Death of a Xbox 360

Yes, thats right... my Xbox 360 died two days ago. On the two week mark before the launch of Halo 3. I cried. It was horrible. If you care to watch my misery I posted it on YouTube and will link it to this page. All thanks to the stupid Call of Duty 4 beta. Darn thing.

I received the beta key to play the new Call of Duty 4 muliplayer beta earlier that day. I downloaded it and actually got to play it for around an hour or so. As far as the game goes, its top notch. The maps on the demo were a bit smaller than some of the maps in CoD3 but still very fun and addicting. About half way through a team deathmatch it froze. I thought, "No biggie. Its a demo. It happens sometimes." So I booted it back up and started playing again. Not 10 minutes into the game it freezes again. I became a little more worried, but turned it off and gave it a couple of minutes of rest. Afterwards I hit the on button to start it back up. And waited for about 15 seconds for it to boot up, but it never did. Then BOOM!! THE 3 RINGS OF DEATH!!!! I nearly fell apart. I've had it not quite a year so I didn't think it would give out so soon. Not to mention 2 WEEKS BEFORE HALO 3.

So I called Microsoft support and they're supposed to send me a box to send the Xbox 360 into them. It will take 3-4 weeks to get it back. Thats not what I wanted to hear. But what can you do? I really don't want to do the towel trick just because it might void my warrenty, and god knows I don't want to spend money to get the damned thing fixed. The fact that it is still covered by my warranty is the only good thing I can see in this.

So those of you who will be playing Halo 3 on Sept. 25th enjoy it. Play an extra game or two for me. Its the best satisfaction I'll be able to get for two or three weeks.

I'm Back

Well after a few months of not posting ANYTHING I've decided to give this blog another run. I know I'm not the most attentive person in the world, but I think I'll actually try to keep this thing going for a while. I'm sure everyone has been missing me (yeah, that was sarcasm) but I'll try to make up for it and keep posting on a regular basis. Sound fair? Good. I thought so too. So if you've checked this blog in the past few months and wanted more, by golly your gonna get it!