Worth the wait.

After nearly a week with my 360, I must say, this thing kicks some serious ass. I love the new Xbox Live stuff like the gamercard and seeing when my friends come online even when I'm watching a movie, and being able to talk them anytime they are on live, no matter what game they are playing, and no matter where I am in the world. Oh yeah, XBox Live Arcade is like gaming crack, being able to download old school arcard games and play them in high def resolution with other people on Xbox Live is awesome. I played Hexic, the Xbox Arcade game that comes free with the 360, till close to 3 in the morning last night. It was made by the same gut that invented Tetris, so you know that it is an absolutely brillinat game. I also hooked up the 360 to my PC using Windows Media Connect, which allows me to stream all of my music and pictures from my computer straight to my Xbox. It even let me change my background in the 360 dashboard with one of my pictures on the computer. If I had a Windows Media Center computer I'd be able to stream HD movies to my 360 and watch them on the bigscreen, but I think I've spent enough money this month. By the way, the games kicked me square in the balls. Perfect Dark is insane. It feels exactley like the original N64 version, but injected with more steroids than Jose Canseco could dream of. There are so many damn multiplayer modes that I still haven't even seen close to half of them. Kameo is fucking fantastic. The art style is beautiful, and the amount of stuff happens on screen at once would make the original Xbox cough up blood and die. Madden was kinda disappointing to me at first, but after changing the controls to fit my tastes, I love the game. The graphics are amazing of course, as well as the sound effects ( the fact that John Madden isn't doing the play by play is a great change) It does suck that so many modes have been taken away, but it just makes me want next year's version that much more. Project Gotham Racing 3, as expected, is stunning visually. I have always been a big fan of series trademark gameplay where you earn more points if you pull off impressive moves during the racing, but I haven't been able to play it too much since I am kind of addicted to Perfect Dark at the moment. I also rented Call of Duty 2 and Condemned, and I expect to get them early next week. Dead or Alive 4 comes out on Dec. 7, which is the game I have been anticipating the most for the 360 launch. I can't wait to go online and kick some ass as a Spartan from the Halo universe. Actually, I prefer Bayman and Hitmomi in DoA2 Ultimate, but from what I have read, the gameplay has changed a good bit and has also been sped up a lot also. I can't wait. I also threw in Halo 2 to see if it looked any different, and I was definetly pleasantly surprised. Since I have a big screen HDTV, every flaw in Halo 2 stood out like a sore thumb when I played it on my orinial Xbox. But with the full screen AA and HDTV resolution, this game looks much, much better. Just another great reason to own a 360. Ahhh, look it how I have rambled on. This system is fantastic. If you are a fan of videogames at all, I suggest picking one up as soon as you possibly can. It is definetly worth every penny.

I'm turning in my 360....

for this.... http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/948.html

Marlins Moving?

Another reason baseball sucks. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-1122marlins,0,463288.story?coll=sfla-sports-front
You know, they oughta just keep the 5 or 6 teams that have massive payrolls and turn the rest of the teams into quadtrouple A clubs. I swear I find another reason to dislike this sport every day.

Finally!

I got the 360 today. All I can say is "HOLY SHIT!" It went above my expectations in every possible way. The games looked and played great, and the new Xbox Live upgrades are brilliant. In fact, I'm going to go play it again right now.

The Final Countdown....

After months and months of waiting, the Xbox 360 finally arrives this Tuesday. Well, for some of us at least, some people didn't preorder soon enough and now they have to wait for the next shipment. I am number 9 out of 27 at my EBgames, so I just have to walk in and sign for mine since I already have it paid off. Here is what I got.


Xbox 360 Premium Pack (with Hard drive, wireless controller, dvd remote, etc.) with warranty
Perfect Dark 0 Limited Edition.
Madden 2006
Kameo : Elements of Power
Extra Wireless Controller
Luckily I kept Halo and Halo 2 because I had a feeling these games would be upgraded on the 360, and I was right.
I also renewed my subsciption to gamefly.com and rented a few games that I thought looked cool, but couldn't bring myself to spend 60 dollars on because they don't have very much replay value. So, through gamefly I got..
Condemned: Criminal Origens
Call of Duty 2

The cool thing about all this is that I got everything I listed above for a grand total of 275 bucks after trading in my Gamecube ( or the Nintendo Dustcollecter as I like to call it) selling my Xbox and lots of games. If I would've paid full price for everything, it would've cost me close to 900 dollars. I think I got a pretty good deal, don't you?
I also want to get Project Gotham Racing 3 at some point(edit-I am getting PGR 3 on launch day when I pick up my 360.) And I am definetly getting Dead or Alive 4 the day it comes out (you can play as a Spartan soldier from Halo!). I have been a huge fan of the Dead or Alive series since the first time I played Dead or Alive 2 on the Dreamcast at one of Trip's apartment's. And according to the creator of the DoA series, this will be the last Dead or Alive fighting game. I will post my thoughts/reviews of everything Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. I was thinking of just buying my own domain name and starting my own gaming website, but I don't know if I'll be able to invest the necessary time into it.. It would be fun though since I'm such a gamer nerd. Oh well, I better get to bed.

LOST....

This is, by far, the best theory I have heard for what the hell is going on.

http://www.4815162342.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3377

GOD WARRIOR!

This is hilarious. If any of you saw that crazy woman on Trading Spouses last week, you'll love this. The music is great!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6225867209&fromMakeTrack=true#ebayphotohosting

and for those of you that haven't seen this crazy asshole, here ya go..
http://65.36.225.227/images/trading-spouses-hi.wmv

R.I.P. Eddie Guerrero

http://www.wwe.com/

R.I.P. Eddie. You were one of the best.

Xbox 360 Backward's Compatability Listing..

Way more games than I was expecting..http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm
Oh yeah, every game will be upscaled just like halo and halo 2 with either 720p or 1080i resolution and full screen anti-aliasing. That, my friends, is fucking awesome!

Halo 2 on the 360.

http://bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=h2anniversary&p=5312619

Sounds pretty good to me. Now I'll have to play through both Halo and Halo 2 all over again.

Strap this on for size....

Two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were charged after their arrest at a bar where witnesses told police the women had sex in a restroom.

Renee Thomas, 20, of Pittsboro, N.C., and Angela Keathley, 26, of Belmont, N.C., were taken to Hillsborough County Jail early Sunday.

Witnesses said the women were having sex in a stall with each other, angering patrons waiting in line to get into the restroom at the club in the Channelside district.

Thomas was charged with battery Sunday after allegedly striking a bar patron when she was leaving the restroom, then landed in even more trouble after police said she gave officers a driver's license belonging to another Panthers cheerleader who was not in Tampa.

Thomas, who made the trip to Florida for Sunday's game between the Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was released from jail on $500 bail before police learned she was not the person she claimed to be.

Providing police with a false name is a misdemeanor. However, Thomas was charged Monday with giving a false name and causing harm to another -- a third-degree felony punishable by probation or a jail term of 1 to 5 years, said police spokeswoman Laura McElroy.

Meanwhile, detectives are trying to determine how Thomas gained possession of the driver's license of the third cheerleader.

Keathley, charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, was released on $750 bail about an hour before the Panthers played the Bucs at Raymond James Stadium. The cheerleaders were not in town to perform at the game.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-cheerleaders110805,0,4815193.story?coll=sfla-sports-front

Good job Gus!

HAHAHAHAHA!

This just annoys me...

Mark Cuban wants to buy the Pirates. However, the Pirates have no plans of ever being competitve again. If anyone from the Pirates organization happens to read this...SELL THE TEAM TO CUBAN! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU IDIOTS?! YOU WILL NEVER MAKE A PROFIT WHEN THE TEAM SUCKS EVERY YEAR AND NO ONE GOES TO THE GAMES!


PITTSBURGH -- Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is interested in buying his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates, but the ownership told him the team isn't for sale despite its ongoing streak of 13 consecutive losing seasons.

In an e-mail response to The Associated Press, Cuban said Monday he looked into buying the team recently, but "they told me they have no interest in selling."

Cuban's interest in the team he grew up rooting for is well known, but this is the first time he has acknowledged wanting to buy the Pirates. Previously, he said he would look into acquiring a stake only if the Pirates were put up for sale or if acquiring a lesser share of the team would help keep it in Pittsburgh.

"The Pirates are not for sale," club vice president Patty Paytas said, responding to Cuban's comment.

The Pirates were bought 10 years ago by a group assembled by newspaper heir Kevin McClatchy, the managing general partner. The largest investor is Wheeling, W.Va., newspaper publisher G. Ogden Nutting and his two sons, who were initially brought into the group by McClatchy in 1996 and have since acquired at least a 25 percent stake of the 119-year-old franchise.

While McClatchy's group probably prevented the franchise from moving elsewhere and was successful in persuading lawmakers to build PNC Park, the team has had 10 consecutive losing seasons since the purchase and has only once finished within five games of .500.

The Pirates had the third-lowest payroll in the majors last season and have declined to pursue upper-tier free agents actively, attempting instead to build with lower-priced prospects.

That probably wouldn't be the case under Cuban, a billionaire who has spent millions building the Mavericks into one of the NBA's top franchises, though they have yet to win an NBA title since he acquired them in 2000.

Cuban also attempted to buy into a Pittsburgh sports team before purchasing the Mavericks, talking with Mario Lemieux's ownership group as it was buying the NHL's then-bankrupt Pittsburgh Penguins in 1999. But the group wanted Lemieux to be the face and voice of the organization and was unwilling to allow Cuban to play an active role in the team's day-to-day operations.

Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go!

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05311/602003.stm

Another one bites the dust...

Remember Katrina?

Just because we don't see New Orleans on the news anymore doesn't mean the city has had some miraculous recovery. Check out these pics that Trent Reznor has uploaded to his website after he took a tour through the city just last week.
http://www.nin.com/current/neworleans/index.html