• 24Jul 08

  Broken and back...a bitter revival.

  As you may have guessed - my 360 died last week. Not under normal circumstances. The AV output just stopped. And after being way out of warranty and not being covered by the RROD warranty I decided that the best decision, instead of paying $100 to send it in and most likely get a refurbished model, was to just go out and buy another one. So I did! But this time I down-graded...kinda. Bought an Arcade model but just took my old hard drive and stuck it on. I have to say, I like the new models. HDMI output is a must. I do miss my old model though. She still works...just blind. which kind of ruins the whole point of a 360. Oh well, time goes on and more money is poured out of my wallet like a never had it in the first place. See you online!

  Xbox 360: May 2006 - July 2008

  • Posted Jul 24, 2008 4:53 am PT
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• 8Mar 08

  LIVE in a flash! and with some ajusting.

  Hey, guess what! I just got Xbox Live hooked up!...again...but a little slower.

  Alright so here's the scoop: If you've been reading my blog (which I know you haven't) I haven't had Xbox Live since I moved up to Vermont. The reason being that I have one of those Verizon Wireless laptop modems and it won't configure to my 360. Well thanks to the internet, my many years of computer networking (which I have to say didn't really help), and the greatness of hands I was able to hook up Xbox Live.

  It's actually a little more difficult than it sound but basically I had to hook up my 360 to my computer, tell my computer that it had to play nice and share it's connection, and then...well there isn't really much more to that. Except for the fact that my computer is a mess and had Group Policy laws and what not basically blocking every move I wanted to make, all I really had to do was click one button. Kind of sad - but WHATEVER.

  I guess I should say that even though my connection IS up and running, it's not really the best connection to be playing games on. I know, I know, you want to play with me so badly but basically I'm running on a 300kbps connection and I would most likely be more of a bother in a game than anything else. So for right now it's mostly just for updating my gamerscore and patching my games (YAY I can play Forza 2 again!).

  UPDATE: Ok so I just tested my connection on one of those speed-check websites and it actually doesn't look too bad. Maybe I'll think about getting Gold again. We'll see.

  • Posted Mar 8, 2008 7:33 pm PT
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• 7Mar 08

  Hello again! Now for Show and Tell!

  Hey I'm finally gonna write another blog post after...wow, forever. So a lot has happened since I've moved to Vermont -- Both on Gamespot and in my life. Lots of people have seemed to have disappeared from Gamespot. Some that were the coolest people ever aaaaand some not so much (I'm not gonna mention names). But time moves on.

  Sooo let's see...what has gone on in my life that would be interesting to share...Oh! Well I got that tv I was talking about. The Vizio 32" LCD. preeeeeetty tv (picture in a moment) and cheap too. I also am planning a trip to Ireland for a whole month with my lady. Basically sleeping in hostels and touring the country. It'll be grand. Yeeaaah that's happening in like...31 days.

  My car has gone through **** and back lately. First my transmission completely **** the bed with my radiator and then it got in a slight fender bender which caused it to lose it's little grill and make the hood a nice angle. Whatever. I'm just gonna drive that thing until it's done.

  Lots of games out that I haven't tried. Oh! if you haven't noticed (you know you haven't) my gamerscore has been at the same score for around 2 months. Well that's because it was cheaper where I'm living to get that Verizon Wireless laptop modem than to get a cord run up to the house. So, because I haven't found any solution, I can't hook my 360 up to the internet. If anyone knows of anyway please private message me because I would really like some help. But until then, my gamerscore will be the same until I go down to my mom's house for Easter (she has really good internet).

  Alright well now that we have caught up: I will show you my awesome new setup. (Or not so awesome, depending on your situation)

  

  • Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:57 pm PT
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