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12
May

5 minutes with Grand Theft Auto IV

By Russ Crandall 2 Comments
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So, today I received a brand-spanking new Xbox 360 Elite in the mail, compliments of the Red Ring of Death.

I only had a few minutes between work and class, but I fired up GTAIV for the first time just to have a look. I had just enough time to jump into a car, drive it two blocks until I saw a pedestrian, jump out of my car and beat him to a pulp, and then get stabbed to death by the next guy I tried to wrassle. That’s about it.

But I’m back from class now and I’m about to dive into Liberty City. I’ll probably be nicer to strangers this time around, though.

11
May

Monday, May 12th = Christmas!!

By Russ Crandall 3 Comments
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So, tomorrow marks the day that I will be getting my Xbox 360 back from the grave/Microsoft, only 40 days after it started wigging out on me. I could make some sort of Jesus and his 40 days in the desert reference here, but I get enough comparisons already.

Now what am I going to do first? Probably play a bit of GTA4, since I haven’t even seen it in action yet. Maybe some COD4. I’ve also had a hankering for The Orange Box, too. Man, so much to choose from!


Why hellllooo there, lovely and trashy lady, I’ll be seeing you tomorrow…
04
May

Broke-Ass Box: Wham, Bam, Thank you Ma’am Edition

By Russ Crandall 2 Comments
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Alas, my broken Xbox 360 saga is nearing its end. As previously reported, my little buddy was expected to reach the repair center this last Friday; and although UPS swore up and down that they delivered it on Friday, Microsoft didn’t acknowledge the fact that they received my package until today, when I got the email you see above.

So I went to the site to check on its repair status, and it said that it wasn’t in a repair status any more. Hmm. Fishy. So I ran a search based on the old service repair number they gave me when all this trouble first started - and it says they shipped the console back to me.

Yessir, after weeks of getting them to acknowledge that my Xbox was indeed broken, after two weeks of slow-shipping issues, they fix and send my Xbox back within minutes. I don’t know how I feel about all of this.

30
Apr

Broke-Ass Box: Broke-Ass Shipping Edition

By Russ Crandall 1 Comment
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Sick of hearing about my broken Xbox 360? I’m sick of writing about it.

I dropped off my postage-paid Xbox box to UPS on Saturday morning, and it took two seconds. I was feeling pretty good, like I was doing something, that my hand in its own little way was forming the universe and aligning all those things that need alignment. This morning I went on xbox.com to see what my repair status was.

Staring back at me was a big, fat, “we totally haven’t received your Xbox yet, dude.”

Those Microsoft bastards!! So busy with their GTAIVs that they let their customer service go to shit. They can’t even scan in one damn broken Xbox! Don’t they know that I’ve been forced to play my Wii for the past week out of sheer desperation (although Mario Kart is still fun)?? Just to rub it in, I went to UPS and plugged in my new tracking number that those super-friendly and efficient men in brown gave to me…

Those UPS bastards!! They didn’t even scan my Xbox box out of their Honolulu system until yesterday! That means they sat on it for three consecutive days without doing anything. It’s now in Ontario, California and is expected to reach Microsoft on Friday.

20
Apr

Broke-Ass Box - RROD Edition

By Russ Crandall 3 Comments
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So, everyone and their mother knows that my Xbox 360 Elite’s screen has been freezing randomly for the past few weeks, and that it’s soon going in for repair. I can usually play for a few minutes before the screen freezes, and every once in a while I get a few solid gaming moments out of the sucker before it craps out. I haven’t tried in about a week, but today I really wanted to play a minute or two of Call of Duty 4 before I ship my big/black/loud/hot machine to Microsoft this week.

What do I find staring at me when I power up the ‘box?

The infamous RED RING OF DEATH.

I don’t know how I feel about this. I guess it validates all the complaining I’ve made to Microsoft.

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