Finally, with a little friendly encouragement from a good friend, Bear, I decided to stop dithering and renewed by Xbox Live Gold account... It was painful, shelling out 60 Euros for something the PS3ers get for free, but what could I do... I´m not made of money and the thought of selling all my Xbox stuff to start from scratch with a PS3 just wasn't plausable.

So I paid the piper, and now have 12 glorious months of online fun ahead of me... While I was at it, couldn't resist picking up 1000 MPs which I quickly spent on BFBC2 Vietnam (600 points, half price thanks to a promotion in Spain), Onslaught mode and a few extras for my girl and her fav game, Red Dead Redemption.

I went online and realised just how bad I´d become at my beloved Bad Company... 100s of deaths later and I finally got into the swing of things, with the confusion of buttons or crouching behind a wall when I had someone in my sights safely behind me the 60 euros so painfully spent suddenly seemed worth it... Online is SO MUCH FUN, and Bad Company one of the best!

Can´t wait to try Vietnam and BFBC 2 online to see if, given time, it can beat Bad Company as the most fun you can have with an Xbox and gold account...