The more I play the Xbox live arcade games that I've downloaded, the more I realize that I enjoy playing those more than I do some of the box games like Battlefield Bad Company. It's just the weirdest thing that I would be enjoying these when they clearly aren't as advanced graphically or technologically as these box games. Go figure that I'd be playing games that I would have been playing when I was a kid. I also love my wiiware and virtual console games on my wii too, it is great being able to play legend of the mystical ninja and (hopefully soon) zombies ate my neighbors again.

I'm thinking of downloading the Catan game since I am also a board gamer and I heard that game was one of the gateway games for people who are getting into board gaming. Too bad they haven't put Arkham Horror into one of these xbox arcade games, now that would be a challenge! It is hard enough remembering how to play it correctly with all the rules that are required and how long it takes to play it, although Arkham Horror is also one of the most satisfying board games (even though it takes a couple of hours to complete). Oh by the way, I also play Last Night on Earth and A touch of evil if anybody knows what those two board games are.

Oh well, I've calculated it out and for the Xbox 360 arcade games I would need 20,000 points which is about $250 and for the wiiware and virtual console games for the wii I would need 15,900 points which is about $160. Oh well, it's just a matter of time before I get enough points to do it anyhow so it isn't too much of a problem, I care more about getting these downloadable games more than the box games (I never would have thought I'd like the arcade games so much before I bought an xbox 360).

Ever since I have started buying Xbox 360 games from Gamestop, I have been receiving faulty disks, the first time was with Dead Rising, I had to have it taken back because the disk wouldn't even load (the disk was clean and I couldn't see any cracks, so I don't really blame them since no one could predict the disk wouldn't work). The second time was with GTA 4, they didn't look closely enough at the disk to notice it had a big crack from the center of the disk outwards on the disk, resulting in the disk not even loading, both times I was able to get the disks replaced with ones that work but this always happens at a particular gamestop I shop at. This third time (just yesterday) was Fallout 3, when I checked the disk when I got home I noticed something that they should have picked up on, the center of the disk has loads of hairline cracks that I do not know how anyone who is checking the disk could miss. All these games were used but wouldn't they be able to see the cracks in the last two disks that I bought if they checked it?

Maybe I should submit that in the "how did we do" on the receipt that I am supposed to submit online because this is getting stupid that I have to keep taking Xbox 360 games back because they are all cracked the same day I bought them. The bright side is that I finally have Team Fortress 2 so it'd be great if I had someone to show me the ropes if any of you would mind!

I forgot to mention, feel free to add me if you want to on xbox live. My gamer tag is HonoredGamerIan (xbox live gave me that suggestion so I just went with it).