My Xbox just caught on fire! (Update 9)

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• Update 1
• My Xbox just caught on fire!

Update 9:

No word since my dead Xbox hit Kentucky yesterday.

While it's been out, I've hooked my Super Nintendo (SNES) to the projector. Not to sound sacrilegious, but 3-foot Mario is almost better than bigger-than-lifesized Master Chief.

There. I said it.

Besides Super Mario Bros. 3, I'm playing a log of Captain America and the Avengers (of course) X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, Spider-Man & the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge, and Dr. Mario.

And then Fate dealt me a cruel blow by way of today's mail: The November issue of The Official Xbox Magazine, and its playable demo disc.



Check out the the list of eleven playable demos below (with my highlights in red) -- and I can't play them .. *sigh*

• Star Wars Battlefront II
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted
• L.A. Rush
• Land of the Dead
• Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
• NCAA Football 2006
• The Suffering: Ties that bind
• XBox Live Arcade demos:
  • Think Tanks
  • Marble Blast
  • Atomaders
  • Feeding Frenzy