I emailed Microsoft Support with a bug entry about the clock. They made it very hard to find anywhere to email them, but I did it.
A short while later I got back a nice email saying, essentially, “Sorry, and here is how to set the clock.” You can guess how happy I am about that.
But [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Games'
XBox 360 Clock Update
May 29th, 2008 · Comments Off
The XBox 360 Doesn’t Include A Clock
May 27th, 2008 · Comments Off
Due to recent experiences, I’m reminded of the fact that the XBox 360 doesn’t include a clock that works when the power is off. With just a few seconds of research, I was able to confirm that the PC-AT (released in 1984) had a real time clock that could keep time when the unit wasn’t [...]
Life in Liberty City: Playing GTA4
May 9th, 2008 · Comments Off
I’ve been playing GTA4 on and off for about a week now. It’s pretty well done. There are some curious framerate issues, and the game is definitely in the uncanny valley. The shooting controls are much improved; which is to say almost playable. But I’ve come across a fair bit of things that caught my [...]
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
March 31st, 2008 · Comments Off
I just finished Half-Life 2: Episode 2. This means that I am now out of Half-Life. Since I recently finished Season 1 of Sam & Max (my full review: fun, not bad, annoying DRM on boxed copy), this means that Team Fortress 2 is my only reason left to boot into Windows.
Episode 2 was plotted [...]
God of War: Chains of Olympus
March 20th, 2008 · Comments Off
I just finished playing God of War: Chains of Olympus. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I don’t have much of a review on this one, there isn’t much to say.
It’s a God of War game, mostly true to the formula. If the God of War franchise wasn’t so good, I could say it’s just [...]
