Games To Dust
A Weekly Look Into Video Game Culture From A Casual Point Of View
By: Bren Inou
Xbox!!!
More like Xbox 360 actually. I finally own my own video game console that requires me to connect it to a television. I know its been a few weeks but there is a story that goes along with this. A few weeks ago a few friends who work with me on Games To Dust were talking about the new Halo 3 ODST for the Xbox. Well, I never played Halo (Shock!!) so the thought kind of came to me to finally try it out.
So a trip down to my local gamestop and a friendly female customer service representitive convincing me to go with a used arcade model later I was ready to get my Xbox on! Now first I needed to unpack this thing. Now not to complain but the console itself is huge! Also, it makes this really loud noise like a hum when its playing. Sometimes I think it was going to blow up on me. The key word in that sentence is “Was”. I started up the system and wait…why is the controller flashing green? whats going on? Nothing is happening. Thats right, I have to sync the controller. The controller and the console both have little buttons used to sync the system and controller together. I guess that makes sense being wireless and all.
My first Xbox game! Dead Or Alive 4. An awesome but sometimes needlessly difficult fighting game. Now the Xbox wants to create a profile, okay but oh no! I have no memory, You mean this gigantic machine does not have a hard drive!? The first Xbox had a hard drive built in so why not the 360!? So the next day I had to go back to gamestop to get a 20 GB hard drive. Another 50 dollars I did not look too forward to spending.
So Its back to the Xbox, iluvChizuko is now my Xbox profile name and finally I can play my game. After a few good fights and a few unlocked costumes I went to bed dreaming of Kokoro and all her fighting friends. Pop! a strange noise came out of my Xbox. Not thinking of it much I drifted back into sleep. The next morning…Red. Thats right, I got the red ring of death. Kokoro was only with us for just a short day but she died…so sad…
Back at GameStop for a record third time in a week for me I had Kokoro switced with a Pro model Xbox. Kokoro was reborn! (Well, switched) and a few new games to go along with her. Since then I have not had a single problem with her except I stink at the games. Speaking of the games lets see what I got to play….Well, maybe I will blog about it next week. All I can really say is the Xbox looks amazing and Bullet Witch is a pretty cool game.
I know it was a short blog this week, But a lot of things have been going on in my life that well..are not the most positive. Thankfully I prayed and and can now get started in rebuilding my life so look forward to better blogs and and a more determined Bren Inou to achieve his life achievements and for all my readers a wonderful new set blogs are on their way!
Thank you all for your patience and keep supporting the blog!
