Just got a new Elite from Microsoft to replace a dead one, free of charge. Sounds more like UPS fail than Microsoft fail.

Hah... sadness. I am staying in today because according to UPS my replacement 360 is coming today and requires a signature for delivery. Which I only got because my 360 red-ringed months before it finally shut off, and any history of a RROD counts.

@Googlo: i lol'd.

His talent is filling in all the gaps that many of us filled with our imaginations before cynicism and 1080p rendered our that slightly less useful.

Ya know what? There are worse alternatives. I can't count how many girls and guys I know who are in despair over some shitty hangup or lack of a partner who could use some sort of confidence builder. People are lonely, and if this keeps someone from going to a dating sim to find companionship, then I wish it well.

Awesome. Really. Even if he wasn't Chunk, I'd still love it. To know that a kid actor turned out more than ok, that's a bunch of marsaschino cherries floating in my glass of Coca Cola.

They're French, kissing.

@Zinger314: If only, man, if only...

@Primal80s: Yep.

I have a friend who intentionally rents and buys games for the Xbox 360 with the sole purpose of raising his score. Both him and his girlfriend deride the common obsession with fantasy football and sports with startling viciousness. Thousands are spent on video games by them. Two and two have not been put together.

I like it that a mushroom-power-upped Mario has jumped out of the way of the Modern Warfare guys, only to get kicked in the toadstool by the soccer/football players.

@2NinjasTapedTogether: yarr, that's going to replace the white whale in me nightmares...

It's easier to cry about a videogame than deal with crime in the streets. Just ask America.

For Christmas, I'd like my Xbox 360 to come back from service. I was just getting into Assassin's Creed 2 when the video card decided it had enough to do with the rest of the console. After that, gift cards.

@ostartero: He, and this is why I love art. Also, your icon is the album that contains my favorite song of this year, Zero. Now, I am listening to it.

@nworobes: Thank you, this made my day. Thanks to all the kind words, everyone.

Someone hit the reset button, the NPC is stuck in a wall again.

Well if they don't want to pay for quality jobs in the United States for something that Americans buy MORE than any other place on Ear th (video games), I'll do like I did with my car and buy Japanese.