Go to www.GamersVantage.com to read the GamersVantage Roundtable discussion of Microsoft's Press Conference.

My 360 finally died. It's been struggling for a couple of months. Today, it finally died. MS is sending the coffin. Hooray, just in time for my PS3 Trophy hunting! (and yes that was a blatent and obvious way to get you over to www.gamersvantage.com

Seriously though, I've been dealing with corrupted graphics for a while now so I'm glad it finally died so I can get my very own refurb. Obviously I won't be on XBL for a few days.

Question is, should I buy an elite to replace and then e-bay the refurb? Or should I just keep the refurb.

My thoughts can be found here

Can be found here

This a new site that me and friends set up. Nothing fancy we just want to own it ourselves. It still needs a lot of work but we decided to start using it anyway. Don't think the email's working yet but you should be able to post comments.

Welcome to The Monthly Blog: May Edition

I'm late once again. I need to start working on this thing earlier. I only have a limited amount of time in the day and it takes me a while to put this together. Work's been killing me again so my bloggin/Gamespot time has been reduced.

It was a wonderful collection month it was for me. My collection has grown to a healthy 963 titles. My goal of reaching 1000 before year end is well within reach now. My 360 is still on the fritz, I'm waiting for it to RROD so I can get MS to replace it. Check out my acquisitions, gamerscore and general gamingness. As always, hover over images for more info.

NEW ACQUISITIONS

N64

PlayStation

PlayStation 2

PlayStation 3

PSP

Wii

Xbox

Xbox 360

MAY GAME PROGRESS

Xbox Live

Total May Gamerscore increase: 1180

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Total Points: 40

Grand Theft Auto IV

Total Points: 30

Guitar Hero II

Total Points: 140

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Total Points: 670

Open Season

Total Points: 300

Now Playing

70% Complete

Current Stage: Helios
Current Level: Percentage 1

Still stuck on this level, course I really didn't try this month either.

Gold: 7811
Medals: 59
Location: Sheep Tribe Camp - Forest
Shu: Lv 15
Jiro: Lv 15
Kluke: Lv 15
Marumaro: Lv 14
Warp Devices Activated: 20%
Barriers Removed: 0%
Time: 010:48:47
Started playing this again. Jury is still out

Gamerscore: 720/1000

Location: Ultimatum (Veteran)

Finally beat Heat on Veteran, what a pain that was.

Gamerscore: 140/1000
Love this game. Can't get it enough. I've been rockin' Carry on My Wayward Son and YYZ two of the greatest rock songs ever from a couple of the greatest rock bands ever. Love it.

Location: Icon Passage
Avin: Level 20
Rutice: Level 19
Gawaine: Level 37

I'm now running around as Raiden

Total Points: 2220/2340
Current Ticket: Apocalypse
Tickets Completed with all gold: 20/21

Tickets Completed This Month
Stampede
Guided Muscle
Mud 'n' Mayhem

Gamerscore: 600/1000

Inphyy: Level 9
Aspharr: Level 6
Myifee: Level 6
DWingvatt: Level 6
Klarrann: Level 6
Tyurru: Level 5
Vigk Vagk: Level 6

Trying to knock out the last two achievements. I can't seem to beat this one mission with Inphyy and get an A or S rank. I've tried at least 10 times. It's starting to annoy me.

Gamerscore: 300/1000


I started playing this because I was up with my son the last when he had the stomach flu. I figured I'd toss this in cause it's safe for young eyes. It's fairly easy point but there have been a couple of places that I had to replay numerous time to get the achievement.

Stahn: Level 11
Mary: Level 11
Rutee: Level 11
Leon: Level 11
Philia: Level 11
Location: Fitzgald
Time: 9:06 hrs

Gamerscore: 160/1250
Act 2 (Guarded)

Location: Tomb of Qualopec

Play Time: 4:19:44
Chapter 5: It Never Ends
Episode 3: The Citywalk

COMPLETED GAMES

Gamerscore: 1000/1000

Time: 45:00:00
Jedi Status Story: 18/18
Jedi Status Free Play: 18/18
Mini-Kit Canisters: 180/180
Gold Bricks: 99/99
Power Bricks: 18/18
Percent Completion: 100.0%

Yes that's right, the grim reaper of electronics must be getting close to my house as my 360 has really started acting up. I get weird parallel lines and I've locked up twice in that past 3-4 days. No RROD yet but I'm guessing it will be soon. Here's a shot of Lego Star Wars so you can see what I mean.

Screenshot of Lego Star Wars II

Not a very good picture but you can see all the lines through the image. Anyway, I'm now just waiting for it to die.