Christmas just makes me spend money... too much if you ask me. I once again got more games than I'll be able to finish all year round, for sure. The main offender isn't only the number of actual games purchased this year though, but rather one specific title that is sure to steal my precious play time again and again.
At first, I thought I'd never get to play it. Postponed release date in Canada, sold out almost everywhere... the future was bleak. Most of my friends had pre-ordered it back in August. August! Oh well. I was just winging it; hoping to find a lost copy somewhere.... and I guess I did!
For no apparent reason other than stupidity, I left the (relative) comfort of the 30+ relative-filled chalet my family rents every year around Christmas time and went shopping on December 26th. This chalet is way out there in nowhere land, so I couldn't just head back to my beloved metropolis. Instead, I just found the closest gathering of buildings that remotely looked like a town. Or the second one... the first one being utterly uninteresting besides from the facts that 1- its streets were parking lots and 2- I had to go through them to get anywhere.
So, still fueling off my stupidity (or so I thought), I hit the closest Futureshop (US readers: Best Buy) for some deals on whatever Futureshop thinks I need. Turns out December 26th shopping ain't that crazy when you're close to nowhere. Good deal. And there it was... being used as a pedestal for other products! Pretending to be uninteresting. The big bulky box of ROCK. Not rocks, ROCK. ROCK N' ROLL.
3 hours later I'm back in the chalet with my box, explaining to everyone that this is not playable on the PS2 that's hooked up downstairs... nor that Gamecube. "On the Xbox? We have a 360 here? COOL!! Wait, no, not that one. That's an original Xbox. There's a new one that came out. No, it's not compatible." (My relatives aren't really well-versed in the intricacies of the console world...) "Why did I buy this game, then? Maybe because I want it? Like... I want to play it once I get back home?" 24 hours I was back home.
Assemble the accessories, connect everything, power up the 360, sit a friend down, load the disc.... Rock Band is truly everything it needed to be.
(I'm not even sure why I'm not playing it right n
At first, I thought I'd never get to play it. Postponed release date in Canada, sold out almost everywhere... the future was bleak. Most of my friends had pre-ordered it back in August. August! Oh well. I was just winging it; hoping to find a lost copy somewhere.... and I guess I did!
For no apparent reason other than stupidity, I left the (relative) comfort of the 30+ relative-filled chalet my family rents every year around Christmas time and went shopping on December 26th. This chalet is way out there in nowhere land, so I couldn't just head back to my beloved metropolis. Instead, I just found the closest gathering of buildings that remotely looked like a town. Or the second one... the first one being utterly uninteresting besides from the facts that 1- its streets were parking lots and 2- I had to go through them to get anywhere.
So, still fueling off my stupidity (or so I thought), I hit the closest Futureshop (US readers: Best Buy) for some deals on whatever Futureshop thinks I need. Turns out December 26th shopping ain't that crazy when you're close to nowhere. Good deal. And there it was... being used as a pedestal for other products! Pretending to be uninteresting. The big bulky box of ROCK. Not rocks, ROCK. ROCK N' ROLL.
3 hours later I'm back in the chalet with my box, explaining to everyone that this is not playable on the PS2 that's hooked up downstairs... nor that Gamecube. "On the Xbox? We have a 360 here? COOL!! Wait, no, not that one. That's an original Xbox. There's a new one that came out. No, it's not compatible." (My relatives aren't really well-versed in the intricacies of the console world...) "Why did I buy this game, then? Maybe because I want it? Like... I want to play it once I get back home?" 24 hours I was back home.
Assemble the accessories, connect everything, power up the 360, sit a friend down, load the disc.... Rock Band is truly everything it needed to be.
(I'm not even sure why I'm not playing it right n
malloreigh:
rock band is good then?