After four and a half years of year round school I'm finally near completion!  While I'm not totally done, I've only a week left of an online class and half a semester of a Monday only class.  For the first time in years I can look forward to more than a few days in a row of gaming (without homework looking over my shoulder).  To celebrate I'm going to... play games!  I am a gamer after all.

After consulting "Game Wishlist" spreadsheet, I decided to concentrate on getting some 360 games.  I grabbed a giftcard my Dad gave me for my birthday and went shopping.  Over the course of a few days I was able to visit many different stores during my lunch break.  My end of week winnings were:

Enslaved - 9.99
Gears of War - 4.99
Alan Wake - 14.99

Not flea market or thrift store prices, but still not bad.  Friday night, after the kids and my wife were asleep (and I finished my nightly cleanup) I anxiously placed Alan Wake into my 360 and turned it on... five minutes later I got the Two Rings of Death!  Nooooooo!

Damage control:  The system is a launch system, and I had already fixed it once (RROD Red Ring, fixed for around $10).  I can fix it myself (for a cost of around $0, as I already have the thermal paste) or I can take it to a local game shop (Destiny Games, for you Metro Detroiters) that will fix it for around $50, but I have to ask myself:  Do I want to fix this machine?  It's a launch machine after all, and will no doubt break again (remember this is the second fix).  Also, only my games (read: graphic intensive games) overheat the machine.  My son's Lego games will play for hours.  I might just wait until refund time next spring and buy a new machine.  I'm torn.

Meanwhile a good friend of mine had heard of my plight (we were starting to voice chat when my system died) and showed me mercy.  He offered to sell me a load of games for a shockingly low price along with shipping (he lives in Texas).  I'm too embarrassed to share the price, but let it be said that I am in this friends dept.  Thanks, Brudda'.  Currently on the way are:

DS
Retro Game Challenge
Dragon Quest VI
Dragon Quest IX
Dragon Quest Rocket Slime
Contact
Pokemon Black
Nostalgia

PSP
Legend of Heroes Trilogy
Assassin's Creed Bloodlines
Jeanne D'Arc
Final Fantasy Crisis Core
Final Fantasy Tactics
PoPoLoCrois
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Disgaea
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles

Now I just need to figure out how to fit several coney dogs in a shipping box without tipping over...


UPDATE: Apparently I forgot that Lunar Silver Star Harmony for PSP is coming as well.

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