Today is one of those days I guess.
No, scratch that. Today is not good at all. My special edition Halo (I add that to build my own clout you see) Xbox 360 succumbed to what 70% of Xbox 360 owners have had to deal with:
The Red Ring of Death.
It’s been such a huge controversy over the years that apparently they’ve secretly extended the shelf life of their system warranties all the way through to the end of this year. I guess the buck stopped at the Elite and new slim version.
So I’ve got that going for me in the fact that I don’t have to pay anything for it. However, I do face another dilemma in part to the upcoming release of the next Halo system. You see, the free repair and turnover takes anywhere of 5-8 weeks and Halo: Reach releases in a mere two. Someone up high is laughing at the irony.
I sure as hell am not.
Adding insult to injury, I never realized how much I used my Xbox for things other than games these days. It was my DVD player. It was my Netflix account. It was every piece of digital media I had… acquired over the last few years. In essence it was my portal to entertainment far above what your average 9-year-old uses it for.
Now it’s just a rectangular spot on my cabinet where the wood doesn’t match the rest of the sun-bleached top. It hasn’t even been a day and I already miss it, like a child whose lollipop has been taken away.
This is going to be a rough five weeks. Anyone need a wingman for Co-Op when the new game comes out? I’m your Spartan.
Damn you Bill Gates.
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