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10 New Xbox Live Arcade Titles Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the not-especially-new dept.

With some brand-new content, modern classics, and old favorites thrown together, Microsoft has announced the details for 10 new Xbox Live Arcade titles. Starting with the first week of February, a series of games will bring some new blood back to Xbox Live Wednesdays. While it's nice to see them announcing new titles like Eets and Band of Bugs, some of these titles have been vaguely expected since the middle of last year. Catan, Alien Hominid, and Worms have been expected for months now, so it's definitely gratifying to see these slated to be released in the near future. Here's hoping the company keeps up this initiative moving forward into 2007.

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  1. what? by User+956 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    some of these titles have been vaguely expected since the middle of last year.

    How do you "vaguely expect" something? Expectation is a binary state. You're either expecting something, or you're not.

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    1. Re:what? by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 3, Funny

      You clearly might be able to "vaguely expect" something. That's possibly obvious to almost everyone!

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    2. Re:what? by naoursla · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Expectation is not a binary state. I can have different levels of confidence in my expectation.

      Say that I am observing one feature of a physical system (say the level of tank of water that is filling up). I know what my last depth measurement was and I know how much water is entering the tank so I can build an expectation of what my next measurement will be. That expectation will have a confidence that is based on my confidence of my previous readings, the accuracy of my sensor, and the amount of noise in the system. If the error in those factors is very high, I may have a very vague expectation of future sensor readings.

      In the case of the article, there may have a few information leaks that made people think those titles might be coming, but nothing definite -- thus a vague expectation.

  2. catan on xbox? by syrinx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because Elbereth knows, the thing that's been missing from Settlers of Catan is a 13-year-old screaming "give me some bricks you fucking faggot mexican jew lizard!"

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