Busted XBox Update

My busted white friend has arrived in Texas.

The nice people at UPS advised that he was delivered at 11:00AM.

Microsoft still states that they are waiting for it.

I will be patient. For now.

(looks at watch . . . )

XBox 360 Fall 08 Dashboard Leak . . .

Quick Robin - to Xhavok87's blog!

Xhavok87 has posted a pretty comprehensive look at the XBOX 360 Fall Dashboard. He has an “ahem” advanced copy …  Check it out.

I’ll be putting this on my box as soon as . . . it gets shipped back from the broken Xbox 360 factory. Sigh.

So what does that have to do with Lego Batman?  Nothing. But I can’t wait to  play that game.

For now you can click on the Lego Batman game box to be magically transported to Xhavok87’s post . . .

Tomb Raider Underworld!

I love Tomb Raider !

The new trailer looks so cool it makes me want to play Legend and Anniversary on my Xbox again . . .

Oh wait . . .my Xbox is still busted. 

Sigh. 

Oh well. 

Enjoy the video.  

A death in the family

I bought Madden 08 Football today for my Xbox 360.  Jobu and Krozzbow have been playing for a while now and it sounded pretty good. Madden 09 is coming out in 20 minutes or so, so the price was right ($20 bucks).

I just popped it in now to try it out and it seems my curvy white friend has passed on.

3 little red lights and a phone call to Bangladesh later and here I sit typing through my grief unsure of what the future holds.

This is not the first relative I’ve lost to those damn lights . . . no . . . this kind of pain is all too familiar.  My original Xbox passed with a nasty disk drive failure and his off spring – my first Xbox 360 got the red ring as well.  One minute you’re collecting little golden coins on your quest to find the Lego Holy Grail – and the next . . . you just never know.

Do me a favor and hug your controller a little tighter tonight . . . and keep me and my xbox-less existence in your thoughts during this very difficult time.

The Game I want Most.

Attention Dark Knight Video game developers.

This is what I want.

If you give me this, I will give you my money and write about how cool you are for at least 6 months.  If you supply this, I will never again bitch and moan about your release schedules or the insane amount of money your products cost.  Give me  this ONE thing and you will have me hooked forever.

Give me Gotham City. . .

SEGA can Kiss my Green Ass.

Today was supposed to be special.

Brother Jobu and I have been looking forward to today for a MONTH.

Today is the day that the Incredible Hulk Game was supposed to street.

A mere 59 bucks a piece – (a scant 4 and a half gallons of gas or so) and we would have been tearing up the virtual city of NY and beating the holy green bejesus out of each other.

For weeks we have scoured the internets seeking information on this title . . .

It had everything we sought including the mother lode  – 2 PLAYER ONLINE VS MODE !

Yep. That’s what all the sites said.

Well today we booked out of a particularly crazy day at work to steal 20 minutes and purchase 2 discs full of happiness.

We stood shoulder to shoulder in Game Stop and breathed a sigh of relief that the  lazy eyed  counter jockey had not sold out . . .

But when he handed me the case I saw the sad truth . . .

No online VS Mode.  Only downloadable content.

SEGA has not released an online Hulk game today.

So “maybe” they’ll release the VS Mode in the future as a downloadable add on (probably for more money . . . ) or maybe they won’t.

Fine SEGA – Maybe we’ll buy it THEN.

Because today we walked away empty handed.

And Krozzbow laughed.

Whatever.

Indiana Jones Lego Cheats . . .

My daughter and I are LOVING this incredibly fun game !

Just like Lego Star Wars, but sleeker and slightly more challenging.

And FUNNY.  In the Nepal Mountain Escape level, keep your eyes open for Luke Skywalker hanging upside down from an ice cave ceiling.

Very cool (pun intended)

Here are some cheat codes you can enter in the Classroom . . .

H86LA2	Treasure Magnet
0P1TA5	Unlock “Super Slap” extra
FJUR31	Unlock Mola Ram

Wii got a Doctor in the house!!!!

Doctor Mario Baby.

That’s all I have to say.

Doctor Mario.

I cannot believe how fast time passes while I play that ridiculous puzzle game.

A mere 1000 Nintendo points ($10 Bucks) and I am killing viruses with an Italian plumber who apparently went to Med School at some point.

There must be a story there somewhere. I mean, if he’s a DOCTOR why is he always crawling through pipes with his idiot brother? Maybe he is not an “actual” Doctor.

Maybe he’s an underground doctor that they only call the “plumber” because he’ll fix up yer pipes. Maybe he’s a Doctor for the Nintendo Mob . . . maybe . . . not.

Hey now that I think of it, if something is going to cost 10 bucks, why not just say it’s 10 bucks.

Why do Nintendo and Microsoft feel a need to assign a point value to their software downloads and make me purchase their currency as if I have traveled to some virtual duty free shop . . .

Only Sony charges actual US currency for downloading software from their online Sony Shop.

Which leads me to wonder, who is paying for gamer pictures? Seriously. Are you willing to pay for a picture that gets assigned to your gamer tag? Why? Are you paying for THEMES too?

That should be free. Game companies should pay ME for using their logo or charachter as a tatoo of my online identity. It’s advertising for THEM. I don’t gain any notiriety because I have a Gears Of War logo next to my name . . .

I only use the free ones. And only the really goofy free ones. Currently I am using a guy in a top hat that has something to do with Dr. Pepper. I couldn’t tell you what.

So that’s all I have to say for now. Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Dr. Mario – This week is all about Nintendo and frankly it’s about time. They’ve been skating by on Wii Sports for too long . . .

Tommorow I’ll tell ya about the fight I had at Target over a scratched Mario Kart disc . . . That right there is what we in the business call a cliffhanger!

Wii Succeed!

SUCCESS !!!!

My daughter has the Wii Fit madness, so I told her we could get up at 7 am today to try and hunt one down . . .

Target Bayshore – Nope, Walmart Massapequa – Nope, Target Huntington – Nope…

Toys R Us – Why they had a stack half the way to the ceiling !

BUT – They were all pre-orders . . .

So I politely asked, “Why don’t you keep them in the back where they won’t dash the hopes of 7 year olds hungry to become virtual Yoga masters? ”

And the guy behind the counter said – “Yeah that’s what I told the manager, but he made me put them here.”

And my kid drops the lip and does that face that makes you wonder if one of her pets was just hit by a tractor – and the guy behind the counter says . . .

“You know what – this thing has been here for a week now. If they wanted it so bad, they would have picked it up already. Probably gonna end up on F****ing Ebay for like 200 bucks.”

And then he sold me one.

And now my kid is literally running around Princess Peach’s castle.

This thing is pretty cool . . .

Thanks Guy at Toys R Us.

We Fat

I cannot find this thing anywhere.

Ridiculous.

NO PLACE HAS THIS DOPEY THING IN STOCK.

How am I supposed to excercise without my videogames?

Sigh.