{"id":5735,"date":"2011-04-09T18:49:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T23:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=5735"},"modified":"2014-11-19T19:01:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T19:01:01","slug":"on-taking-to-the-skies-with-snoopy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=5735","title":{"rendered":"On Taking to the Skies with Snoopy"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, how long have I had an Xbox 360? Five years?<\/p>\n

How much have I played it?<\/p>\n

Umm. I think maybe three hours<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Today I hooked it up, attached a network adapter, and signed up for Xbox Live. Like I said a year and a half ago<\/a>, I really<\/i> wanted Snoopy Flying Ace<\/i><\/a>.<\/embed>I’d never had an Xbox Live account, and getting one set up was a little problematic; Xbox Live refused to accept my e-mail address as legit. A Gmail address that I don’t use, though, was perfectly fine.<\/p>\n

I got through selecting an avatar, I got through adding Xbox Live points to my account, and then I made the purchase.<\/p>\n

Snoopy Flying Ace<\/i> will go down as the first Xbox Live Arcade game I’ve bought. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I playing through the training mission.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t good at Crimson Skies<\/i>, and my flying skills have not<\/i> improved any in eight years.<\/p>\n

I crashed my plane into ice walls. I crashed it into the glacial surface. I struck the water. My plane was battered and bruised, and when it came time for a dogfight with two of the Red Baron’s henchmen, I had great difficulty in getting a decent lock on the Germans’ biplanes. Fortunately, because it was a training mission, they didn’t fire back.<\/p>\n

Still, it was great fun. And I feel the overwhelming urge to listen to “Snoopy’s Christmas” by the Royal Guardsmen…<\/p>\n

I don’t know why I’ve never really played my Xbox 360. Considering the trouble I went through and suffered through to get it (the Xbox 360 launch still gives me chills just thinking about it), it’s surprising that I’ve never given the system any use.<\/p>\n

But, for Snoopy Flying Ace<\/i>, I imagine that I will. Oh, yes. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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