01 09/07
15:51

Xbox 360 meta-games

There are a bunch of good games for the Xbox 360 (Bioshock comes to mind) but lately I’ve been playing a bunch of Xbox 360 meta-games. Some of them are more fun than others.

Big Money no Rings

Prior to getting the red rings of death you often have a randomly freezing system. This game is played by crossing your fingers every time you turn your system on and hope that it does not freeze and you don’t get red rings. It is a pretty short game. For us it was about 2 days.

Best Buy Inventory Searcher

We had a replacement plan from Best Buy. The game was to find a premium system with HDMI at any Best Buy in Austin. The systems that were not premiums with HDMI were manufactured over a year ago and would be prone to the RROD again. This game is made more difficult by some quality Best Buy employees. “Xbox Premium with HDMI? Oh, you mean the Elite. We have those.” This game took us about 2 weeks and numerous phone calls.

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