My Xbox is Going to Kill Me

So, back to what I was discussing last week before I got rudely interrupted by work (I kid, I kid, I love my job), Xbox!

The achievement system is a lot of fun. Playing games just for the sake of playing games is always fun, but I have an obsession with collecting things. There are quite a few games that I haven't finished simply because I couldn't continue until I did all of the side quests and found all of the collectibles. Xbox Achievements just add to that obsession 'cause now I have a bunch of extra things to do in each game I play. Plus, as I mentioned before, you can compare achievements with friends. Each achievement is worth so many points and those points all add together to make your gamer score.

So, up until recently I only had two friends on Xbox Live, so I really didn't have a lot of people to compete with and it just wasn't that big a deal. Plus I hardly played any games on the Xbox 360 so it just wasn't on my mind. But then I started playing Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and I got hooked. The Xbox became the main focus of my video game energies, and if you know me, I have a lot of video game energies. And I also started searching out which of my friends were on Xbox Live too. I've managed to increase my friend count to eleven. And while I've managed to beat several of their scores, I still haven't beaten (the amazing) Andrea's, and now I have a couple of my cousins who are at least five times my score. It's crazy!

So now not only am I spending far too much time on video games, I've got a clearer focus on getting all of the achievements in each game I play. Both Lego Harry Potter games have been beaten to completion, however games like Fable II and X-Men: Destiny still give me quite a challenge. The Assassin's Creed games have been added to my collection so I have another big challenge ahead of me, not to mention the fact that I haven't even started Fable III or Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. And I want to get my hands on Skyrim! Everyone seems to be playing that one and I'm beginning to feel like I'm being left out.

Anyway, basically what I am getting at is that I am very competitive, and a giant nerd, so Xbox Live is probably going to kill me. But at least it's fun!

If you're on Xbox Live, check me out: truenoblehero! (someone took thenoblehero... grrrr)

I am a terrible blogger...

Apparently I just lost interest in my blog for a good six months! That is awful. Luckily I really don't say anything important so I'm sure the world survived, but still... bad Craig.

So what's had me so busy that I couldn't unload my geekery unto the world? I wish I could say something exciting, like I won a trip around the world, or I was busy fighting crime with newfound superpowers, but unfortunately, it's nothing quite so exciting. Basically I've just been working a lot, playing a lot of video games, reading lots of comic books, and other boring stuff that I find really fun.

The biggest culprit would probably be my Xbox 360. I've somehow become completely enthralled by the thing. Mostly with the different Lego games (Lego Harry Potter, Lego Indiana Jones and the like) which are a lot of fun. It's also brought out my competitive side quite a bit. I have an obsession with getting Achievements and building up my gamer score. It's a little bit ridiculous.

And wow, speaking of work taking over my life, I just got a call to come in early. So I'll cut this short and make a (hopefully not empty) promise to come back soon and say what else I had planned on saying!