Phil Villarreal, film critic for the Arizona Star, has been writing a diary during his recent XBOX 360 RRoD ordeal. In it, Phil deals with his feelings of pain, betrayal, disappointment and loss by writing to his beloved XBOX.
Jan. 25
I bought one of those Mexican Jesus candles and put it on top of you, hoping for a little divine intervention. Nothing. I opened your disc drive and blew into you, just as I did to bring back my old NES from the netherworld. Not working. Xbox 360, I wish I could quit you.Jan. 26
I don’t know how to tell you this, but I’ve started to see other consoles. I met this petite, compact, motion-sensing pal named Wii, and this big, black behemoth called PS3, and together we, well, I’ll spare you the details. It was meaningless lust and nothing more. I promise there’s still a place in my heart for you. Please don’t hold this against me. Sometimes a fella gets lonely.
[Philmguy]
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That thing is hillarious.
Sigh. 360, you break so many hearts.
Yeah, it is an expensive toy and it sucks that it broke, I would be a little upset too, but seriously… pain? Betrayal?
Lord…. Go outside until it comes back.
Hmmm… no DRM problems? They must have actually repaired his console, as opposed to swapping it out from the “spare pool”.
Jesus Candles ftw.
That was good. I’m glad someone could make light of that situation.
I love Phil’s column.
@adamsummers:
You only run into the DRM problem if you’re not signed into your profile.
Putting the candle on top of the XBOX is not a good idea.
The miniscule shifting of the flame will be enough to create movement that will affect the disc drive and cause your discs to scratch.
Since the 360 DVD Drive doesn’t have the padding on that you can find on a 2$ CD player in Chinatown, even that is enough.
@CUSTOM REALITY
Me thinks tis called satire…
If he lit the candle, the heat probably voided his warranty.
Don’t do it.. I have both and the games for the Wii blow. Right now I’m using it as a nice blue nightlight.
Every time I see the picture of an RRoD on the front page, I get a mental picture of a big Xbox Pinata and lots of people running around with sticks whacking it.
It always makes me giggle.
The humorous counterpoint to the whole situation for me is that I have a launch day Elite and use it pretty much every day. It’s my cats favorite place to sleep because its so warm. My dogs routinely run into the guitar and drum cables and yank out the quick connectors. I’ve dropped it at least once while movig it.
I’ve been waiting for it to die horribly since I subject it to the most dismal of conditions, and I’ve never had a problem with it. Maybe everyone just needs to stop coddling their xboxes and beat on them. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?
Phil’s article is hilarious!
On a more somber note so I don’t catch the RRoD I’m now moving my 360 to a vaccuum sealed dust-wind-movement-light-heat-free, earthquake-recession-bullet proof room behind 33 foot glass windows. A robot will carefully load and unload each disc. This robot will not be made by microsoft. The entire complex will be buried deep within the earth and a 500ft monster cable will connect my 13″ non-hdtv to the system.
That’s what I’m spending my rebate check on.
January 22, beginning of ordeal, to February 12, end of ordeal. Not bad. It only took two weeks from the shipping of the coffin to the Xbox’s return. I thought return times were much longer. I wonder if he got the 1 month of free XBL that I’ve heard some people receive for their downtime.
I have a PS3 but I could never disgrace my 360 by using it.
@snwbrder0721: Post Of The Day.
@ SNWBRDER0721
And still your system will fail. And I will know this, having spent my rebate check on illegal aliens to follow you around 24/7 for several weeks- That’s all it should take.
And if that fails I will convince AT&T to patch through your calls and email with the promise of complete legal amnesty despite what actual law has to say about it.
He should have put on some Barry White for his 360. That would’ve gotten it in the mood.
@Custom Reality: That sound you just heard was the joke going over your head.
@snwbrder0721: You are aware the Monster cable is a waste of money, right?
So, X360s are the polar opposite of the companion cube?
His X-Box 360 wasn’t that into him since it runs AC/DC.
my 360 went RROD one me while playing Halo 3, i couldn’t finish the fight.
but now that it’s back to me, i haven’t turned in on in a while…afraid it’d RROD on me again.
so now it’s just me and my PS3. we’re very happy together.
Any word on whether more recently manufactured 360′s have improved as far as this problem goes?
The only Microsoft product that hasn’t broken any hearts is the
Zune, and I assume it’s because if you buy a Zune, you already have low
expectations.
@snwbrder0721: That had me falling off my chair. Thanks man, it just made up for 6 hours of unhappiness.