My Xbox 360 was returned safe and sound today. I plugged it in and it works fine. I needed to reconfigure some options but it wasn't hard. I also got a free month on Xbox Live, so it wasn't too painful an experience in the end.

I downloaded the Halo 3 beta and had a quick play. The problem is that as a relatively new gamer it's very hard to find active games that I'm actually competitive in. In one game I managed to kill 7 people, but suffered 14 deaths myself. I'm sure it's just one of those things that you have to practice at. Meanwhile, I had a real life that's more important. Still, it does look very pretty.