File Under: Don't ever even think about buying a Microsoft Xbox 360

That's right I said it. I have fucking had it. For the third time I have the three flashing lights of death. For the third time I had to call these assholes, in what ever country they are in. For the third time, they will take a month to fix the damn thing. Oh wait, they don't actually do that, they keep it for 2-3 weeks then send me another one.

For my trouble they were kind enough to offer me a free month of X-Box Live. Free? Fuck you I already paid for it and you are just replacing it. Then they offered me one of their shitty discount shelf games. We are talking launch titles here. How is that compensation? Admittedly Viva Pinata is one of them, but I already have it.

So I asked to talk to a supervisor, stupid shit that I am. I had time for Eve Online to finish downloading (I started the download when I made the call), install, watch the intro video, and start creating a toon, before Mark (she said her name was Mark), came back and handed me over to Edgy. Edgy is a royal douche and I hope that his education in the language of English helped him to pick up the nuances of what I was telling him. All Edgy and his ilk will tell you is that, there isn't a damn thing they are going to do to make you feel better about the fact that their product is a world class piece of donkey flop. He just kept repeating that I could either do it their way or enjoy my new 36o shaped brick. The conversation ended with me asking him to "Please just send the fucking box." Which is all that was going to happen in the first place.

So to you, I say, don't even think about buying an Xbox 360. It's a big festering turd. You will end up with 4 different consoles in just over 2 years and contemplate why you shelled out all that fucking money in the first place. Just go read a nice book or something.

Addendum: This is not an isolated issue, I have two friends who have had this failure in the last 4 months. Theses machines are shit.

Also, EA, that's right fucking EA, replaced their defective drum pads for Rock Band in 2 days. TWO DAYS!