alexl86

@mlarrabee: I've cleared the cashe multiple times, but as I said, after the second time I removed the HDD and put it back in, I haven't had any troubles.

Really looking forward to a new GTA. GTAIV was one of my favorites of this generation, as was Vice City of the previous generation.

@BlinkyTM: That sucks. I remember my old 360 freezing after I had pretty much run through all the overworld of Oblivion to mark locations on my map(from Skingrad, up to Bruma, to Cheydinhal and south, to Leyawiin and up to Bravil), and just as I nearly reached my intended resting place, the game froze and annulled what must've been 50 locations I had found.

After inserting my hard drive for the second time, doing the old NES blow as if it was a cartridge, I've had exactly zero freezes. Maybe the problem was related to the connection between the 360 and the Harddrive, and I won't have any further problems.

@IrishBrewed said:

Oh I know its been done before, but why not call out Bethesda for joining the folds of screwing hardcore fans too? The fact that this is still going on and gamestop still insist that if you dont pre order they wont have still makes me chuckle.

Join the fold? You do realize that Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3 had similar Collector's Editions, right? As far as the individual contents go, the Dragon statuette would probably retail higher than $20. It looks pretty detailed. Overall, it's a better package than most CE I've seen and the price is reasonable for what's in it, but I'm still not getting it.

No, I wouldn't even accept it as a gift. I'd rather have that Alduin statuette from the Collector's Edition. Of course, I'd rather have $100 than the Alduin statuette, which is why I got the regular edition...

@MasturbatingestBear said:

Nightwing aint no Robin. So I'm not for hearing him talk cause hes useless to me.

Actually, he is. Or technically was. Dick Grayson was the first Robin before taking on the Nightwing persona and was Robin much longer than the Robins since.

Art is so loosely defined that practically anything can qualify as art. I've given it some thought from time to time, and reached this conclusion:

Art serves no practical purpose, but is meticulously crafted. It provokes an emotional or intellectual response. Video games meet these criteria, so I consider it art. However, I don't have high standards and will consider any book, film, painting, song, billboard and corporate logo to be art as well. The difference is that I only think a very small percentage of it is actually good art.

@TEHMAXXORZ: Actually, I've removed the hard drive an it hasn't frozen up since, so it's probably the hard drive(it froze up 3 times in what couldn't be more than an hour). It's definitely not the disc, because it's happened with five different games, one downloadable. I've had it running for a few hours without the hard drive now with no hiccups. I should put it back in and see if I can get through a few more Batman challenge maps.

I'd like to state up front that I don't think there's anything wrong with the console itself, but it was my reaction when it happened.

Some backstory is in order: I was a clueless Playstation fanboy, praising the earth sony walked on. I owned both a PS1 and PS2, though my friend had bought an Xbox 360. At any opportunity he'd try get me to buy one, but I was holding out for a PS3. 1 year after it's release, I cracked. The PS3 had nothing interesting going for it. MGS4 was still far off and I found none of the current games appealing, while I had played a fair amount of good 360 games at that point and I think Mass Effect was the thing that really sold me on it. I save up some money and buy a 360 bundle with Forza 2 and Viva Pinata. My new 360 arrived broken. It had a weird graphical issue, and I got it replaced through the internet store where I bought it. My second 360 lasted 2 years. Annoyingly, I had just bought Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Darksiders. It was the infamous red ring. I bought 250 gb 360S almost a year after.

I've done a fair bit of catching up this year, while trying to keep up. I've bought Red Dead, Hot Pursuit and Fallout: New Vegas. I adore Bethesda. While I liked Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3 are among my favorite games of this generation. But New Vegas is a mess. Even now, a year after it's release and a hefty patch. I still played it though, and a lot. The game would freeze with regularity. More than once I've lost an hour or more, and more than once my autosave was also corrupted by such an incident.

The only reason why I'm talking specifically about Fallout is that, like when I'm playing Fallout, my 360 itself is now freezing up. I've had this problem for weeks now. When I turn it on, I can play and get a meaningful experience, but eventually it'll freeze. If I immediately turn it back on, it freezes after a short time. My xbox is less than a year old. How can this be happening, I thought. Unlike most people though, I consulted Microsof's customer support site, specifically on screen freezes.

I followed a step-by-step guide on the site. After completing a few steps, the conclusion was a hard drive issue. The last time my 360 broke, my harddrive was fine and I could import all my save games back into the new one. However, sending my hard drive away to get a replacement scares me. I tried using my MP3 player as temporary storage, but it was rejected, my old memory unit isn't compatible with my new 360, and the only other storage unit I can think of is hooked up to the TV. I suppose I could wait for cloud storage. Also, Skyrim is released in less than 2 weeks and I can't be in a situation where a physical copy of that game exists in my house and I cannot play it.

Edit: After removing the HDD and putting it back in two times I haven't had any troubles and hope this issue is resolved.

A Batman game without Joker is more interesting than another game with him at this point.