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My PS2 broke down in Octoboer '05, and I was so irritated because that was the 8th time that had happened, I swore off systems. Fast forward to December '06, and my friend and I wanted to find an activity to do, but I live in Detroit and he lives in Houston. I broke down and pursued an Xbox 360, and I came out of my year long retirement from gaming.

I dig mostly on sports games, but I fell in love with sandbox GTA games. I don't spend too much time playing, as I try to divide my free time up as much as possible. But because of my narrow gaming tastes, it does not mean I'm closed off to other game types. No WoW though, I'm geeky enough as is.

Away from gaming, I love sports, comics, cartoons, anime and movies. I don't watch as much television as I use to, but I keep up with what I love as much as possible. Cartoons are all I watch on tv besides sports anyway. I also love to write. I write leisurely and sometimes I utilize blogging. I stick to short stories more than anything. I gotta find a spot to slap a link to my myspace, if that's an acceptable action around here. I'm still unsure.

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Happy New HDTV/RRoD Day!!!
Darkknight37 \| 7:36 PM on 11.29.2008	9 comments

After years of waiting, I am the owner of a brand new HDTV. It's not one of the TVs I researched over the years, not even the same technology. I got the Panasonic 42" 720p plasma viera for $549 on Black Friday. The tv is simply sex compared to my original tv. After waiting in line from 4am to 8am to get my cheap beauty, I was greeted with my second case of Red Rings of Death when I gleefully returned home.

Oh, the fail...

Two thoughts immediately jumped in my head:

1. FUCK!!!!

2. No mo' warranty. :(

That last one was probably more of a technicality. Basically, I was trying to convince myself to take it to this guy I know who makes a living fixing RROD'd Xboxes at his private-owned gaming shop.

So, here I sit watching HD College Football and Red Wing hockey, and all I wanna do is play some of my damn games in HD for the first time.

Anyone else being cock-blocked from enjoying HD gaming goodness?

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9 comments | showing # 1 to 9

mix

Nice grab on the TV and lots of sad on the RRoD! (she rhymes!)

I wish Canada had a crazy cheap shopping day besides boxing day.

Aaron Mxy Yost

Grats on the TV, and sorry about the RRoD. Chances are MS will still fix it for free though, you could always check. How much does the guy charge to fix them?

Scrixx

Try to get a core on cyber monday or something for $150-200. And just keep your harddrive.

Nice TV btw ;)

Qraze

sorry to hear that. really blows. i'm still in sd hell with no sight of a freezing over anytime soon.

timepants

My condolences on the RROD; after reading your sidebar it seems like your systems have a thing for constantly breaking on you. Hope your luck changes soon.

Velt

i sometimes think that this sort of bad luck is only for myself but I feel your pain.
Shouldnt Microsoft take care of the RRoD?

After spending all that money on a new TV Im sure you are not going to spend money on buying a new 360 anytime soon.

Maurice Tan

If your warranty is over after 3 years, just take it to the repair guy. It takes less than an hour to fix, so maybe you'll get it back within a day in the next week? And in all likelyhood, it will never RROD again afterwards :D

Chibi_Zero

I know the feeling. I had my 360 die on me just outside the final dungeon in ToV and a day BEFORE I got my HDTV.

Edarios

take it to your guy.

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