Cosby Bebop. One of the more clever ytmnd sites.

I’m trying to decide what’s more distracting about Grey’s Anatomy…

Is it Dr. Yang’s flickery eye thing…

or is it Dr. Grey’s endless string of emotionless empty stares?

Tough call!

Izzy flipped out and practically got a guy killed on Grey’s Anatomy, Jim finally told Pam he loved her in The Office, and so many other season-ending cliffhangers have me wondering what I’m going to be doing to pass the time over the next few months.

Damn you, summer of repeats. Damn you to hell.

A hacked firmware for the 360′s DVD drive is now “in the wild” as they say. You can now put your backed-up discs in the console and your 360 will think that they’re legit – no modchips or other hardware modifications needed!

This is totally awesome.

Nobody really knows yet if Microsoft can detect a drive’s altered firmware remotely, so we’ll probably find out in the next few weeks. Until we know for sure I’ll be watching and waiting before I even attempt this. The Live Arcade is just too cool of a service to be banned from!

Verizon is giving away one million Xbox points this afternoon. The rumor is they’ll give 500 points to anyone who visits their site at 6pm EST today.

500 points is enough to buy Uno with 100 to spare, so get ready!

You wouldn’t think so, but playing Uno with random people on Xbox Live is tons of fun. The people who play it are actually NICE! I’ve made E-FRIENDS with total strangers! Our love of Uno unites us, and no one can tear us apart.

When I play Marble Blast I usually get trash-talked by 12 year olds for sucking so bad. A man of my stature can only take so much of that abuse, ya know? I’ve ripped off the headset and run crying into my bedroom way too many times to count.

Thankfully Uno players are a special breed of laid-back, and it makes playing a round or three relaxing and fun.

Uno just hit the XBL Arcade on Tuesday, so get downloadin’!

50-year mortgages? Ho-lee-moley. Only in California.

I can see the value of getting one of these and then refinancing a few years later when your earning power increases. But if it doesn’t increase enough then this kind of loan can be a big gamble. Kind of like ARMs!

With real estate as expensive as it is in California, this is probably the best chance a lot of buyers will have at owning a home here. And more options for buyers beyond the boring “30-year fixed” mentality is always good for the market, I think.

Listen to me! I sound like I know what I’m talking about! I might not, though!

Culdcept was one of my favorite PS2 games ever!

The series has a big following and lots of sequels in Japan, but when it hit the US sales were horrendous. Finding a copy was next to impossible.

I had given up all hope of Culdcept returning to US shores, but Culdcept Saga is coming to the 360! Aaaaand it’ll let you play over Live!

Even though the game’s official site is in Japanese, a trailer was just released today on the XBL Marketplace for the US region, so that all but guarantees an American release!

This is so great!

I used to go to E3 all the time. While it was usually a lot of fun, it was also a draining, exhausting experience. It’s loud, crowded, and there’s just way too much going on for you to ever feel like you’ve seen everything.

I stopped going once I realized that just following E3 coverage on the web was way, way better than actually driving out to LA, paying $20 to park, spending $20 on convention food, waiting in line to play games, getting sore feet, pushing through crowds, and fighting off tranny hookers on the walk back to the car at the end of the day.

e3buzz.com takes feeds from 22 separate E3 news sources and aggregates it all into a single page. Rocking!

My Xbox360 has a weblog of its own. It’s keeping close tabs on me!

I’m trying to unlock the “Endless” achievement in Bejeweled 2, and that involves quite a bit of playing. The farther you progress, the longer the levels take to complete. After about two weeks of playing in Endless mode I’m at level 114, and I have to hit 280 to unlock the achievement. At this rate I’ll probably hit it sometime in July or August.

I don’t know why I’m doing this to myself.