$7 of pure evil
So, I found a copy of “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” at Blockbuster used for $7. I’d say that one definitely belongs in the “win” category. I’m not what I’d call a huge fan of the series, but it’s fun in a gangsta sandbox kind of way. Ultimately, it feels like you’re running around a completely empty city, but it’s got so much style and it’s written so well, that it’s easy to overlook its flaws.
As for my XBOX 360, I’m still on backorder. The window is starting to close on “noob” access to the launch games. The way XBOX Live works, the longer you wait to get into an online game, the more hostile it becomes to you. Granted, XBOX Live players are ALWAYS hostile, but there’s a special contempt reserved for “noobs.” New players aren’t welcomed on XBOX Live, and the harrassment you go through from your “teammates” when trying to learn a map that everyone else knows makes playing at all pretty much worthless. Eventually the window completely closes. I’d hate to be a new player trying to get into Halo 2 right about now, or a Perfect Dark Zero player who picked up the game after Christmas.
I found this rule out the hard way when I first jumped into XBOX Live way back when. The verbal raping I received on MechAssault and Ghost Recon: Island Thunder kept me offline for a very long time. I really don’t have the patience to put up with it now, so the longer I’m delayed in getting the system, the less enthusiastic I am about the first generation of XBOX 360 games. At this point, I can’t help wondering if I should wait to see what the PS3 has to offer, especially considering the XBOX 360 is unlikely to be widely available for purchase until after the PS3 launches sometime this spring.
Of course, I’ve promised my friend Michael I won’t abandon him to the XBOX 360 by himself. Part of the reason why I want it is so that we can play some cooperative games together. But I’m so pissed off at Microsoft and Best Buy for how they completely screwed up the launch that if it wasn’t for my friend I would boycott the system on the same principle that I boycotted the PS2.
