wh1terav3n

Man, when is someone going to come along and create a scientifically ideal language? That would be awesome.

I'm really enjoying Frozen Synapse at them moment.

@Natedogg2: I want the magic. I'm a whore for persistence. Make my numbers higher!

@RainVillain: Flashpunk/Flixel are just libraries, they will work anywhere that Flash Development does. FlashDevelop...may be Windows only, I forgot about that. It's the best free Flash development tool, though there are others out there for Macs. There are a few options, none ideal. http://fdt.powerflasher.com/docs/Main_Page#Installing_And_Running_FDT FDT is a plugin for Eclipse that helps with Flash development.

Honestly, you're best bet may be to go with Stencyl as tough as it is for me to say it because you will be limited. Macs simply aren't an ideal programming environment, and Stencyl does work there, but try to get in there and code if you can. Simply making do with their "coding for dummies" interfaces aren't going to help you anywhere else if you want to expand your skills in the future.

Depends on what you want to make. Stencyl is flash, in but it's a visual game maker, if you actually want to code, you should probably look in to Flashpunk or Flixel. Unity is for heavier games (this is a real engine for gamey games) if you're starting out, you probably don't want to start here. Game Maker I've never used and barely looked at. Honestly, if you want to start out making games, learn ActionScript 3.0 which will teach you Object Oriented Programming (OOP) with a similar syntax to Javascript (from what I understand, never used Javascript) while using Flashpunk (or Flixel, Flashpunk's a bit easier to learn/more intuitive IMO) and FlashDevelop as your IDE (it's FREE). Plus there are SO many resources out there for learning Flash coding in AS 3.0, it'll make it a bit easier on you.

If you really want to start a hobby, this is the way to go. If you ever wanted to transition to mobile development, it's really quite easy to change OOP Languages once you know one.

Edit: To be clear, you code AS3.0 in FlashDevelop, Flashpunk and Flixel are libraries for making games in AS3, you import them into your game and they provide tons of super useful stuff. It's almost like using a different language at this point, one specifically made for coding games in Flash.

If that's you're entire reason for not wanting to play...you never wanted to play in the first place.

Gotta go with Family Feud 2012.

Legend of Zelda is only on one platform. Should it be out of the running because putting the disc into a 360 doesn't work? Maybe it shouldn't win Best Multiplatform Game or Best Game that is on PS3, but...its the best game that came out this year, on any platform.

@StealthRaptor said:

Any idea if you can still watch movies with a party?

You've probably figured this out by now but no, no you cannot.

Try posting on twitter to @xboxsupport. They're generally pretty good. Give them your status code, tell them what happened, see what they say. Might be the same thing, might not.