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Platformers are the best games of all time. I do, however, play everything else, too.

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I'm really starting to hate the Xbox 360... and Glitter.
Rabdt | 10:08 AM on 05.14.2008 15 comments


Tuesday, April 29th: Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360 arrives at my home around one P.M. in the afternoon.

Wednesday, April 30th: At around two A.M., my Xbox 360 red rings. This is after I states to all my subscribers that I would be reviewing the game for my YouTube Channel. While looking around for a taxi in Liberty City, my game freezes. I'm thinking "Okay, people have had this problem." I hit the power button on and the red rings of death is laughing at me. Laughing at me with it's eyes.

Nearly two weeks of nothingness until one fateful day, the children downstairs made a generous offer that would allow me to use their Xbox 360 while they were at school.

Well, my Xbox 360 box finally got here and I shipped it away. Today, I decided to take a short break from Liberty City since it's been nearly two months since I've been able to play Rock Band drums (due to the crappy Rock Band hardware). So I load up Rock Band and play a few songs. I was on my game. Gold stars everywhere. Suddenly, someone sends me a game invite. I figure "why not!?"

Well I'll tell you why not!

He was playing the drums so I was going to sing. I reach for my microphone. The cord of the microphone was apparently under the cords of the Xbox 360 without me knowing it, so when I lifted it up, the Xbox 360 lifted up slightly. We're talking very slightly. Like, so slightly that I'm going to say slightly three more times.

Slightly, slightly, slightly.

Suddenly I hear this disturbing, scary sounds of a disc that has fallen off of the disc tray. I was quick to act, but sadly, I was too late. The Xbox 360 devoured my Rock Band disc. There is a huge scratch around it, even though it was only off the tray for literally half a second. I think "Maybe it'll still work!"

No.

So why do I love the Xbox 360? Why did I spend over four hundred dollars for it about a year and a half ago? Sure, I've had no problems up until now, but these problems are making me want to kill someone, so therefor, it is technically murdering someone.

And Glitter, starring Mariah Carey, is an aweful movie. I just watched it for the first (and last) time.



Off-topic - None of you people will know what I'm talking about except one person, but whatever. Why haven't you been on? AIM me sometime, woman.



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Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 10:31
Samit Sarkar
I’m continually amazed at how much shit people are willing to put up with from Microsoft, just for the 360. The damn thing is the most unreliable piece of hardware in the history of the video game industry (though the PS2 is a close second). Sorry to hear about it, dude. Maybe you can get a PS3 eventually?
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 10:38
BlindsideDork
The disc is all your fault. Sorry..but yes, RRoD is evil!

Glitter is bad...it gets on your clothes or skin and NEVAR comes off!
BlackSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 10:43
BlackSheep
and now you know why singing sucks.
quiche's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 10:43
quiche
How the hell did you get talked into watching Glitter?
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 10:56
tazarthayoot
@Samit

People have been putting up with bullshit since the very first systems.

Seriously, blowing into the game slot wasn't part of the gameplay or a feature, it was defective software.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 11:08
king3vbo
Glitter?

Oh hell no
ajay42's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 11:18
ajay42
"Seriously, blowing into the game slot wasn't part of the gameplay or a feature, it was defective software."

Yeah, except the same 8 Bit NES whose cartridges I blew into to make it work is STILL WORKING (with the same blowing) over 2 decades later.
Jesse Cortez's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 11:30
Jesse Cortez
"Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies"

-Demitri Martin
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 11:46
blehman
Glitter....really? Did you start watching it with high hopes?
Ocified-Xboxer's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 13:39
Ocified-Xboxer
Uh RRoD is one thing, doing stupid things is a completely different thing...And the fact that you can comment on Glitter is sad, and sort of pathetic...I have to go now...
PetiePal's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 14:16
PetiePal
One one hand you had a lemon system, and the other was pretty much your fault. I'm not saying it doesn't suck. Microsoft should have implemented a better disc tray mechanism that ensures no scratches. Heck a simple drive any laptop has with the little circular clip would have done the trick.

However as tazar deftly pointed out EVERY system has always had issues. I don't know where people get off nowadays acting like their first NES or Atari NEVER had any issues. You just didn't have the internet back then and the bitching was "silent." I remember when the Game Genie came out it screwed up thousands of peoples' systems...but you won't read that anywhere!
CodeDonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 15:05
CodeDonkey
major balls dude i kno how u feel my friend knocked over my 360 with call of duty 4 in it and fucked my hole disk and night up
Conrad Zimmerman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 17:49
Conrad Zimmerman
While the Red Ring issue is an unavoidable annoyance, you really have no one to blame but yourself for the disc damage. If you keep your 360 in a safe, stable place and aren't setting it on cables and such, this stuff doesn't happen.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 17:58
Crunshii
Samit, People voted for Bush. Nothing surprises me anymore.

360 has good games, yes, but a system that will constantly die, not good. not good. not... goood. yet people still go through the shit, well let them have it.
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