Why Am I Writing This Blog!?

Posted by SoberMilk on July 24, 2008, 2:35 p.m.

Really, why am I? I have no idea… Well, this is long overdue, so here we go.

Xbox LIVE 3 : Corruption - That pun is fucking awful…

About a month back, I had a serious problem with my Xbox Live account. Whenever I tried to sign in, It would inform me that my LIVE account was not valid. I rang the support centre, but they were fucking useless. They just said that my LIVE account and email address had become corrupted, and that I would have to make a new WindowsLive account, so thats what I did :

Email : sobermilk@hotmail.co.uk

Xbox LIVE : SoberJam

From now on, I will no longer go by the name "Mr Shrub". I shall now be known as SoberMilk for some reason. I just requested a name change, but you can still call me Shrubie if you want.

Holidays ^_^

I've been off school for 3 weeks now. Half way through the summer holidays already! Because the price of vacationing DOUBLES in holiday season, my family and I took time off before I broke up from school. We went to Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, for 2 weeks. We really enjoyed it. I managed to get myself a iPod Nano (3rd Gen, 4Gig) while I was away. It was 110 Euros, which I beleive is about £85 - quite a bargain considering it would have cost me £120 or more here in the UK!

The Dreaded RROD

I had a nasty surprise when I returned from my holidays. I tried to turn on my Xbox 360 and…

Yup, I finaly witnessed the dreaded RROD! After owning my core model 360 for 3 years, I finally say the bastard. I didn't mind as much as I would have though, as I went out the next day and bought a PSP Slim n' Lite, Crisis Core and Super Smash Bros Brawl. That kept me well entertained until my Xbox came back from the repair centre in Germany.

I was kinda annoyed however, as enabling homebrew on a PSP isn't as easy as I thought… I must buy a Pandora Battery!

Oh yeah… Ninja Gaiden is awsome! ^_^

E3 Stuff

I found E3 very intersting this year. I'll just get this out of the way now, Sonic Unleashed looks freakin' awsome. The last Sonic game on the 360 was the worst pile of shit I have ever seen, so when I saw this trailer, I was blown away! :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmkZpXZ0G8A

And an interview/demo, showing off gameplay :

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7YJTvuQ2To

Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVnlUJ7PZU&feature=related

Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXEZQFS0Kzw&feature=related

Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Chronicles, Resident Evil 5, The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, Dead Space, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Star Oceon 4… All look excellent! But the new Xbox 360 dashboard and avatar system is a total rip-off of the Wii's Mii System. Shame on you Microsoft, You unoriginal bitches! >_>

Computer Shizzle

I just realized my computer is shit in the graphics card department. I realized this when I downloaded Steam and The Orange Box, then tried to play it, then failed due to epic lagging. So, I plan on buying this :

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145524

But to get that to work, I need a better PSU :

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129422

But for that to fit, I need a bigger and better case :

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134799

Quite a long way to go for a better graphics card, eh? I hope its worth it…

Not much at all has happened on the Game Making side of things. I have made a little progress in my Mario game, added saving and made the game flow a little better. Thats It.

Well, Thats all the intersting stuff thats happened over the past few months. Depressing isn't it? I'll leave you with this :

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Electro+Gypsy/

HERE HE IS THE ELECTRO GYPSY!!!

Yeah… Byes!

Comments

sumo 16 years, 5 months ago

I shall assist in your graphics endeavors! I had the same problem but then got an HD3870 and BAM! It eats source engine games for breakfast!

Cesar 16 years, 5 months ago

use the youtube tag kthnx

SoberMilk 16 years, 5 months ago

@ Sumo : Thanks!

@ Rawr : Heh, never knew there was one! I'll just make it a link though.

Jaxx 16 years, 5 months ago

I have to send my X360 away, 'cause it's cracking my disks inner-circle. It's destroyed a good few of my games, so they've offered to replace all of them. ^_^

flashback 16 years, 5 months ago

Good graphics card choice.

SoberMilk 16 years, 5 months ago

@ Jaxx : Ive heard of that problem. At least they are replacing em though!

@ Flash : All thanks to Sumo!

Cesar 16 years, 5 months ago

You don't abbreviate flashback's name… EVER

SoberMilk 16 years, 5 months ago

Why? Will he murder me? I hope not, that would be a bit crap.

OBELISK 16 years, 5 months ago

Worse.

Bryan 16 years, 5 months ago

Word.