Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming: My Xbox just caught on fire! (Update 12)

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Friday, September 23, 2005

My Xbox just caught on fire! (Update 12)

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Update 12:

My replacement refurbished Xbox arrived today! Even better? It's got a Philips drive, not a Thompson, like my last 'box (I wonder why in the world they picked the Thompson POJ's for the Xbox 360?).

It came with a new power cord, but not the power cord that was sent to me as part of the power cord replacement program.

And even though there was a note saying they'd take care all of the administrivia of syncing up my new Xbox serial number with my dead Xbox (gee, thanks; have I mentioned my Xbox caught on fire?), there was no explanation of what went wrong, what was fixed, whether this was a freak deal or something I should worry about. Nothing.

Time to call Chris again tomorrow.

Not that I can do much on the video game front, since the toy job is spiraling into in(s)anity, devoid of any sense of what is doable in the confines of time and physics.

Oh, and did play the Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects demo from the November issue of The Official Xbox Magazine tonight. I was only able to play as Marvel's Spider-Man or Electronic Arts's Johnny Ohm, but the character designs from Jae Lee are slick and dark at the same time, and I am surprised by how much I like Terry Dodson's interface/characer design.

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Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming (Subscribe)

Friday, September 23, 2005

My Xbox just caught on fire! (Update 12)

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