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Monthly Archives: August 2007

BioShock

Monday, August 27, 2007

BioShock is the best anti objectivist essay I have ever played through.
Ultimately, that’s not a good one sentence review.
Let me try again.
“BioShock is one of the few games in my collection that has compelled me to its completion.”
In fact, I’m playing through it again, and that should tell you something else.  I’m doing it for [...]

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360 Watch ‘07: The Conclusion

Friday, August 24, 2007

Well, I got my 360 back from Microsoft yesterday. Well, to be more accurate, a 360. Instead of repairing my old one they just sent me a new unit. And it certainly looks new. Has a manufacturing date of August 2007, and all of the protective plastic is still on the [...]

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360 Watch ‘07

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

My device has been received at the service center.  Now I can stalk the status of the repair at service.xbox.com.
Will I receive it before the BioShock release next Tuesday?  Who knows?

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Untimely

Monday, August 13, 2007

Now that my 360 is in a box on its way to the Microsoft repair depot in Texas, of course there are games I would love to be able to play. Case in point, BioShock. I think it has everything I’m looking for in a video game.
Giant Robot Man Monster Thing? Check.
Creepy [...]

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I think this may be my killer app

Sunday, August 5, 2007

This strip basically sums up one of the main reasons I would purchase a PlayStation3, and one of the reasons why I remain on the fence.
I bought the 360 for the social element. Now that mine’s in the shop—well not technically, I guess the box to send it to the shop is on its [...]

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