Hi again stranger!

So yeah.. haven't updated this blog in quite some time, no excuses really other than I've had little to talk about lately XD! but that's all changed as of recently I am now the owner of an XBOX 360. I distinctly recall telling myself I'd never get one of these things... but here I am, and allot of it has to do with (A) my main computer I used for gaming died and I can't afford to repair/upgrade it and (B) can't afford to buy a whole new PC.
So it was coming up to Christmas and I just decided I'd go out and get one (the arcade model) for $315 was a pretty good deal and as far as I'm aware the cheapest next gen console on the market atm. If I could afford to buy a PC gaming rig would I? hell yeah, I still would prefer a PC over console for gaming but hey beggars can't be choosers.
So, back to the 360. We got a few games for it, Halo 3, Halo ODST and Mass effect which I picked up for $24! and let me say this, I would highly recommend to anyone who hasn't already played this game to go out and either buy it (its dirt cheap!) or rent it and I'm not going to bore you spieling on about the game, go read a review on one of the major gaming sites, its just a fantastic game and I'm so looking forward to mass Effect 2.
Back to the 360, there are still a few things I need to get some time for it, one being an HDD, because of course you can't use a non-official external HD >.> thanks MS that would have been to easy.. so I have 3 external HD's laying around that I can't use to download marketplace stuff to, sigh... the other thing I need to get would be another controller so we can do some split screen and co-op Halo and finally (and probably least likely) but I'd like to pick up an HD 22 or 24" LCD as I'm currently running the console on a small CRT TV on standard 420p 4:3 ratio which is far from adequate visually as most of the games are forced to run in squished down letter box mode which makes it near impossible to read text and just doesn't do the games visuals any justice.
Aside from all that stuff I've found myself quite satisfied with it so far and really looking forward to some games coming out soon, it just feels good to be able to play the latest game releases again.
Well that's about enough ranting from me, I'll be sure to update soon if I find good enough reason XD, peace!