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I was going to post a real update today, but I'm sick. So, I've been watching television all day. I just can't sleep. I've seen this first commercial about 200 times today. It's quite horrendous.
The second one, I haven't seen in awhile, but it came up while searching for the first. They're both equally bad.
Collins College:
Westwood College:
Hope that you hate these as much as me.
I finally got my hands on a Wii on Sunday, which is why I haven't posted anything since then. That and the depression that came after watching my team lose to Peyton Manning. I'm still not completely over that.
The internets gave me the inside tip that Best Buy would be restocking the Wii on Sunday. Then I checked my local paper, and there it was. They were going to have at least 20 per store. So, I decided that if I was ever going to have a chance to get one in the next month, this would be my day.
I decided to get there a little early, but not too early(it was 15°F and windy). Best Buy opens at 11am and I arrived at 10am. There were already 12 other people lined up outside the building. I was just going to sit in my car, but I didn't want to miss out. So, I froze my ass off for an hour. By the end of the hour I could no longer feel my extremities. It was my own fault. I should have worn more clothing, but I'm an idiot. I thought that an hour wouldn't be so bad, and anyone who decided to wear a hat was a wuss. Wrong. They're just smart.
After the longest hour of my life, we were finally allowed to go inside the store. We were told that there would be enough Wiis for everyone in line, which had now grown to 35. This pissed me off a little bit. I could have come an hour later and still have gotten what I wanted.
They let us in in groups of 10. For the non-mathies out there, I was in the second group(13 is three after 10). Best Buy had the whole Nintendo aisle roped off to prevent non-wii-waiters from jumping line and causing a riot. If you weren't escorted over to the aisle by an employee, you weren't getting a Wii. I was and did.
Finally I got to pay for my console. I had to tell the cashier, and the manager hovering over him, that I didn't want the service plan at least five times. Their pitch was that the Wii could get viruses, get a disc stuck inside it, go nuclear and take out three city blocks. I wasn't paying $40 so that I could return a product. What if my Wii broke tomorrow? They wouldn't even have anything to replace it with. No thanks.
Setup was a breeze. I had it up and running within an half-hour. Right out of the box there was an update needed for the console. I don't know what it was fixing, but everything is working fine.
I've only played Wii Sports so far. I do have Twilight Princess, but haven't popped in the disc, yet.
The controller is amazingly easy to get the hang of. Wii Sports is fun, even if you don't play it like a mad-man.
I'd better get back to it, before it leaves me for someone with a lower fitness age.
My 50th post is a sad one. My precious Xbox 360 is broken. It was one from around the launch and it lasted just shy of a year. Poor thing was born on December 15th, 2005. It died on November 30th, 2006, due to an update from hell.
Microsoft is supposedly sending me a box to ship it back in, but I don't believe them. I had to call twice to get them to send me a return box. The first "support" technician wouldn't let me have one. Don't know why? The second support guy, a nice Indian man, told me that I'd be getting one in four days. I'm a bit skeptical that I'm actually getting one. If that's the case, I'll just have to take my console and shove it into a random box that's lying around my house.
This is completely different than my experience with Apple when I had to return my iPod nano. They sent me a box the next day and I had my new nano within a week. I didn't even have to pay for shipping. Also, I was able to do the whole support thing online. A lot less interpretation goes on over the internets.
I haven't been able to play games for two weeks. I was almost done with "Gears of War".
Quite frustrated.
I think that I may have to go out and grab a Wii, or buy one.
Goodbye my first Xbox 360. I hope that your replacement doesn't get sick and die, too.
What a shitty 50th post.
And I just realized that this is two Microsoft related posts in a row. Bill Gates should pass me some of his billions for the publicity.
This trailer for Halo 3 just aired on Monday Night Football tonight.
Check it out over at TeamXbox.
Now all we have to do is wait till some undisclosed date next year to play it.
Also, you can sign-up for the multiplayer beta, which takes place this spring, here. You'll need a bit of luck to get picked and an Xbox360 to play it.
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