The Beautiful White Box

Can I just say, that the XBOX 360 is probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever played on? I hooked it up to our massive HD TV in the basement and have been marveling over the amazing renderings of the Las Vegas strip while racing down its streets at over 200 mph. Oh, and then there's the wireless controllers. HEAVEN!!! Freedom at last from those confounded wires, always forcing one to move the console out of a protective entertainment system and onto the dusty, dirty floor.

Project Gotham Racing 3 came free with the system (the actual system, not the trimmed core version), and I picked up a copy of Perfect Dark Zero as well. Extra controllers are expensive (as was to be expected), and I still need to get the recharger and batteries too. After that will come the wireless internet bridge so that I can use the XBOX Live features (like small arcade games and game trailers, oh and that online gaming thingy too). But when you consider that the console was purchased for a mere $100 (no that's not a typo, and yes it's better if you don't know how I managed that), the accessories are cheap.

Damn if only my gaming triad were here to enjoy it with me. Or at least be here so that I could kick each of their asses in head-to-head gaming marathons. Damn damn damn. Which reminds me, when are you coming out here already?!

In other news, life is good. Um...I think that's it. Yeah, better go before the triad orders my execution.

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