After coming home from a hard day at work refreshing Dtoid all day, I was greeted by the RRoD. Nah, it's cool; I didn't want to play Soulcalibur IV or Castle Crashers or Dead Rising or Oblivion or Gears of War for the next 2-4 weeks anyway. You guys hang on to it for me.

My nerd rage took over for a few minutes as I uttered the sacred incantation of "FUCK!" to the heavens, and I then took the necessary steps to have it repaired. I didn't want to dwell on the negatives too much, and with 2-4 weeks of emptiness ahead of me, I figured I'd take a look at some of the positives that could come out of this horrible, horrible experience.

1. I can celebrate the Dreamcast's birthday


Now that my primary console is out of commission, I can take the time to properly celebrate the awesomeness that was the Dreamcast. I only played a handful of games for this system, but I played them to death. Marvel vs Capcom 2 will be the first thing I play, followed by Street Fighter III and possibly Jet Grind Radio and Power Stone. I may have to dust off the copy of Skies of Arcadia that I never got around to trying, as well. Any other suggestions?

2. I can obsess even more over RetroforceGO!


Since I'll be playing games with relatively annoying soundtracks (see: MvC2), I'll have even more time to geek out over the Retroforce team. Seriously, in the off chance that one of you reads this worthless blog, listening to your podcast is the only thing that makes my commute to work bearable. Thank you, guys; you rule.

3. I'm a statistic


I can take solace in the fact that I'm one more number to add to the percentage of Xbox 360 failures, and one more withered pile of plastic to toss onto the heap. Because of this, I'll indirectly be part of an inevitable flame war on GameFAQs between rabid fanboys, so let me take a moment and offer a preemptive retort of "NO U SUX!1! FUCK $ONY!"

4. Kitties


Now that I'm not playing as many games, I'll have more time to spend with Star and Zelda, pictured above. Say it with me now: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! Alright, that was shameless, but you can't go wrong with kitty pictures, can you?

That's it, that's all I've got. Forget trying to exercise more and get in better shape, or stimulating myself intellectually and becoming a better person. I'm getting the Xbox back in 2-4 weeks, fuck all that. Please console me with all of the Red Ring sympathy cards and "Come over to the dark side of PS3" messages your kind little hearts can muster.