My New Toy

I finally sucked it up and bought ANOTHER X box. I actually had one for 2 weeks a few years back. Til my suckass sibling stole it and sold it.

Actually this time it was a close race between the Xbox, the PSP, and the Nintendo DS. The portables lost out since all the portable gaming I do is playing Phil Hellmuth Poker on my phone and I'm perfectly happy with that.

A couple of factors led to the Xbox. Playing Splinter Cell with Mike got me all pumped up. Plus Jade Empire came out last week. I'm such a spazz my purchasing history goes something like this.

Friday ~ Picked up the Jade Empire strategy guide to see if I really want the game. Not to mention a whole new console. I do. How bad is a RPG where you can bust out Drunken Style Kung Fu on your enemies?

Saturday ~ Pick up a Xbox. Due to a lack of funds caused by a emergency loan the only game I can afford comes from the $14.99 greatest hits section. Morrowind, a sequel to Daggerfall, the 1st game I ever played on a computer. It's pretty cool. I like the character generation where they ask you a bunch of personality questions to determine what kind of character you'll be. I was happy to find myself playing a barbarian. Until I wandered outside of town, killed a bunch of killer crabs, and discovered I only get 1gp each for selling crabmeat. I'm gonna make a new character so I can be a thief. There's lots of krap laying around I can jack and sell. it sucks being broke. Even in a videogame.

Sunday ~ With my bankroll replenished I tried to find a copy of Jade Empire. Fucking Best Buy has it in stock but there's a catch. They got the Spanish version by mistake. Mi Espanol ain't that good. The guy at my local Japanese game store told me he may get it in tomorrow. He hooked me up with a used copy of Fable for $20.