mykwud: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PENTIUMMMS

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mykwud) wrote,
@ 2005-11-23 12:44:00

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PENTIUMMMS
HAW-haw!

from engadget.com:
Users report Xbox 360 "crashing like mad"

"So, the Xbox 360’s been available for, what, 15 minutes, and already the crash reports are streaming in. According to postings on Xbox-Scene and other fan sites, some early adopters are discovering that waiting on line in the cold for two years to snag a box was the least of their problems: the game consoles are allegedly crashing during a variety of games and reporting a range of error messages. There’s even a pic up on flickr that purports to show the 360 crashing as the Microsoft logo loads. Sure, it’s too early to declare this a pandemic and start hurling Xboxes out of windows, but it still has us wondering: How’s your 360 holding up?"

Sad news indeed, and as much as I eventually want to own the system, I'm glad I instead spent yesterdays disposable-income on food / bills / Degrassi DVDs / and that hawt new Robbie Williams album. Life's necessities come first, y'know.

The only thing that would interest me in a 360 right now is if the bizarrely-titled Project Gotham Racing actually allowed you to drive around Gotham City, running over a who's-who of Batman's greatest villains and crippling them for life. Crunch!! Whoops, there goes Mr. Freeze's spine! Haha! Oh, hello, Clayface, you didn't REALLY need that pesky "mobility from the neck down", did you? Tee hee! Hey, Scarecrow -- way to "only be able to excrete bodily waste through a tube for the rest of your life"! Giggle!!!

Until then, i'll wait for Halo Three.

(Not to be confused with Helo Tree, the upcoming RonMoore-produced holiday special in which everyone's favorite battlestar galactica crewman learns the true meaning of Christmas.)

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	me_langel 2005-11-23 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	poor William -- his whole world is getting turned upside down slowly out there in Redmond -- can't hire any new talent because Google is all ahead of him,,,,, we need a new operating system too (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mykwud 2005-11-23 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	I'm predicting we see Google announce their new system "GoogSphere720" in a matter of weeks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	touch_my_skin 2005-11-23 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, I would be super pissed off if I'd spent the $500+ to get that system, only to have it crash all the time. I'm stickin with ma plain Jane PS2 for now! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mykwud 2005-11-23 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	good plan; there's still great stuff coming out for that. I'm hoping to find the slimline version cheap/used after xmas just for Shadow of the Colossus, Soul Calibre III, and Everybody Loves Katamari. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	touch_my_skin 2005-11-23 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	Shadow of the Colossus = teh awesome. Seriously. And it's unnerving after a while too. I've been waiting for We Love Katamari to go down in price for a while now before buying it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mykwud 2005-11-23 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	har, what's the story behind that "chickens don't clap" icon?? ^.^ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	touch_my_skin 2005-11-23 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	Have you not yet seen any Arrested Development? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mykwud 2005-11-29 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Not nearly damned enough!! Liked it at the start, but was never home when it was on, then got caught up closer to the end of Season 2. Just bought the 2nd season dvd's though to catch up before its cancellation. :P (Reply to this)(Parent)

	anomalie 2005-11-23 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	It seems that man is unable to walk on top of snow. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mykwud 2005-11-23 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	That's because Linus, devout as he is, has been blessed by heaven with the Jesus-like power to walk on top of any frozen water-related substance. Like the residue from a Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine, for example. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anomalie 2005-11-23 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	The tree, too? That's amazing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mykwud 2005-11-23 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	It's wood from the cross. The holy energy contained within is what caused the Peanuts gang to NOT be swarmed by a horde of angry locusts when they were done singing "Hark The Herald Angels Sing." Charles M. Schulz revealed it as such in his posthumous autobiography "Just What The Hell Do I Know Anyway?? I'm DEAD." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stevopants 2005-11-23 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	Amazing and bewildering powers are granted to him by the GREAT PUMPKIN! "Hellfire Rain On You." (Reply to this)(Parent)

tylerpistol
2005-11-23 07:16 pm UTC (link)

I swear, Bill Gates does this kind of thing on purpose. He designs a video game system with games specifically engineered to appeal to the same drunken, football playing jerks that beat him up in high school, and designs it badly so he can frustrate them and have his revenge! Take that, meanies! Also, that Batman game looks amazingly weird.

Are you going to be in Chinatown anytime soon? There's a few kung fu bootlegs I'm looking for and can't find on eBay (the ones in the plastic sleeve dealies). I could PayPal you for them, and for postage.

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mykwud
2005-11-23 08:25 pm UTC (link)

Sure! Just email me a list of the ones you're looking for (maybe with links to what some of the bootleg-covers look like) and i'll check for 'em at that place.

Egghead

The Batman game is pretty frakin' sweet. When you run over Egghead, his whitish-yellow yolky innards splatter all over the batmobile's windshield at 120mph, being the only time in the game you actually *have* to use the left-trigger to activiate the windshield wipers. Weirder yet though, instead of shouting out a characteristally-villainous catchphrase like Joker's "the JOKE'S on YOU, batty!!", etc., Egghead says "My name is Vincent Price, and this dialogue was recorded in the calendar-year 2005." I guess that one Simpsons episode with the buildable egg-people was right; he IS still alive!!

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	tylerpistol 2005-11-23 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	The list has been sent. Can't wait! I loved the Vincent Price episode of the Simpsons, especially when they call customer support and it's Vincent Price from beyond the grave! Vincent Price=comedy gold! Also, all Egghead episodes of Batman are priceless. Let's start a bat-grassroots movement to get that series on DVD! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stevopants 2005-11-23 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Did you happen to catch SNL last week where they had Vincent Price's Thanksgiving Special? Price's house guests included Clark Gable, Alfred Hitchcock, a Hopped-up Judy Garland (Price "Why did you insist on bringing her knowing what condition she's in!"), & Dezi and Lucy. Goddamn Amazing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

mykwud
2005-11-29 04:00 am UTC (link)

I'm quite shocked that the entire original series isn't on DVD already; especially with The Movie being such a well-received special edition with one of the greatest audio commentaries of all time. I'll bet the holdup is due to some stupid royalties-issue like the publishing rights to the theme song being owned by Michael Jackson, and the alternate backup themesong Norwegian Wood (My Bird Has Flown) being banned for the same reason.

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	hmfeelyat 2005-11-23 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	I must propose marriage to you based solely on the Helo Tree picture. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mykwud 2005-11-23 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	omg move-in rite now pls.!thx (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hmfeelyat 2005-11-23 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	I can't, I have a yard! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	angrytree 2005-11-23 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	Just blow really hard on the game cartridge, then blow really hard into the game system itself. That has worked for every game system ever. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mykwud 2005-11-29 03:53 am UTC (link)
	And if that doesn't work, I have to try pushing the game disc from side to side while forcibly ramming it in again and again at different micro-angles each time. Then blow on it again, and repeat. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	opprobrium 2005-11-24 12:50 am UTC (link)
	HELO TREE YES. Oh my shit, that's funny. (Reply to this)

	very random.. beatnut 2005-11-24 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	http://www.smashmyxbox.com/ (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: very random.. mykwud 2005-11-29 03:56 am UTC (link)
	Eye love it!! I hope he does the same thing for the PS3, NESRevolution, and any new fabrige eggs that find their way into Best Buy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_dork 2005-11-25 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Money spent on Degrassi is definitely money well spent. (Reply to this)

	notneb 2005-11-29 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Your Helo reference has made my night. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	your night before CHRISTMAS?? mykwud 2005-11-29 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Peace on Kobol, and goodwill towards all men. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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