Finally, first year university is over. Which means at last I have time to treat myself with a little Xbox-ing. At least that what I have thought.

Here’s how the story begins. Before cramming for my final exams, I had already encountered problem with the screen freezing (it happened more then once) while I was playing NHL® 07 and I thought it’s just a minor defect that happens to everyone so I just left it thinking it wasn’t a big deal. Now today, after I drove my parents to the airport, I came home hoping to play some Table Tennis but the Xbox 360 f**king froze in the opening scene and I can’t even log into the dashboard. I tried all the recommendations on the Help and Support page except for the ones that I have to delete my game files since you do that in the dashboard which I can’t get in. My final solution is to call Customer Service which I eventually did.

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The cost of getting something is what we give up to get it. And for the Nintendo Wii, the cost for me is to drive my buddy - Bruce - to Wal-Mart at two in the morning and he had to stay out in the cold for 5 hours until he gets his hand on this amazing gaming system. But when we got there at two, there were already around 25 people in line. Some people at the front of the line even set up a tent! According to Bruce, when the store opened at seven, there were around 75 people in line but there were only like 60 or so Wii in the store. So as you can see, people are crazy about the Wii! But, yeah… after trying out the newly arrived Nintendo Wii (for 4+ hours) which isn’t mine, it’s Bruce’s. I must say it’s totally worth it. “I never feel so satisfy for waiting in line and paying 400 bugs before. The Wii actually worths all these efforts!” - said Bruce.

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