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Posted on 12.28.05 by A 47 Danger @ 2:47 pm
I arrived home safely with my Xbox 360 and my wits about me. I’m always greatly concerned that I’ll die on the way home, when I’m really excited about something. Is that weird? At any rate, I make it home without being mugged for my Xbox 360. Probably because it was hidden under my bulky coat. If someone had broken into my car, they certainly wouldn’t have looked there. After all, it’s just a coat sitting there, right? There couldn’t possibly be anything under it. Where am I now, inside the house? Yeah, I made it inside my house without incident. No slipping on the constant layer of Minnesota ice. No snowballs thrown at my head from traveling packs of teenagers. I unlocked the door and stepped safely into my abode. Step number one was as follows, feed that cats. This must be done to assure a distraction free setup. For further assurance, I made sure the canned food had lots of gravy. They like gravy. Okay, step one was complete. Step two, to open the box with care. Do not tear the cardboard. Hey, that was easy. The box was still in mint condition. Maybe I should sell the empty box on eBay. That would guarantee me a place in hell. Step three, unpack the box. Unit, check. It didn’t look as impressive as I imagined. Maybe I needed a little plastic bubble to put it in, like at the Best Buy display. Cords, check. Lots of things to hook up. Instructions, check. Into the garbage with you, instructions. Power supply, holy hell. I thought people were exaggerating. This thing is as big as my shoe. Step four, register the Xbox 360 online with my gamer tag. There, everyone could now see that I was in possession of an Xbox 360. My fiance wouldn’t be home for another half hour. That would be more than enough time to set up the system and play around a little. And then the doorbell rang. Dang it all. Filed under: A 47 Danger and General and Xbox 360 Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.28.05 by A 47 Danger @ 1:37 pm
It’s the end of the year, and that means lists. Lots and lots of lists. Who are we to defy the list craze? Come on and throw in your two cents about the categories we have listed below. We’ll forget old acquaintances and drink some egg nog. Can you still drink egg nog at the end of the year, or does that stop at Xmas? Whatever. List your best and worst, and we’ll list ours.
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Posted on 12.27.05 by A 47 Danger @ 8:37 am
Friday afternoon, shortly after finishing a lunch with Maxim and ClackyJ, GameStop made the cell phone in my pocket vibrate. While in some situations this might be an exciting prospect in itself, the cell phone was quickly answered in this case. “I have good news for you,” said the voice on the other end of the phone. Well aware that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints does not have my phone number, I knew exactly what this sentence meant. My long awaited Xbox 360 had finally found its way into my local GameStop. Arriving at GameStop, I was greeted by a fun scene. The store was packed with last minute shoppers. The GameStop clerks knew exactly which GBA game would make the children of these procrastinators love them more. That wasn’t the point of my trip though. And I didn’t have any children…that I knew of! Hahaha, funny. The Xbox 360 corner of GameStop was my first stop. Stop at GameStop. Hmmm, I don’t like that sentence at all. Anyway, I wandered over to see which, if any, Xbox 360 games GameStop had used. Sitting there on the shelf was a used copy of Perfect Dark Zero. Well hell, I pre-ordered this. Might as well pick up a used copy for cheaper. What else was on the shelf? Oooo, Condemned: Criminal Origins was used too. I was interested in that game. Yowza, but not for $54.99 used. I don’t cotton to these $60 price tags on Xbox 360 games. And $54.99 for a used game is stupid. I’ll leave you on the shelf for some parent looking to buy the love of their spawn. It was now time to make my way to the counter and redeem my much anticipated Xbox 360. I wanted to play it really smoothly though, like I wasn’t falling over myself excited about picking up the Xbox 360. So I walked up to the counter, flashed the used copy of Perfect Dark Zero, and said “I need something to go with this.” After utterly confusing the clerk for two minutes as he looked through the game reservation list, it was cleared up that I was there to pick up my Xbox 360. Yeah, smooth. “Oh, that’s all done by the manager,” said the clerk. So off I went to the next line, to wait for the manager as he talked to someone who’s Xbox 360 order had also arrived. From what I heard, the person on the phone wasn’t sure what games to get. They must not have been obsessively checking every website for information over the past 33 days like me. Soon enough, I was at the head of the line. After quickly explaining why I had come, without trying to be cute this time, the manager went into the locked cage in the GameStop back room and retrieved my Xbox 360. There it was, as simple as that. After waiting for 4 months, I now had a heavier than expected box that contained an Xbox 360. Following the pickup, I went back to my workplace. Would I explode from anticipation before the workday was over? Stay tuned for the continuing saga. Filed under: A 47 Danger and General and Xbox 360 Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.23.05 by A 47 Danger @ 12:48 pm
And on the 32nd day, the phone call came. Not from a robot, but from a human being with a heart and soul. The inhabitants of the brick and mortar structure had drawn straws to see who would work the phone machine. They picked up the machine which had, up until this point, been used only for incoming calls. The inhabitants reached outside life. With their words, they invited the outsider to join them. The outsider did not have to think of his answer. He knew he must go. And…damn, this is boring. Long story short, I’m picking up my Xbox 360 from GameStop today. The long wait is over. The future of a month ago is finally here today. A 47 Danger is stepping through the…there I go again. I’m going to stop writing like that. Impressions and photos will come soon. Very soon. See you online. Filed under: A 47 Danger and General and Xbox 360 Comments: 6 Comments |
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Posted on 12.22.05 by A 47 Danger @ 1:58 pm
Screenshots can be boring. GBA screenshots are always boring. Screenshots of different versions of Sudoku are spleen-rupturingly boring. That’s why we’ve spiced up these pictures of Dr. Sudoku coming out for the GBA. Here is Dr. Sudoku behind the grass knoll. Was he merely sightseeing, or were there more sinister motives at play when President Kennedy was assassinated?  A little known fact is that Dr. Sudoku was beaten up by the LAPD the same day that Rodney King was. But did you here any reports about Dr. Sudoku? I don’t think so.  Here is Dr. Sudoku being tossed into Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty. You see, the tariffs on Dr. Sudoku were just too high. America would have none of it.  Did those screenshots make Dr. Sudoku look exciting? Great. Now don’t go buy it. Filed under: A 47 Danger and GBA and Humor Comments: None |
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