I admit it, I’m a Fast Food Gamer. If you told me that the new Safecracker was recently released I would say “Safecracker? What’s that about?” Unreal Tournament, never heard of it before the 2004 version came out. Oh, and yes, I’ve never played Doom which in my recollection was one of the first “First-Person” shooting games.

Xbox 360 owners will immediately recognize the object at left: the infamous Xbox 360 Power "Brick". More specifically, it is the source of my 360 problem. After performing this procedure, which I previously alluded to, I received error code 0001, indicating a power supply problem.

I've been curious about the handedness of the controller. Every picture shows the nunchaku in the left hand and the Wii-mote in the right hand. But that might not work for all people who are, like me, left-handed.

From the looks of the controller they shaped it similar to a mouse which would afford either hand to grip it. But they never actually show anyone using it in that configuration. Through gaming I've realized that I'm actually somewhat ambidexterous which is er..handy heh.

*** If you take offense to the title, I apologize, but please realize it should be taken lightly. ***

So, I'm sure you have heard it all before...hardware failures for the Xbox 360. But now it has happened to me. What a nightmare.

The other day, my daughter was playing Tiger Woods, when suddenly the TV screen blanked and the Xbox "Ring of Light" looked like the picture at right. So, I called tech support. After being putting me on hold 4 times, taking no more information than my serial number and brief problem description, I was told I needed to send it to Microsoft for repairs to the tune of $129. No troubleshooting, no nothing. Its broke, and your warranty is up.

While I admit, I wasn't all that thrilled with the name of the new console at first, it has grown on me. But I was thinking of what some of the peripherals for it might be called.

What about a handheld garden tool add-on for the avid homegrown enthusiast? They can call it Wiid.

(I know some of you really liked that one, and I'm not surprised.)

I was reading a few different articles recently on various gaming websites, all containing some sort of personal Top 10 List someone had written. Well, since no one is reading this site yet (you be the exception, Word), I thought I would indulge myself, and write my Top 10 List - The most influential video games in my life: