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"Life with an Xbox"

It is the night of the purchase, all is dark and gloomy, my PS2 is packed up with its 8 games and peripherals and loaded into the car, I take one last look at the box and games before telling my dad to drive, just drive towards the sun set! I knew the decision that I was making was for the best, I had some good times with the PS2 but the end is the end and the future was waiting with open arms, the future of gaming was there for the taking on a plate and I was one very hungry lad, hungry for the best! I took the console home and opened the box, a beaming light shone down on me and all the days of waiting were paying off, I beheld the greatest console on earth in my hands and I knew that I would never look back. The console spoke to me in a very godly voice, " You have made the right choice son, just think of all the great games you can play on me, just set me up and I will play what only your dreams were previously made of, welcome child, welcome to the 22nd century of gaming! " As you could imagine, I was speechless. I knew the console was good but it can TALK!

The next day I woke up, the time was 7:10 am and I prepared for another gruelling day at school, the 7 hours 20 minutes that I would have to wait would be the slowest hours of my life. With no games to play on my Xbox there was no use in faking an illness, time off was not the option it was something to be saved for the future. By going to school I could pick up Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee and Max Payne which I could then play on once I was released on bail at 3:30pm! Life as I knew it would be different from now on, better in every sense and I just couldn't wait to start my breath taking journey through the world of Microsoft, things could only get better. The bell went for the end of school, I ran out and down to the bus sop trying to keep hold of my anxiety, but I could not hold it in any longer, I leapt into the air with joy I would now have 2 and a half days of pure gaming bliss and I wanted to start there and then! I kicked down the house door and ran up the stairs knocking my dad off the ladders and my mom off the vac! I brushed the debris of the neighbour’s walls off my hands and picked up the gaming pad, turned the console on and inserted my rented copy of Max Payne! After this I was not seen for 2 days, I sat in my bedroom leaping around the next corner and helping Mudokons escape, life had changed and I couldn't believe the true power that the Xbox held.

Whilst taking a well deserved break I visited the Xbox website to submit my form to claim my promised games and extra controller. My hand shook as I highlighted Halo and RalliSport Challenge on the application form; I entered yyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssss pppppllleeeaasssee whilst wiping the drool which was dripping all over my hands and keyboard. I sent the application form off and got back to playing on my borrowed possessions! After completing both of the games in 5 days I was hungry for more, my games would not arrive from Microsoft for a long time coming and I knew that the money box had just recently been raided and this is where Special Reserve came in very handy indeed. I submitted review after review just hoping that my name would come up on the list for GAD, my wish came true and on the 6th May 2002 I had won myself a brand new copy of Max Payne, a game which I longed to own, my dreams were all coming true, life couldn't get any better, life was amazing!

For the rest of my family the Xbox was a 'no go area', I dusted, cleaned, wiped and decontaminated my console so that nothing would or could harm it in anyway! If someone had asked me what life outside the bedroom was like I would not be able to find an answer to the question, I was transfixed for 2 whole weeks only leaving the house to go to school and even then it was hard to hang onto the door hinges as my mom and dad tried to pull me out to the car. The Xbox had taken me under its wing and was beginning to look after me, the part of my brain which craved food and water had just lost the election for control, the new government of my head was making changes and altering my priorities. The pleasure sensors of my brain were over taking my will to live; every time I pressed another button on the controller the sensors were activated. My body was over taken by a very powerful government which promised to give me the best and so far they have definitely delivered!

To this date my Xbox sits proud under my 26" TV, it is cleaned on a regular basis and cared for almost every minute of the day. Ever since purchasing the Xbox my life has changed dramatically, everything other than looking and playing with the console seems boring, nothing can match the true feeling that it delivers. Do not deny yourself this feeling of greatness, improve your life and the way you live it. Vote for Xbox... oops, I mean buy a Microsoft Xbox today and start to live a better life! Things will never be the same AGAIN!

Plus that other new James Bond game. I just remembered the ones you mentioned after I sent the post. ;-) I didn't include House of the Dead 3 cause I thought of it more as a light gun game which I think of as different to the usual FPS games. ;-)

Don't forget:

Bounty Hunter
House of the Dead 3
Falcone: Into The Maelstrom

moh_fan - heres a list of at least some of the F.P.S games on they're way to X-Box

Medal of Honour : Frontline (apparently)
Medal of Honour : Allied Assault
Battlefield 1942
Doom 3
Turok Evolution
Unreal Championship
Halo 2
Team SAS
XIII (13)
James Bond : Agent Under Fire
Red Faction 2
Serious Sam
Unreal 2
Return To Castle Wolfenstein
Quake 4
Timesplitters 2
SWAT : Global Strike Team
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six : Raven Shield
Star Wars : Jedi Knight 2 : Jedi Outcast

Hope that helps your question on the FPS games.

Gar-J wrote:
> I'll give you a fiver for it all.

why is that all you can afford ah what a shame loser

Tóm wrote:
> Xbox.
> HDD
> Modem
> Best graphics.
> It's heavy, so not very portable.
> Controller is suited to older audience, which can cause problems for
> younger people. But it's great for the people who it's aimed at.
> Variety of games.
> Few games on the market.

Since when does a console being slightly heavier than the others mean it's not portable? All you're going to do is move it somewhere then put it down to play it anyway. Or am I wrong? Do you hang the Gamecube on your eye-lashes cos it's so light and portable? If so I can see your point about the Xbox, though if you put the Gamecube under your TV (as I suspect is true) then your point is just a waste of space.

Size and weight don't matter. A console is portable. PCs are not portable. Consoles are. Do you understand yet?

I'll give you a fiver for it all.

bloody hell have you seen that game called battlefield 1942 coming out on the xbox it looks better than moh.

thats it i'm deffently getting a xbox now !!!

just one problem no money :(

anyone wanna buy a (saracen geiga limited edition mountain bike) here are the specs:

x-frame
aluminium
21 or 24 gears hmmm
full suspension
front mud guard
black and yellow
this bike is worth £400 new but its only been used once so i'll sell for £270 oh yeah i have a n64 up for sale as well it includes ( blue n64 3 control pads / 4 games ( goldeneye/nba 99/mario kart/starwars rogue squadron) and also includes memory card all boxed will sell lot for hmm £35-40

lol i know this isn't a place to sell stuff but i need money so i must post my things to sell everywhere because the sooner i sell the stuff and get the money the sooner i can pay off my debts and get a xbox lol or i could just go and get a job hmm

yeah i've played halo and i'm not saying its really bad just compared to medal of honour frontline it could be better well apart from one thing halo has multiplayer.

since writing these posts you xbox fans have made me decide that i'm gonna get a xbox as my second console it was gonna be a gsmecube but microsofts black and green box has drawn me in.

apart from halo do you xbox fans know if there are any other good f.p.s games on xbox ?

sorry about the annoying wind up posts i sent in i take it all back

moh_fan wrote:
> lol the only reason i sent in the post was because i wanted to see the
> reaction and its just what i expected yeah right i'm a prat maybe you
> wanna look in the mirror after all your the ones getting all stressed
> over a bit of writing on a site by a person you don't know.
>
> u can type what ever you want about me or this reply the extra swear
> words are just wasting your time but its up to you.
>
> p.s one last thing i'm a f.p.s fan and i'm glad to say the best one
> i've played so far is Medal-Of-Honour frontline its got great graphics
> great sound effects great A.I and well its very realistic and one last
> thing it isn't coming out for the xbox and it repeatidly kicks halo's
> butt


Have u ever actually played Halo?

I got a PS2 for the Christmas when it came out, but now I seriously regret it. I recently bought a GameCube but Rogue Leader 2 wasn't as good as I thought it would be. I would be a lot happier with an X-Box, but I (and I know a lot of other people didn't) didn't get one because of one person at school saying it's gonna be crap.

Last time I listen to him.