RRODd – A Follow Up
As a follow up to my last post; I’ve booked my console in for repairs, it’s going to get picked up on Monday. In the meantime, Rob has kindly lent me his 360 (whilst away for the weekend), so I am busy storming through Dead Space in an attempt to finish it before he gets back.
Which is a shame, really, as I wanted to savour this experience somewhat. But if I don’t finish this weekend, I’ll be waiting another 2-3 weeks to find out what happened aboard the USG Ishimura. And that just wont do. Plus, I have a review to write (yes, that’s right, a review! What was the last one I wrote… oh yes, Homestar Ruiner. Yeesh, two months ago. Clearly, I need to play more games).
2 Years and 8 Months
That was the approximate lifespan of my 360. Not bad, all things considered. I have often marvelled at how sturdy mine was, in the face of such overwhelming failure rates. However, tonight, it finally died.
Which wouldn’t be so bad, if not for the fact that Dead Space arrived today. I got as far as the splash screen before the console died on me. Now, as readers of this blog and, in fact, anyone who has spoken to me recently about games will know, I have been rather anticipating this title. In fact, the last game I was this excited about was BioShock, well over a year ago. In some respects, I needed this. It’s been a long time since I last had a game that I totally lost myself in.
EDIT: It has un-RRODd for now. Fuck me, Dead Space is scary.
EDIT: I made the mistake of switching it off whilst watching Never Mind The Buzzcocks. It’d RRODd again. It started working last time after I left it for a while, maybe it’ll do the same again? In the meantime, I’ve booked it in for repair all the same. Will take 2-3 weeks, joys. I think I need to find someone to borrow a 360 off.
