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can i get a xbox 360 arcade game without having to purchase xbox live?

i would like to buy an xbox 360 arcade game, (castle crashers) but i do no have xbox live. is there anyway to get around having to buy xbox live to get an arcade game? if there isn't can somebody give me detailed instructions on how i can get and set up xbox live for the least amount of money? thanks, mike

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1. sadly no. but, you can connect the ethernet cable that came with ur xbox to your router and it should work. just set up xbox live, and you can download it
2. If you have a wireless router and an xbox 360, it is relatively easy and cheap to hook up. If you don't have a a router, then you need to get one, and can just hook up through an ethernet cord. If you are in the situation that I was, my Xbox was downstairs, and my router was upstairs. I didn't want to shell out $100 for the Microsoft wireless adapter so I went without live for a few years. I have a laptop, and one day my friend asked me, "I wonder if you could connect to Xbox Live through your laptop?" So we played around with it and got it. For this setup, you need a laptop connected to a wireless router, an ethernet cord from your Xbox to your laptop, and you also have to bridge a local area connection to your wireless connection, which is super easy to do. You get a free month of Xbox Live once you register your gamertag, but after that you have to pay for it. IMO, way cheaper and easier than shelling out the money.