rapture - a cooked Gamer

Another 360 repair

rapture — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:46:14 -0800

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Open Tray error with the occasional RRoD.

Great.

Just in time for Gears of War 2. I even bought the Limited Edition.

See you in a couple of weeks.

-rap

What I've been playing lately

rapture — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:25:25 -0700

TF2 (PC) - I really do believe this game has more replay value than any FPS on the market on any platform.
CoD World at War beta - my impressions

Occasionally:
Halo 3
CoD4

Looking forward to:
Gears of War 2
CoD World at War

Check out raptr and add me as a friend

rapture — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:23:00 -0700

The social networking service called "raptr" is pretty neat.

I setup an account a few days ago and I'm already liking it. I just need to get all my gaming buddies to hop on board.

Add me: http://raptr.com/rapture

Here's hoping the XBOX.com eventually goes in this direction.

Still gaming

rapture — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:25:48 -0700

I haven't updated this blog in a while but thought I would check in and let you know what I'm gaming:

Quake Live
Battlefield Heroes
Team Fortress 2
Halo 3

I'll have more to say about BF:H and Quake LIVE once they come out of beta. Team Fortress 2 continues to impress upon me. I can't think of another FPS with more replay value.

Steam pwns my face off

rapture — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:57:41 -0700

I can say that as of lately, I've been busting a lot of Team Fortress 2 on my PC. My XBOX 360 has been getting limited gaming time.

However, I think that will change once the new Halo 3 map pack comes out which is right around the corner.

And by the way, I think Gears of War 2 is going to the next Halo 2.

360 back.

rapture — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:54:19 -0700

My 360 arrived it the mail on Tuesday. I still haven't played it.

I've been spending my time playing on Steam - mainly Team Fortress 2.

Here's a really good Soldier video from a skilled player:

Still no XBOX 360...

rapture — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:40:28 -0700

What's the deal Microsoft? You still haven't returned my XBOX 360.

Oh well. Thank goodness for Steam.

I'm not looking forward to playing on such a closed system once I get my 360 back.

No shipping label

rapture — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:22:42 -0800

I told you that I've got to get my XBOX 360 Elite repaired. Microsoft sent me an empty box for me to ship my console to them. However

THEY FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE SHIPPING LABEL.

So, guess what? I had to hop back on the telephone and call XBOX support. They made me go through the complete troubleshooting process for my console.

All I needed was a shipping label.

Fortunately, they gave me the option of printing the shipping label out on my home computer and printer. That saved some time.

Follow me on Twitter

rapture — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:19:55 -0800

I've been using Twitter.com lately. You can follow me at http://twitter.com/ericatkins.

Time for another 360

rapture — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:59:47 -0800

Three XBOX 360's have failed me since the launch of the console. My XBOX 360's disc drive just went out on me. It stopped reading my discs. Microsoft is sending a replacement in no longer than 3 weeks.