In November, I received my birthday present early from Mom, Dad, Lerrin & Lisa — an XBox. Anyone who knows my computing platform preferences may be shocked to hear that.
But I love it.
The XBox console has amazing graphics. I’ll admit that I was excited about the Playstation 2 when it came out, and was underwhelmed by the quality of the graphics. I’m definitely more-than-whelmed at the quality of the XBox. Click below to read more…
The XBox has a built-in hard drive, which means the game data is all saved internally. A definite plus over my Sega DreamCast with its memory cards a la the Playstation (which, if you have a chance to pick up, do so. The quality of the DreamCast is amazing, and the machines can be had extraordinarily cheap).
I’m not a hard-core gamer, to be honest. I enjoy goofing around with games, but my days of spending 4+ hours on a game at a sitting are definitely over — I think that comes with parenthood. But I’ve whiled many hours away playing Halo so far, and I’m not bored yet. Stuck, yes. Bored, no. I do wish that the multiplayer option in it had bots to fight, since my friend Bear and I have crushed each other under the weight of the flying warthog too many times. I currently own Halo, Max Payne, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 for the XBox. I also got the DVD playback kit for it, so that I could watch the Original Edition, and the Extended Edition of Lord of the Rings that I bought. (Yes, pathetic. And if you haven’t seen LOTR yet, don’t even bother talking to me anymore.)
The downsides to the XBox? They are: