I hate bricks! (Just keep reading)

It's a shame that so many things we love must come to pass. Today marked the going-away party for my 360, after 2 months of frustration. It was almost 1 year old, if I remember correctly... Yeah, I got it as a gift last Christmas. Ironic, ain't it?

The console in question had been working on and off for the past 8 weeks or so, clicking when I put any disc in and refusing to play it. This led to much pounding, punching and blowing into the disc drive by me, as often it took longer to get a fucking game running than it did to actually play it.

So I called Microsoft a couple of days ago, sat on hold for fifteen minutes, talked to some Middle-Eastern dude who I couldn't understand and eventually decided to send it in for repairs. He said it should be back in time for Christmas, but something gives me reason to doubt Microsoft's word.

So now it's time to break out the cartridges and shake up the air filters, because I'm back to playing my big black brick, the N64. This thing is ancient, but it does have a few nice games. Ocarina of Time I still want to complete, and Pokemon Stadium is still one of my favorite pokemon games of all time.

I suppose something good did come out of this situation, as I finally broke off my long standing love affair with Gamestop, after two things happened.

One, the return amount they give is outrageous. I spent 60 dollars on Bioshock (Which I thought was used, by the way!), returned it and only got 8 in return. No thank you, you divy bitches.

Second, the Play N Trade across the street has a whole heaping helping of classic games dating all the way back to the 2600. Plus, their prices are pretty cheap and the people are friendly. I got two games while I was there, Mortal Kombat 4 and Majora's Mask, so I'll be timing myself to see if I can complete them in time for Christmas.

I guess I'll sustain myself over the months by buying a few 64 games while I wait for the Xbox to come back in time for the Christmas flood of gifts.

I'm not really sure why I'm putting this here, if only to inform you that I won't be able to do any game reviews for a few weeks.