Last Wednesday, I was working from home and while The Family was gone for day, I decided to sneak out of The Dungeon and get in a little GRAW 2 time during lunch. In the middle of the game, my XBox 360 locked up. Turning it off and back on resulted in the infamous Red Ring of Death.

I shut it down, waited a few seconds, and started it back up. It worked - briefly. I did the same thing, and it worked again - briefly. At this point, I went back to work.

Later that night, I tried again and, oddly, by going through the level in a different way, no lockup, and thus, no ring of death. I figured something was amiss, but given that it was a holiday weekend, decided to see how things were after the weekend.

Fast forward to last night. No disc, no game playing. Nothing. Just turned it on. Over and over and over. Same outcome. The 360 is dead! Luckily, Microsoft expanded their warranty for this issue to three years, so I'm still covered, and I have a box on my way so I can send it in for repair. Unfortunately, it'll take three to four weeks to get it back!

Looks like December should be a productive month!

Photo courtesy of Spoon Monkey