The Red Light Spectacle, Part 2: The Conclusion?

As anti-climatic as it may seem, I received my Xbox 360 today.

Less than an hour after my last post, the UPS delivery guy rang the bell and pounded on the door (at the same time, too... is that protocol?). I signed for it and that was that.

It was not my original unit, but an identical replacement. Too bad, I was hoping for a version with a HDMI port.

I hooked it up... discovering the rechargeable batteries in my controllers had died while they laid in wait. I had to dig out the original AA battery cartridge and sync the controller to the new console. Then I had to reinput all my wireless internet connection information.

And then...

That was is it. It worked.

I was prepared for a big hassle with my downloadable content not working on the new system... but it did. My Puzzle Fighter theme was intact. Looking over my Arcade games, they seemed right. I plugged in Rock Band and tried one of the downloaded songs and it still worked (although I only got four stars, so maybe something was amiss...).

What else is there to do but shrug and start the stopwatch on the life of this new console? I never thought everything working would be so disappointing.

Nothing Else To Do...

It's been a lonely time for me since my last entry. My Xbox 360 has succumbed to the Red Ring... make that Horseshoe... of Death. This obviously derails my attempt to plow through the backlog of 360 games I never finished. I now instead sit around waiting for The Coffin to arrive.

This is the ideal time for me to get back into work on my various comic projects and fix up my Video Game Review site... but my mess of an office is in disarray, as it is the slow process of changing location. And the paint fumes aren't really helping productivity.

This time away from the 360 will result in some more updates to this blog, including the customary chronicling of my Repair Saga. I'll probably dig out my original Xbox and play some games on that. And there's some PS2 games I never even opened...