For everyone out there on Xbox Live, you've no doubt updated your Xbox 360 console to the New Xbox Experience (NXE) by now. I won't go into all the new features here, but I did want to point out something everyone might not be aware of yet: that you can add your Xbox Live avatar to any web site now.

For those unfamiliar (ahem, Nate), part of NXE is a complete revamp of the avatar system. Before NXE, all you had was the ability to pick from static images, either from the standard ones that come with the console or by buying others from the Xbox Live Marketplace. But with NXE you can build your own avatar, with different hairstyles, clothes, accessories, etc. The avatars are definitely a rip-off from the Mii system on the Wii console, but they look a lot better.

With the NXE launch, Microsoft also increased the integration of the Xbox Live web site with the Xbox Live platform itself, with one of those integration points being the avatars. If you check out the avatars page, you'll see a section that says "Share Your Avatar" that lists the links for you to add your avatar to your web site.

To save you the suspense, here's the format of your Xbox Live avatar:

So to add your avatar to your blog or other web site, simply set your avatar URL as the source of an image tag, and you get something like this:

There is *some* resemblance of my avatar to me, but it's not nearly an exact match. The avatar I've seen that most resembles their actual look is Leon's. Heck, his even matches his personality, hat and all :-)

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