Just got to say that Need for Speed :Hot pursuit was awesome. Just finished getting gold on all races and I've enjoyed every minute. I hope EA continue using Criterion for their NFS games. At least if it has that on the box it's sure to sell even though we all know it's Burnout underneath. Top , top racer ,best I've played since Burnout 2.
On another note anyone here tried Nailed yet? I loved Pure and this seems similar, I am tempted to get it but have heard mixed reviews.

YAY! Red Rings! My favorite color!

I occasionally get them if I play for quite a while, turn it off, and turn it back on within 15-30 minutes (probably just needs to cool off), but I haven't used it for about 3-4 days and got it right away earlier tonight. Sounds like a sign to me!

@Dezner
That sucks.

Do you still have it under warranty? That would be the only positive in this situation.

Sadly, no. My friend gave it to me around May 2009, it was his "backup" system that he had replaced the disc drive himself. (I think any warranty is void if the sticker is broken, which makes sense) It's definitely an old model, without an HDMI port and came with the 20GB hard drive. But really, considering its age, it gave me almost two years of good use with little to no problem. Sad thing is, I just got a 250GB hard drive this past December for $50. I wonder if finally getting a PS3 during Christmas had something to do with a little console jealousy, leading to red ring death somehow, haha.

I'm getting Virtual On: Force soon and I'll post impressions here if anyone is interested in the Mecha Fighting import.

@Dezner: Your 360 probably has some anti PS3 Magnet in it that pulls the motherboard apart when near the PS3, just to show you that it'll not stand for console infidelity. XD

Just 1750/1750'd Dragon Age: Origins over the weekend. Such a groovy game. I rushed through Awakenings much faster than I should have. It deserves a replay I think.

The only other game I've 100% completed was Fallout 3.

Congrats man, that's a lot of work! I personally liked Dragon Age pretty well but for some reason just sorta lost interest halfway through.

Anyone have a spare corded USB 360 controller I can have for my laptop? :3

My roommates cat has been systematically eliminating my wired controllers by chewing on the cords whenever I leave the room. On the plus side he got a bit of a shock last time when he was chewing through it when the system was on. That should teach the little bastard!

o.o You should invest in wireless controllers then xD

I'm learning all kinds of new terms today....reflow, reball.....all RROD terms! So after researching, mine has the E08 error/ 0020 secondary error, which means unless I have enough uber hax to re-solder a connection with lead, I'm screwed!

That's ok though, one of my friends bought the Halo Reach 360-S when it came out, and he's letting me borrow his old one for now. ^^ Only bad thing is, even an installed game sounds like it isn't....I miss the quietness.

Both of my 360s [my first 360 had the RROD years ago] are always freaking noisy, but strangely my Wii and PS3 are always quiet.

So anyway, I managed to complete Super Meat Boy's Dark World and Light World version of the Cotton Alley about a week ago. That game was hard but awesome.

Out of curiosity, is anyone else going to buy the Dreamcast Collection? I bought it, and I thought it was a pretty sweet deal since you are only paying $30 for four Dreancast games.

I would...if I didn't already own all the games on said collection.

I'm a little disappointed in the Dreamcast collection personally. Only four games, and two of them suffer from emulation issues supposedly. I'd honestly prefer a Saturn collection, since many of those games can be trickier to find.

Hopefully they'll do a Volume two with better games.

Guess what I have guys~

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Virtual On: Force! The import has some English subtitles in it but only about 15% as far as I can tell...the game plays good although due to the confusion of menus due to 90% of Japanese text it's hard to naviagate the game properly.

Virtual On is still kicking? Neat! Is it true to its arcade roots?

Pretty much, there is even a mission mode! I'm trying to find a lobby online but it's near non-existent.

Yeah, I can imagine finding enough Japanese 360 players (plus whatever number of people that may have imported it) is going to be pretty rough. Here's hoping for a western release!

I doubt it'll have a western release if they half arsed the English in this game in case people did import it but it'd help if it was more active online...I did connect once but the host's connection was very low and everyone exited before I could even tell what's going on...taking a random stab at menu options isn't exactly a great idea...the back box has dual languages but the rest of the game only has Japanese with one or two important words being English, like "FIGHT!" (obvious) and VS...it's sad to see it has no online despite it being out for only three months.