"Xbox 360 kills brain cells, girls brain explodes from exposure."
So I finally got around to selling my left liver for an xbox 360, and I have to say I almost adore it. I love a lot of the features, especially the downloadable demos. Though, it feels like this beast is putting off some massive radiation though, I keep hearing music in my head.
So far I've managed to download and play a ton of demos, including some you might not expect. The Xbox live menu has something called an Arcade, normal arcade games for the most part--then you run across things like Doom, and Contra. Talk about a massive time warp, but its soooooo much fun. I wont be buying the full versions of these on the xbox, that's reserved for the Wii, but its still a lot of fun. I thought I'd be bummed at not being able to get more games for a while, but I'm fine now.
Also, Oblivion rocks, its such a beautiful game, there is a ton to do, and its easier to learn things and get around than Morrowind was. The character quests are interesting, lots of really insane figures. Certifiable for the most part. I enjoy being separate from the Online community, I still say you WoW players can screw yourselves, similar gameplay without the assholes killing you mid-quest to be a prick.
One downside: I'm on Harold the Third. Within the first week, I returned two 360's. The first with Microsoft's patented Screen of Death (White in this case, rather than blue) that shouted at me to "Insert disc into an xbox 360" Uh, yeah. Then the power supply wouldn't work at all, it wasn't even glowing on the front. The wonderful Microsoft "reliability" is fully intact (/sarcasm)
Now for the Wii. My first impression of the Wii is it's fun-tastic. I don't know that the sensors are perfect, hopefully they'll work out whatever bugs by the time I get one. I realize now that I need a room designated to the Wii, with no furniture, and mattresses secured to all the walls. I played baseball in my room yesterday, take THAT years-of-parents-telling-me-to-play-far-away-from-the-house.
I have one word of caution for even the more fit gamers: STRETCH! Holy crap am I sore, my shoulders and elbows are pretty well dead. I imagine this will be some form of advantage Nintendo has while advertising; the video game answer to America's obesity issue, and the one time sports games are actually acceptable (in my opinion)
The concept of a "Mii" as your own little personalized icon figure of yourself, is cute. The revolution sounds more powerful, but the Wii has so much more fun. So I'll happily join the ranks of wii-dorks, and play sports in my bedroom and pretend to be an athlete, it's flawless. I should write a book, "The sexy wii-body in 6 weeks, tight abs and flawless arms without leaving the comfort of your video-gaming world" I'll be rich, you'll see.
So I finally got around to selling my left liver for an xbox 360, and I have to say I almost adore it. I love a lot of the features, especially the downloadable demos. Though, it feels like this beast is putting off some massive radiation though, I keep hearing music in my head.
So far I've managed to download and play a ton of demos, including some you might not expect. The Xbox live menu has something called an Arcade, normal arcade games for the most part--then you run across things like Doom, and Contra. Talk about a massive time warp, but its soooooo much fun. I wont be buying the full versions of these on the xbox, that's reserved for the Wii, but its still a lot of fun. I thought I'd be bummed at not being able to get more games for a while, but I'm fine now.
Also, Oblivion rocks, its such a beautiful game, there is a ton to do, and its easier to learn things and get around than Morrowind was. The character quests are interesting, lots of really insane figures. Certifiable for the most part. I enjoy being separate from the Online community, I still say you WoW players can screw yourselves, similar gameplay without the assholes killing you mid-quest to be a prick.
One downside: I'm on Harold the Third. Within the first week, I returned two 360's. The first with Microsoft's patented Screen of Death (White in this case, rather than blue) that shouted at me to "Insert disc into an xbox 360" Uh, yeah. Then the power supply wouldn't work at all, it wasn't even glowing on the front. The wonderful Microsoft "reliability" is fully intact (/sarcasm)
Now for the Wii. My first impression of the Wii is it's fun-tastic. I don't know that the sensors are perfect, hopefully they'll work out whatever bugs by the time I get one. I realize now that I need a room designated to the Wii, with no furniture, and mattresses secured to all the walls. I played baseball in my room yesterday, take THAT years-of-parents-telling-me-to-play-far-away-from-the-house.
I have one word of caution for even the more fit gamers: STRETCH! Holy crap am I sore, my shoulders and elbows are pretty well dead. I imagine this will be some form of advantage Nintendo has while advertising; the video game answer to America's obesity issue, and the one time sports games are actually acceptable (in my opinion)
The concept of a "Mii" as your own little personalized icon figure of yourself, is cute. The revolution sounds more powerful, but the Wii has so much more fun. So I'll happily join the ranks of wii-dorks, and play sports in my bedroom and pretend to be an athlete, it's flawless. I should write a book, "The sexy wii-body in 6 weeks, tight abs and flawless arms without leaving the comfort of your video-gaming world" I'll be rich, you'll see.
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