Dress Your Xbox Live Avatar for the Recession & Get a Little Poorer in the Process
Dress Your Xbox Live Avatar for the Recession & Get a Little Poorer in the Process
August 13, 2009
Times are tough, so why not blow your last few bucks on virtual threads for your Xbox Live avatar?
Designer Michael Connell spoke to Kotaku about his new line of fashion for XBL. While some of Connell's designs pay homage to the popular Steampunk style, he also gives a nod to the down economy with "Recessionista" clothing:
I was thinking about making a statement, if you will, that even though this time of global recession, everything isn't bad." Connell said. "And in the 30s, in a time that was really bad, much worse than it is today, it wasn't all bad. There was fashion that was quite interesting. And this fashion wasn't the couture that was happening at the time...
[I hope] to kind of show that there are good things and we've been there and we'll get out. Clearly these are subliminal messages, but this is what I was inspired by. If you design a collection I think the most important thing is there needs to be heart and soul and direction.
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Posted 03/22/10 at 02:42am
ZippyDSMlee: Like most train wrecks it wont help people much and cost us more in the end than what we would benefit from it.....
ZippyDSMlee: Like most train wrecks it wont help people much and cost us more in the end than what we would benefit from it.....
Posted 03/22/10 at 02:37am
TBoneTony: Great to see MA go to the back bench in SA, hope that new AG is more ballanced
TBoneTony: Great to see MA go to the back bench in SA, hope that new AG is more ballanced
Posted 03/22/10 at 02:36am
TBoneTony: Oh there it is
TBoneTony: Oh there it is
Posted 03/22/10 at 02:36am
TBoneTony: Shout is not working for me at the moment
TBoneTony: Shout is not working for me at the moment
Posted 03/22/10 at 02:34am
SimonBob: (Would you like to rent our Green party? We're not doing anything with it.)
SimonBob: (Would you like to rent our Green party? We're not doing anything with it.)
Posted 03/22/10 at 02:31am
SimonBob: hey america: I was watching CNN earlier, and I was thinking, you guys could use a third party.
SimonBob: hey america: I was watching CNN earlier, and I was thinking, you guys could use a third party.
Posted 03/21/10 at 10:12pm
Valdearg: They beat the parliamentary trick. The senate bill is officially law, pending the President's signature. Now they vote on the fixes to that bill, in the next 15 minutes or so.
Valdearg: They beat the parliamentary trick. The senate bill is officially law, pending the President's signature. Now they vote on the fixes to that bill, in the next 15 minutes or so.
Posted 03/21/10 at 10:04pm
gellymatos: Vald: No worries. I do it all the time. Trying to break the habit.
gellymatos: Vald: No worries. I do it all the time. Trying to break the habit.
Posted 03/21/10 at 10:01pm
Valdearg: @Gelly: Sorry for jumping to conclusions, LOL.. I guess I read your text in a depressed voice in my head. :D
Valdearg: @Gelly: Sorry for jumping to conclusions, LOL.. I guess I read your text in a depressed voice in my head. :D
Posted 03/21/10 at 10:00pm
Valdearg: I'm staying up late, watching CSPAN and MSNBC, and cheering each and every democrat victory.
Valdearg: I'm staying up late, watching CSPAN and MSNBC, and cheering each and every democrat victory.
Posted 03/21/10 at 10:00pm
Valdearg: Yes indeedy. Even Abortion rights got gutted. Obama's going to pass an EO ensuring no federal funds are used for abortions.
Valdearg: Yes indeedy. Even Abortion rights got gutted. Obama's going to pass an EO ensuring no federal funds are used for abortions.
Posted 03/21/10 at 09:59pm
gellymatos: Vald: Who said I didn't like it? I'd get a drink out if there wasn't anything where I am at.
gellymatos: Vald: Who said I didn't like it? I'd get a drink out if there wasn't anything where I am at.
Posted 03/21/10 at 09:59pm
gellymatos: Vald:Well, pretty good day, wouldn't you say?
gellymatos: Vald:Well, pretty good day, wouldn't you say?
Posted 03/21/10 at 09:58pm
Valdearg: Dont sound so depressed, Gelly. This bill will help people get healthcare, who can't now. It's a perfectly Christian idea.
Valdearg: Dont sound so depressed, Gelly. This bill will help people get healthcare, who can't now. It's a perfectly Christian idea.
Posted 03/21/10 at 09:57pm
gellymatos: Well, it's happened. The House Passed the Health Care Bill. Now things get interesting, to say the least.
gellymatos: Well, it's happened. The House Passed the Health Care Bill. Now things get interesting, to say the least.
Posted 03/21/10 at 09:56pm
Valdearg: YES WE CAN!!! YES WE CAN!!! MAJOR HCR Vote passed!! Assuming no idocy, we could see it as law TOMORROW!!!!!!
Valdearg: YES WE CAN!!! YES WE CAN!!! MAJOR HCR Vote passed!! Assuming no idocy, we could see it as law TOMORROW!!!!!!
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:23pm
Andrew Eisen: No, I think I'll stay safe and warm in my own little world where Provolone is king and that... other cheese... doesn't exist.
Andrew Eisen: No, I think I'll stay safe and warm in my own little world where Provolone is king and that... other cheese... doesn't exist.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:22pm
JDKJ: I wish the Speaker would ask me for what purpose does the member rise.
JDKJ: I wish the Speaker would ask me for what purpose does the member rise.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:18pm
JDKJ: Provolone?! Please! Try aged Blue Stilton. Also known as Zippy Ass-Crack Cheese.
JDKJ: Provolone?! Please! Try aged Blue Stilton. Also known as Zippy Ass-Crack Cheese.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:13pm
Andrew Eisen: Nothing beats Provolone.
Andrew Eisen: Nothing beats Provolone.
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Yeah right. Things on XBL cost enough without us having to pay for clothes for our avatars. I won't be using this feature.
It seems insulting to a certain degree, the past recession wasn't bad for the people with money, just like now, the ones without money wouldn't be able to buy this fluff, much less look at it. Maybe it's just me.
You can at least look. YOu don't need to pay for XBL silver which lets you get at all the basic features, just no gaming online.
BUt the point prices are a bit ridiculous. Lower the prices, that way the person with only 50 or so MS points left has something to burn it on.
My point was that ones who are really getting beaten down wouldn't even the money to waste on a internet connection in first place. His comment that everything wasn't/isn't bad only applies to him, me, and everyone else with the money to spare. Are they going to upload dirty/torn clothes that show what some people have to wear now because they have no other choice?
Wheres the problem? Its not like microsoft is forving you to pay for all avatar stuff.
http://www.magicinkgaming.com/
Exactly. I'm a sucker, however, and am going home and buying the Big Daddy helmet for my avatar.
To what makes all these Avatar clothen wrong is that MOST of the HOME avatar clothen is free. Sure there are some that you have to pay for but that's just disignerware. I think a massive chunk of the gaming shirts are free and the rest you have to do something to a game to earn a specael shirt. The new Avatar does have that Achevement Award thing but we are not sure which games will use it or not.
It's one of those things where if you want anything remotely decent, you'll have to pay for it. For those of us who don't give a crap about the avatars to begin with (like me), well we won't fork over the cash for this crap. Indeed, if we're all alike in our general annoyance of the existence of a mandatory avatar, we're probably all wearing the same damn outfit we were the least disgusted by on the day the update launched and we had to make one.
I'm in the same boat as you on this one.
This is shamefully stupid. There's really no other way to describe it.
This isn't stupid at all. Microsoft is ingenious for doing this. I mean, they obviously didn't come up with the idea first, but it's basically an infinite revenue stream for them. They can keep making new clothes indefinitely, and I'm betting the profit margins on these things are massive.
On the other hand, how many people are going to buy any of it, especially that shit in the image that makes your avatar look like something out of the Grapes of Wrath? Keep in mind, it costs money to pay people to create this content, and a lot of Xbox gamers appear to be really pissed off with the whole avatar bit being forced on them.
As if forcing their WHOLE 360 install base to use those ridiculous avatars wasn't enough.
That is rather amusing in a back-ass-wards kind of way.
We're poor, so here's some useless stuff that demonstrates you're poor to waste what little money you still have on.
Personally I'm waiting for games to get patched with Avatar Awards.
Playstation Home has been cranking out stuff to dress up your avatar with for a while. It sells pretty well, according to Sony. No one forced anybody to use Home though, which is little more than a glorified chat room with a ton of ads plastered everywhere. I do like the fact that it pretty much puts a large portion of the crap I dislike about the internet in one area that I have to download and install to even look at. Makes it so easy to avoid.
I really liked this, I got a halo crossed swords tee and the remote control warthog to mess around with in the parties, I think avatars are a lot better than being some nameless faceless jerk when playing (like on PC internet...)
Regardless, I think this system is incredibly cool, so I'm happy to drop a few hard earned quid to make my avatar look like I want him to
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PC jerks? They are more well behaved then some of the people you meet on Xbox Live. Xbox Live is famous for those badass-wannabe-13-year-olds.
Not to mention that Avatars are just some suck-ass Mii wannabes anyway, and people that would actually spend real money for fake clothes for fake people are just douches.
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I don't see what you're all complaining about. They're not forcing you to buy this stuff and if you do, most of the stuff on there is like, what? 50p, if even that.
@KayleL
I wasnt trying to ignite a flame war with the PC users comment, I was merely pointing out that a physical form of expression on screen is a lot more involving than a little grey live mic icon saying that xXx Detfr33k117 xXx is talking to me, on top of that I have met a grand total of 5 annoying american kids on xbox live, people are just too quick to highlight the fact that they exist as some sort of main focal point
@Jedi
the "mii wannabe" rhetoric has been used since the NXE was announced, think of something new, preferably a valid point
I spend my microsoft points on kit to improve my gaming experience, if I deem that a locust helmet would be quite a cool addition to my character then i am happy to drop a couple of M$P on it, that doesnt make me a douche, that makes me me, dont insult me on by assuming that my willingness to spend money is a negative on my part
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"the "mii wannabe" rhetoric has been used since the NXE was announced, think of something new, preferably a valid point"
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Doesn't get anymore valid than that he's just calling it for what it is a mii wannabe i'm sure if Nintendo wasn't so successful with the wii that horrible avatar makeover that I was forced to go through in order to continue playing My games on xbox live would have never been thought of.
With things like this its high time they made live free....
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