Ah, the preparations I've been making over the past couple of weeks... The joy I've had in sorting out some financial things, ordering some bits and pieces, and generally throwing money around in readiness for the 23rd of March. :)
In case you weren't aware, the 23rd is when the X-Box 360 is being released here in Australia. As of last week, I finally paid off all my pre-order stuff, picked up my Play & Charge Kit, and confirmed release dates of Games and other such things. While I have been made aware of the midnight opening of my local EB Games store - an opening I will be attending to pick up my new Console - there have been some other unfortunate developments... :(
It appears that two of the Games I have all paid up nicely have had their release dates pushed back. Burnout - Revenge has been shifted back to mid-April, and Timeshift to mid-May! This is somewhat disappointing, as I was hoping to have both titles ready for my X-Box 360 Day I have planned for the weekend after it's release. Looks like I'll have to make do with Oblivion, Perfect Dark Zero, and whatever other X-Box Games I manage to get working on the new Console. Disappointing, but not the end of the world - the Day goes ahead without change!
On another positive note - you'll be excited by this Znuggles - I have set the ball rolling here in Adelaide, and will be all hooked up to Broadband in about a week and a half. (Just in time for connecting up my 360 to X-Box Live, really. :)) Purchased myself a swish Broadband modem with some wireless capabilities, a built in firewall, router and cappucino machine. I've hooked myself up to a local service provider who will be providing me ADSL speeds of up to 24 mbps, which is kinda quick. *grin* So all I gotta do now is purchase myself a wireless Gaming adapter for my X-Box and 360, and I'm all set to go...
(Znuggles, you will hear from me when I'm all set up. Ready to be taken down in Burnout yet? :-P)
I'll let you all know when I'm on X-Box Live and ready to do some online Gaming. Not sure if I'll actually be able to play against too many of you (due to time differences), but on my four days off every fortnight, I'll make the effort to spend some time playing some online Games. So those of you with X-Box Consoles of varying types - check out my Games list, and let me know what you can whip my butt at. I'm a n00b in the world on online Gaming, so I'm expecting to be humbled a few times. Be gentle. :)
Just in case you weren't sure, only 9 days to go now. *grin*
I should go offline and do some other work. Still gotta have some dinner and have some paperwork to catch up on and other domestic type things. All the usual fun, really.
Game on, people! :)