It's All That

The Xbox 360, is indeed, all it's cracked up to be.

Our units arrived Saturday around Noon. We spent the next couple of hours hooking them up, finding adapters, etc., By 2 or 3:00 we were playing G.R.A.W. with Mike & Reeves.

Let me just say, it was the best Ghost Recon experience we could have possibly imagined. The graphics are superb, which was to be expected, but more surprisingly, the game play was MUCH better. The U.I. - for the first time- actually makes sense, and doesn't suck. (unlike the previous 4 versions)

The Xbox 360 itself is just phenomenal. I'm a huge fan of the wireless controllers. That just rocked our worlds. We also hooked my Xbox (which is upstairs) to our Media Center (downstairs) so now I can watch recorded TV upstairs when I use the elliptical machine. (bonus points!)

We played for several hours on Saturday, although I had to take a break to join my Mom and many other family members at my niece's school's fundraising auction. It was quite an event, and very impressive! I came home with Macromedia Studio 8 (because I'm a geek, and no one bidded against me).

Sunday morning was spent playing more GR. In the afternoon, I dragged Dick and Christopher down to Santa Clara for the afternoon. Yesterday was the finals competition for the WGI West Power Regional. In my little world, this was a big deal, and I thought it would be a great show to bring Dick to. He's never been before, and I figured that I would like him to see one show with me, and that this would be a great one to see. There were several of the top groups there from around the country, and it's only weeks before nationals, so they should all be nearly at their best. Dick made it through just fine. I had also invited Reeves and Paula along since I knew that Paula used to be in color guard in High School, and that she would enjoy it. I was really glad that they could come to share the experience with us.

Sure enough, we came home by 6:30pm, ordered a pizza and salad, and were back to playing Xbox.

it's kind of sick, really.

But we're happy, and we're having fun. :)