Only six more days...

...until Microsoft drops the big one. If all the rumors of shortages are true, then you can expect mass hysteria come Tuesday. I'm sure there will be riots, fist fights, people selling systems on eBay for thousands of dollars, and idiots willing to buy them. You thought Tickle Me Elmo was bad. You ain't seen nothing yet!

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued by the idea of camping in front of Best Buy to get a system and then just reselling it for a quick profit. Isn't capitalism grand? Seriously though, I'm not really interested in getting one at this time. $400 is a lot of money to drop on a system and lately I've been more interested in PC gaming. That money could be a nice down payment on a new PC or could go towards a new video card for my system.

I think the system has a lot of potential with 3 CPUs and I can't wait to see what kind of games come out for it. I actually had the opportunity to play the system in Wal-Mart and Best Buy recently. Wal-Mart had their TV at such a ridiculous angle, that it actually caused me physical suffering to stand there and try to play the damn thing. I screwed around with King Kong a little bit and wasn't really impressed with it. Noticed quite a few jagged lines, plus playing that kind of game in a well lit environment is just a bad idea. Tinkered with Call of Duty 2 and was pleasantly surprised. I'm really intrigued by the A.I. in this game. As soon as you pop your head up, you're getting shot. It's pretty intense. Of course, the pain of playing grew to be too much for me. I had a much better experience at Best Buy the next day. I actually played all the way through the Call of Duty 2 demo and if I was getting the system, I'd pick up this game. I can't stress how intense the fighting is and the demo just sparkles in my opinion. Definitely a very good game for showing off what the 360 is capable of.