November 27, 2005

  • Not much to post today, either than I've been busy with my new xbox360.
    I haven't spent this much time on a video game console in a long time,
    and it was kinda nostalgic in a way. But oddly enough, the majority of the time isn't
    on gaming.  I've been spending most of my time either customizing
    my console settings and online downloading content through my xbox live membership. The xbox360 has this thing called the "live marketplace"
    which allows you to download trailers for games / movies, demos for
    games, "themes" to change the look of the main menu, "gamer pictures"
    to give yourself a personalized image, and casual arcade games too
    (like bejewelled, zuma, guantlet, and geometry wars). I did play some
    games though, namely several of those arcade games, and game
    demos for NBA Live 2006 and Kameo (which I think I'll be picking up in
    the future).  At this moment, I'm currently downloading a 950meg
    demo of Need For Speed Most Wanted, which should take a while on my
    wireless connection.

    So far, what's my verdict on the xbox360? Well, it definitely gets a thumbs up for me. As for those overheating problems
    that some people have reported getting? I haven't had a problem yet
    (knocks on wood), and I've had my console turned on for almost 9 hours
    at one point, due to my customizations and downloadings. So consider me
    a happy consumer.