Yesterday, I felt like I was raped by 3 donkeys. Not at the same time, just in series.
I was enjoying my GTA experience in my cramped and humble abode when I got a phone call. Now usually when a situation like this happens I may pause a game to actually socialize with other humans, however I was playing GTA. GTA, the purest form of crack cocaine found to date. Ok needless to say I turned on my man autopilot and kept playing (and women say we can't multitask! hah, I'm faking a conversation with you and taking crack!), throw in the 'uh huh' 'yeah' and occasional 'ok' for your variants.
Mid-way through the conversation, I began to deduce whoever was on the phone wanted me to do something that involved not playing!?!!?!! So now I am, talking, dressing, and playing, when the xbox360 drops on its side. And by drop I don't even mean hit the floor fully. There was no thud, no crash, and no sound effect. It was like Mr. Burns giving you a high five, slow and feeble looking.
Now I'm no fool I know what happens when you move a 360 mid game. Rape. And not even your traditional kind, major Donkey Ass Rape. What's more, out of sheer reflex I tilted it back up. I double fucked it. Fuck you Microsoft.
After I cry my last tear and have the idea that I should contact Take 2 and ask for a replacement disc. Ok given that Take 2 have seen some of the billions profit made from GTA, I was sure they wouldn't be prepared to quibble 45 for the sake of the good name and another loyal customer that bought their title at launch. Wrong. 25 to send me a replacement disc, plus up to a month or more with no game. Hmmm.. something can't be right, the cost of a DVD is only a couple of pounds / dollars if that. Hmm I've already paid my dues to the developer and publisher by buying the full title, so can someone please explain why the fuck am I paying another 25 to them both? Fuck yourself Take 2 (Not Rockstar mind you they did a brilliant job at developing this game.)
After all is said and done I gave up. I've already ordered my second copy of GTA, and will sell the replacement if and when I get it. I am not as frustrated anymore just disappointed and Microsoft. Who makes a machine that is designed to stand up, or sit down, but if you ever dream of making that transition during the console being on, game over overload the millions spend on research and development never could possible forsee such a crazy situation happening. And of course Mr. Research and development at Microsoft realizes that we all buy Iron cages for our consoles to sit in so that they can't be moved, with delicate flaps on top for the console leprechauns to change our games and give us hugs. Go fuck yourself games Leprechaun. It's like the 360 came out of a 2.00 Christmas cracker.
Ahh, we'll the future is now imminent. Until now Microsoft got away with this crap, there was simply no other option if you're a gamer. Put up with the console or play a PS2 game. Now the PS3 is starting to come into its stride, more and more people are fed up with their Xbox 360 and do you blame them? Microsoft had a long time to correct the problems with there machines the ring of red, the CD scratching (while stationary) and just poor build design all over. I have to say I'm not a Sony Fan boy.. but I will be purchasing a PS3 very soon. It will probably coincide with the next time my 360 breaks down. Or maybe it will be until everyone realizes how underpowered the 360 really is by the fact that it cannot save game data to the hard drive. How long do you really think we can keep playing games of a 4 gig disc? I give it a year and a half.
- Albino Green
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