My Red Ring of Death
I bought my Xbox 360 almost two years ago. It was used, but only a week old. I got a 2 year full coverage warranty from the guy who sold it to me. Man was I happy. The red ring of death is a killer, and I can’t even imagine going 6-8 weeks without my Xbox while I sent it in. So I was in luck, the red ring of death is covered by my warranty.
For those of you who don’t know about the red ring of death, it’s pretty simple. Basically, it’s a defect in the hardware that is a result of overheating consoles. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th player controller lights on the console will turn red, the center will remain green, and the 1st players controller light will remain off.
Microsoft has acknowledged the defect and has extended their warranty to a three year warranty to fix the problem. If you have the red ring of death you can check out xbox.com for more information as to what you need to do to get your Xbox repaired.
Anyways, like I was saying. I got the red ring of death today. A few hours later I drive down to Best Buy. Eventhough the guy couldn’t get my Xbox to actually show the red ring of death, he gave me my new Xbox. That’s why you buy your consoles at Best Buy. They aren’t going to try to avoid giving you a new one. I was very satisfied with their customer service.
PSP Had a Touchscreen?
One of the biggest features that should have been included with the PSP is a touchscreen. Almost every cell phone is starting to use this, and even computers are starting to use this technology. Why Sony didn’t incorporate it in their handheld is a mystery to Jube808, gamer and modder extrodinare. He modded his PSP to work with a touchscreen keyboard.
His work is not finished, however he is continuing to work at making it compatible with more of the key features to the PSP including games.
Madden 2009 8/12/08
Madden 2009 is set to release, and my biggest issue with the game has since been partially resolved. A few months ago when it was announced that Brett Farve would be on the cover I was upset as the guy retired. Well now that he is back, he can keep alive the Madden curse. He’s not on the team in which he is sporting on the cover, and that will be a stinger for any Packer fan.
This year, the game seems to have even more hype than in previous years. There are some pretty big changes that were much needed that will bring this game up to our current expectations for an NFL football game. Now if they were to only fix the one problem left, achievement points. They are too hard to get. Only a die hard Madden fan plays enough to get them.
If you haven’t already seen enough trailers, go ahead and check out this one from Teamxbox. I can’t wait to try this game out.
Rockband 2 Achievements
Rockband 2 will be releasing soon, and with that comes another potential 1,000 achievement pints for the Rockband players. They have just released the full list of the achievements if reading about them interests you, you can check them out here at IGN.
They don’t appear to be too easy. In fact, they appear to be rather difficult for the average player. There are some that just about anybody can get, but in order to get the full 1,000 points you’ll need to master the game.
Call of Duty: World at War Trailers
The third Call of Duty: World at War trailer just released earlier today. The three you can view from this link are all making the game look just as intense as the previous Call of Duty games. There are many changes that will be for the better, yet it still seems to look like the same gameplay. Check them out.
Shadowrun: A Worthy FPS Purchase
There are so many different video games out there. Even when you narrow it down to a genre, such as first person shooters, it’s still hard to find the right games. If you’re sick and tired of playing the same fps game you’ve been playing for months, I have a great suggestion for a game that you may have never even considered before.
Shadowrun was released back in the midst of the Gears of War, Halo 2, and Rainbow 6 Vegas era. Launched against so many widely popular competitors caused you to probably not take notice. There was the demo where you could play online with others to get a feel for the game, but that alone didn’t cause much of a stir. The game was slowly forgotten until just recently when Gamestop marked the price for the game down to $15 used.
That’s when I decided to pick it up. My first impressions were, this game seems a little childish for FPS. The graphics aren’t meant to look realalistic like in Gears of War, rather they are given a more simple, computer programmed look. Another thing I took a quick notice of was the different ways you can use your experience to your advantage. You can choose one of four characters. Each has their own perks and downfalls. Then there are a bunch of different magic and technology perks you can buy to help your character. As you learn how to mesh, and use these effectively you will be able to start dominating your opponents.
Unlike Halo and Call of Duty, your experience shows and helps you in your matches. In other games it’s mostly about who can grab the weapon that controls the map first, or who is using the cheap noob tactics to kill you. When you’re good at this game you will be a presence in the game, and you can be the difference between a win and a loss.
EA Sports: Fixes Bugs In NCAA Football 2009
July 15 was supposed to be a great day for both EA Sports and college football fans with the release of NCAA Football 2009, but unfortunately a couple of newly implemented features caused bugs in the game play and set up.
Before the release of the game, the creaters had added the EA Locker roster system along with online dynasties. These new features didn’t work properly for a few unlucky players, occasionally erasing entire teams or failing to register online victories. EA Sports has been working very hard to fix these errors and get gamers back into the game. The process of fixing the bugs is very time consuming and hard but is sounds like they will almost be finished fixing the errors by the end of August.
Rock Band Adds Nine Inch Nail Songs to Downloadable Content
Today it was announced by Harmonix and MTV games that both Nine Inch Nails and Shinedown songs will be added to the list of Rock Band’s downloadable content. They will be available for you to download on July 22nd. Each track will cost you 160 Microsoft Points ($1.99) or all 3 of them for 440 Microsoft Points ($5.49).
Nine Inch Nails 3-pack
“Burn”
“Capital G”
“Last”
Shinedown will add several songs as well. Each of these songs will be available for 160 Microsoft Points.
Shinedown
“Devour”
“Junkies For Fame”
Yahoo is a Noob, Sony Beats Microsoft My Ass
“That wasn’t all, though. Sony’s press conference rolled out a set of game trailers that had fans cheering: a new God of War game on PS3, a vast-looking massive action game named MAG, and a couple of promising superhero games: one massively-multiplayer title based on the DC superhero universe, and one futuristic, open-city game from the Sly Cooper studio. It’s a great selection, and one that leaves Microsoft’s roster of Gears of War 2 and Fable II looking a little tired.”
They had a catchy title to draw me in. Instantly reading the title I knew I’d be making fun of them in this blog post. “Sony Leads the Gaming Console Battle” was staring me in the face when I went to sign into my Yahoo email. Sony leads the console battle?
I click the article interested in what they are thinking. Now they change their mind. Now they say both Sony and Microsoft impress while Nintendo doesn’t. That’s when I start reading it. Hey, Sony now has movies! Great, the Xbox 360 has had that for almost two years now. Amazing, their online play is supposed to be better! The Xbox 360’s is still better, and has more players. Then the ultimate killer in all disputes between the two system I’ve ever seen. Can you believe it? Yahoo is the first place I’ve ever read somebody claiming better games are on the PS3!
That’s including forums, blogs, and gaming news shows. Nobody sides with the PS3, ever. It’s hard enough for PS3 owners to defend their purchase. When God of War and MAG outsell Gears of War 2, let me know. Gears of War 2 is the most anticipated game, ever. I don’t think there is a single fps gamer out there not looking to get their hands on this. Squeeky eight year olds, to college students, to you old pedifiles.
This is the biggest pile of biased crap I’ve ever read on Yahoo. A desperate cry from a Yahoo fan, DON’T REPORT ON GAMING. Leave that to me, you guys don’t know jack.
E3 Microsoft Announcements
Today was a fun filled day for those of us who are Xbox 360 gamers. During the two and a half hour long session on G4 we learned many exciting things to come for the Xbox 360. I will list a few of the major points, feel free to add comments with other things you enjoyed hearing about.
Games, this is obviously the biggest reason to watch the show. We got to see some intense Gears of War 2 footage. We saw plenty of new guns, new techniques, and of course the new graphics. I’ll have to get that trailer up here tomorrow. We saw the announcement of Fable 2, some news about Guitar Hero: World Tour, Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360, and Rockband 2. These alone would have made me happy. They also announced a few suppossedly amazing arcade games that are coming out. I’m not much for them, so go research them if you wish to learn about them.
Dashboard is getting an update. We will now get avatars much like the Wii. They changed the whole community concept as well as the friends and party abilities. It is something you’d have to watch the video preview to understand fully. It’s coming later this fall, and is supposed to make our time much more fun when we aren’t even playing games.
Lastly there were the new partnerships. They partnered with a few bigger programs like NBC to get some new movies and tv shows onto the downloadable content. The biggest of which was the Netflix partnership. We can soon download over 10,000+ movies straight to our 360’s for free with our Netflix account. No more waiting a week to get them mailed to us.
