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andrewduckerDave called me up yesterday and said "I've got three gorgeous film stars here, and I was wondering if you'd be up for them coming round, covering you in whipped cream and then repeatedly bring you to orgasm. Is tomorrow or Monday ok?"
Well, not quite. What he actually said was "I just bought an XBox and I was wondering if you fancied me popping round with it. Is tomorrow or Monday ok?"
The effect on me is much the same, which probably says quite a lot.
He'd bought Halo, which, when we got the hulking beast plugged in, set up and turned on, was duly started up.
About 10 minutes later I picked my jaw back off the ground and grabbed a controller. It wasn't perfect to start off with, my reflexes are very keyboard/mouse oriented and it took me a while to get the hang of the aiming. But once I did, I was happily cutting a swath through the alien hordes, leaping into escape pods, piloting buggies (frequently off of cliffs) and generally being a complete hero.
Myself and Joe played for a fair while, egged on by Dave, who leapt into the fray himself later on. It's quite an experience. The controllers, despite what I'd heard, were actually perfectly good, and the colours helped differentiated them perfectly well. Being able to press down on the control sticks to duck was an inspired idea, and the graphics are non-stop gorgeous.
In fact, come to think of it, you can keep your filmstars, I'm going to persuade Dave to move in.
Well, not quite. What he actually said was "I just bought an XBox and I was wondering if you fancied me popping round with it. Is tomorrow or Monday ok?"
The effect on me is much the same, which probably says quite a lot.
He'd bought Halo, which, when we got the hulking beast plugged in, set up and turned on, was duly started up.
About 10 minutes later I picked my jaw back off the ground and grabbed a controller. It wasn't perfect to start off with, my reflexes are very keyboard/mouse oriented and it took me a while to get the hang of the aiming. But once I did, I was happily cutting a swath through the alien hordes, leaping into escape pods, piloting buggies (frequently off of cliffs) and generally being a complete hero.
Myself and Joe played for a fair while, egged on by Dave, who leapt into the fray himself later on. It's quite an experience. The controllers, despite what I'd heard, were actually perfectly good, and the colours helped differentiated them perfectly well. Being able to press down on the control sticks to duck was an inspired idea, and the graphics are non-stop gorgeous.
In fact, come to think of it, you can keep your filmstars, I'm going to persuade Dave to move in.
