed by DONTNOD.  Thank you Game Pass.