I was being nosey today and saw that the new neighbors brought home one of the newer-style Xbox 360s. Then the son started bringing a perfectly good old-style Xbox 360s out to the trash, so I went out there, stopped him, and asked if I could have it for $10.
So now I have an Xbox 360 and no games or controllers. It came with all the connection cords and a hard drive, though, so that's good. I was told it's already red-ringed a couple of times before, so I shouldn't play it for more than a couple of hours at a time, but I'm perfectly fine with that. I'm assuming the red-ring problem is why the kid didn't try to haggle for price.
Oh, Alessa and Chell just got back. They bought a couple of games, but had to borrow a controller from the neighbor. Apparently, the shop down the way doesn't stock controllers, so we'll have to go sometime to pick up a controller from Gamestop in the next town over (Alessa and Chell forgot to take more cash with them today).
Anyway, now we have...hmm...let's see... "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY Edition" and "Alan Wake." Two good games, I'm assuming. I was never too caught up with anything except Nintendo and Sony, since that's all we've had for forever. Interestingly enough, they got both games with the original cases and all of that. Right now, however, we're still trying to figure out how exactly this Xbox works, making our little avatars or whatever, checking out XBLA and all that...Just the usual first-time user nonsense.
If they keep blowing all their money like this, however, we'll never be able to buy that Wii so we can play Skyward Sword. I mean, Chell went as far as to TAKE FROM the bucket we've set up for this. It's ridiculous. I may have to get a LOCKED piggy bank and set it all up in my room where they can put money in but not take out.
So..Yeah. Any suggestions for future 360 games we should be getting? It would help out a lot. Alessa has a lot of suggestions, but only for XBLA games and not actual games on a CD. Chell doesn't really keep up with games besides Portal, too.
Edit) Well, the neighbors came over and explained that their son wasn't supposed to try to throw out the old Xbox. Then they said that since I had no idea and they assume they don't need it anymore, we could keep the Xbox. The controller too, since it came with the system and their son didn't need it. That was nice of them to understand like that.
So now I have an Xbox 360 and no games or controllers. It came with all the connection cords and a hard drive, though, so that's good. I was told it's already red-ringed a couple of times before, so I shouldn't play it for more than a couple of hours at a time, but I'm perfectly fine with that. I'm assuming the red-ring problem is why the kid didn't try to haggle for price.
Oh, Alessa and Chell just got back. They bought a couple of games, but had to borrow a controller from the neighbor. Apparently, the shop down the way doesn't stock controllers, so we'll have to go sometime to pick up a controller from Gamestop in the next town over (Alessa and Chell forgot to take more cash with them today).
Anyway, now we have...hmm...let's see... "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY Edition" and "Alan Wake." Two good games, I'm assuming. I was never too caught up with anything except Nintendo and Sony, since that's all we've had for forever. Interestingly enough, they got both games with the original cases and all of that. Right now, however, we're still trying to figure out how exactly this Xbox works, making our little avatars or whatever, checking out XBLA and all that...Just the usual first-time user nonsense.
If they keep blowing all their money like this, however, we'll never be able to buy that Wii so we can play Skyward Sword. I mean, Chell went as far as to TAKE FROM the bucket we've set up for this. It's ridiculous. I may have to get a LOCKED piggy bank and set it all up in my room where they can put money in but not take out.
So..Yeah. Any suggestions for future 360 games we should be getting? It would help out a lot. Alessa has a lot of suggestions, but only for XBLA games and not actual games on a CD. Chell doesn't really keep up with games besides Portal, too.
Edit) Well, the neighbors came over and explained that their son wasn't supposed to try to throw out the old Xbox. Then they said that since I had no idea and they assume they don't need it anymore, we could keep the Xbox. The controller too, since it came with the system and their son didn't need it. That was nice of them to understand like that.
