Functionally ReTodded

I just had to make one of the hardest decisions of my life.  After months of acting weird and just being downright ornery and obstinate, I had no other choice but to put my X-Box 360 in the Microsoft-provided container and ship it back to them.

Actually, I had to ship it to Plano, Texas or some such hell hole.  But the point is that it is no longer here for me.

I got the hallowed gaming system on Christmas Eve morning and after about two months, it started having difficulty playing some of my games.  Then it got worse and worse, to the point that I could not play a single rented or newly purchased X-Box 360 title.

It also took about eleventy jillion calls to Microsoft’s crack support staff who, among other things:

Blamed me for not following the instructions.

Blamed me for putting it on its side or installing it properly

Blamed me for moving the console while there was a disc inside and turning

Blamed me for using it wrong

Now, I am a lot of things.  But a fucking retard when it comes to video games I am not.  I became a bit crabby and they finally agreed that 91 days was in fact inside of the manufacturer’s one year warranty.

So they sent me a box with a pre-paid 3-day shipping label inside and after having the return box for a month (roughly the time it will actually take them to fix or replace the console) I finally boxed it up, followed the return instructions and will send it on its way tomorrow.

And now I’m sad.  I put 2Doh down for a nap just now, and wandered into my office and actually picked up the controller to play some X-Box live Texas Hold ‘em, only to see the empty hole where the console should be.

Some would say that the timing is good, as it will leave me more time to spend with my ever-expanding family.

I say hogwash.  That game system has gotten me thru a LOT of tough times and it will get me thru more as long as the people that work for Bill Gates get it back to me in working order and in a timely fashion.

So for now, it’s gonna be blog fixing or playing X-Box at Superios’ house.

I think I’m voting for the latter.