So I'm finally on xbox live. I decided to do a wired bridge to my computer - and I'm going to take back the wireless adapter and spend that £60 on something nice...maybe Bioshock

So I'm currently downloading the new COD maps, and I've been on GTA4. So people add me, and play me on:

Kane & Lynch, GTAIV, COD4, C&C3 and Uno!

Got exam tomorrow...its on Ireland. Which is going to be fun...

Ok I have a major issue atm. I have my 360 Premium, and i bought the official wireless network adapter - and its not working. I've been through websites, rang up xbox help (they basically pushed me to my internet provider for answers) - and I haven't been able to crack it. So...here's the situation...

I plug in the 360 adapter and the light goes solid red.

When I test connection - it displays the network adapter as 'disconnected'

I've tried every single port, and there is no ethernet cable plugged in.

When I try to adjust the wireless settings - I can't because they are greyed out.

I've mucked about with the 820.11g b h k i g blah blah settings, but to no avail.

Btw I have a PC, PS3, Wii, DS n PSP which all work fine with my BT Home Hub - so can you guys help? Has anyone experienced my problem?

All help would be VERY much appreciated.

Just a quick update between revision and gaming.

Bought:

PS3: GTA IV Special Edition

Wii: Battalion Wars

DS: Advance Wars

PSP: Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops +

Xbox 360: Call of Duty 4 GOTY Edition

So I bought a game for every console. Regarding the 360, I am awaiting my own 360 - as me and my brother have shared one for a couple of years now, and I decided to get my own one for online play - as well as to increase my gamer points (which is atm only 70 because I play on my brothers account).

So yeah, some boring updates - will put some photos up later.

Oh before I go I got a Ball tomorrow - and I got my dinner suit ready...can't wait!

Captain Richard William Leslie Wain

(5 December 1896-20 November 1917)

This blog is not dedicated to games, but to my deceased great-uncle who has finally received recognition for his duties during World War One. I went to Penarth in South Wales with my aunt and uncle to represent him as they unveiled a plaque for him on the town hall. His story goes...

'On 20 November 1917 at Marcoing, near Cambrai, France, Captain Wain and one man were the only survivors when his tank was disabled by a direct hit near an enemy strong-point which was holding up the attack. Although bleeding profusely, Captain Wain refused the attention of the stretcher bearers, rushed from behind the tank with a Lewis gun and captured the strong-point, taking about half the garrison prisoners. Despite his severe wounds he then picked up a rifle and continued to fire at the enemy until he received a fatal wound in the head.'

He was awarded a Victoria Cross (Britain's highest military medal) for his actions above. However he never received any recognition for this, except for a comic-strip appearance in The Victor.

However yesterday (April 27th 2008 ) he was finally given recognition for his sacrifice along with another soldier. Below is the plaque on the town hall wall, and just over 100 years after his bravery - hes finally a recognised hero in his home town. He makes me very proud of my family, and to be a Wain.

...me! I won the Uno game from TheWesker who did a competition in his latest video blog. Thanks.

My question was "What's the weirdest ending you've ever seen in a video game?". So, what's yours?

Btw it's tyzwain not tizwain...

Yes a blog about something else except games. My blog here is devoted to the Apprentice show that I am currently watching on the BBC. Its the third series I've watched, and it's been the funniest yet. The show, which has been taken from the American version, sees 14 contestants fight for a £100,000 job with the big cheese, Sir Alan Sugar.

This man here, Sir Alan Sugar not only is famous for the Apprentice show and Great Ormond Street Adverts, (which he generously donated his fee to charity), but also for creating one of the best home computer systems of the 1970s and 1980s. Alan Sugar introduced the world to the Amstrad CPC series, which brought the computer into the home. With his first Amstrad computer he made his first £1 million, and by 1980 was worth £600 million.

Contribution to the gaming universe:

Sir Alan Sugar's most famous contribuion to the gaming world (if you can call it that) is the purchase of Sinclair rights for a very cool £5 million. This gave Amstrad the rights to every Sinclair machine and technology, of which Amstrad produced ZXs, +2s, +3 and the 128 series. These were well received and proved very popular in Britain and Europe, and gave Sir Alan a fair share of the gaming market. Well done old chap!

However Sir Alan Sugar's contribution to the gaming world also became a commerical flop. The Amstrad GX400 was released as a competitor in the home video games market. The only problem was that the GX400 was 8-bit, and was released during the release of the superior 16-bit Megadrive and the Super Nintendo. It was a commercial flop, and is considered the least successful video game system ever with production stopping months after the launch. Ouch.

Another less famous flop is the Amstrad Mega PC, which combined a home computer with a Sega Megadrive. With a hefty price of £999.99, and the lack of addition functions that the similiar Sega TeraDrive offered - meant that Amstrad's reputation in the gaming field was not as impressive as it was in the home computer field during the late 1970s and the 1980s.

So Sir Alan may be a familiar face on the television, and you may be a very successful businessman -but its no excuse for the poor quality video game products in the 1990s. Therefore Sir Alan I have no choice...

YOUR FIRED!