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April 1st, 9 EST on Fox. One of my favorite shows.

Had to get Guitar Hero for the No Doubt song pack. Pretty good songs to play, results below. Note: the 3rd song owned me.

In what seemed like ages (since nov), Creative has released new Vista drivers for their X-Fi cards. I have been having some problems with pausing music for a few minutes, hopefully this fixed it. Sometimes after pausing sound would be lost and the only way to get it back was to go to the Audio Console in the Control Panel and switch the mode (Gaming, Entertainment, Audio Creation).

Been fooling around with the controls. I updated the textboxes on the comments page to include watermark text. Cool stuff.

No Doubt songs (Don't Speak, Excuse Me Mr and Sunday Morning) were released for Guitar Hero 3, we need them for Rock Band. I'm planning on buying GH3 to have another guitar although I didn't like the boss fights, but more songs to practice are always good. But having them on Rock Band is not only cheaper, but I would probably sing along to these after a few beers.

Since Jordan left, NBA's TV ratings have never been the same. This year could be one of the best post-Jordan seasons.

8 teams have a good chance of winning it all (in no order):
Boston Celtics
Detroit Pistons
LA Lakers (Boo)
Phoenix Suns
San Antonio Spurs
New Orleans Hornets
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets

2 almost made the list:
Orlando Magic
Utah Jazz

I got Rock Band off Ebay for $40 shipped. Been waiting for it to be shipped from Gamerang but all the wannabes had it rented out. Now I can be the fake rock star. Great game, working my way through the hard difficulty which is a lot easier than Guitar Hero 2+3.

Took me a long time to move from medium, found it easier to play hard bass and practice from that than to slow down the guitar part. I like to hear the lyrics which is removed when the speed is reduced. I have no choice in some of the harder songs, I do have to practice a couple rounds in slow mo, need to get my finger speed up. If there is a lot of hammer-on and off, I will mess up.

Just 2 episodes into a short 8 episode season shows why Lost is tops. Even the highly advertised Sarah Connor Chronicles is no match for old faithful. If I have to wait a year for next season it is going to be torture.

The reviews for this game were definitely spot on. Even after a few hours of play I could see this turning into a boring and repetitive adventure. Run around, pickpocket, eavesdrop, save villager, kill target, run. I'm going to try to continue, hope it gets better (probably wont).

Got a different unit back, not the HDMI model. Let's see how it goes. After turning it on, I noticed how much louder it is than the PS3. Trying out Assassin's Creed.

Wow.

Buy this game! What they put in this little handheld game is amazing. I'm not sure how far I am, but the bosses I have seen so far have no equal in any Xbox title I have played thus far.
Note: The final boss for Heavenly Sword (PS3) was quite good.

Took my cousin to drop off his 3 red light Xbox 360 today. Without telling them what it was, the UPS guy stated that he wasted his money on the 360, and he should get a PS3 instead. Lol. Must get a lot of these packages.

Because of the horrible state of the Xbox 360 hardware, I got myself a PS3. Haven't played any games on it yet, but at least I can watch my movies again.

Brady moves on, Manning knocked out. Brady all the way!

Yes, Microsoft has blessed me with another broken Xbox. No red lights, but freezing in Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero 3. Wasn't bad at first, now I'm not able to play.

1/5/08 - Waiting for box.

1/7/08 - Played GH 3 and COD4 for a few hours without crashing. Hmm.

1/10/08 - Got box, will see in a couple days if the problem comes back before I send it.

1/12/08 - COD4 crashing again. Dropped off at UPS.

1/18/08 - At the service center in McAllen, TX.

1/31/08 - Got my Xbox back, different unit, no HDMI. Turns on (crosses fingers). Wow, it is much louder than my 40gig PS3.

So I installed XNA 2.0 with Visual Studios 2005 Professional. I used the update tool to migrate my 1.0 project into 2.0 and with a few minor changes, it was up and running. This project only needs a couple weekends of work to complete. I'm going to try and finish it by year end.

Xna

Wow, can't wait.

Lost Season 4 Trailer

WTF is Riley thinking? He is the best player on the Heat. Not only can he pass and lock down offensive players like Paul Pierce, but he was getting his shot back. Which coach wouldn't want a Penny on their team?

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA