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Mood: Distorted ]
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Currently: Listening to the ringing in my ear… ]
Oh my lord.
I am a big fan of Fox’s t.v. show, The Shield.
Shawn Ryan’s writing staff and vision for this series has enthralled and satisfied me with every season.
The cast’s acting is phenomenal, from Michael Chiklis’ determined and vicious Vic Mackey to the supporting cast, who provide in their brief moments on screen some of the most powerful performances to grace the small screen. Each episode is an exercise in excellent, if sometimes unorthodox or downright disturbing television.
Which is why my wife and I decided, in light of September 2nd’s airing of the final season, to begin at the beginning.
Five minutes into the first episode of season one, though, my Xbox 360 got different ideas.
The dvd drive on my 360 dropped out of the game in March of 2007, but I never got the red ring of death. Instead, the console decided that, as I played Crackdown, it would simply drop some of my visuals, willy nilly.
For example, instead of this…
I’d see something like this:
Microsoft, with my extended warranty, took swift care of my 360, sending me a "repaired" or "refusbished" model. Presumably, my original box was irreparable. No biggie. The one they sent me got me through the Halo 3 Beta test, numerous plays in Oblivion, Fable, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Halo 3, the aforementioned Crackdown, and over 40 Xbox Live Arcade titles. Good times.
But the good times are on pause for the next three weeks or so, folks. Maybe this will spur me to change my lackadaisical writing ways.
That, or my wife will make good on her threat to get me a Nintendo DS to play with for the next few weeks… 