Joystiq E3 afterparty and X-Arcade Trackball
So it has definitely been a month or so since my last update. Still on the hunt for a job and just taking some time to catch up with friends, games, and everything else. E3 was this past week and unlike the past, it has now become more exclusive and harder to get to unless you are working directly in the video game industry or have awesome press hookups.
Nothing major or new was announced that wasnt speculated on already but more for publicity I suppose. A few cool things like Rock Band 2 and what not but nothing that has me fired up any more than I already have been for the various games coming out.
Joystiq and Mahalo were cool to host an E3 afterparty for all their readers and fans as they realized that we could not go as easily. They gave out lot of cool games and swag so that was pretty cool. They had some people from Harmonix come with Rock Band 2 which was pretty awesome as well as Brawl on the Wii, Halo on 360, and Call of Duty 4 on the PS3. I was able to go relatively early and get a good number (44 out of maybe around 250 or so) and ended up taking home Call of Duty 4 for PC and a X-Arcade Trackball Mouse. So my next few hours was spent trying to find games and make it work.
When I first plugged in the X-Arcade, it seemed to work like a normal mouse but the vertical axis was not working and thats when I started to try to debug and look for any software. I looked up their site and was able to find out information on their warranty (lifetime) and support to see if there were anyone else having the same problems. As I read up on the hardware, I decided to take it apart to see the insides. I followed the helpful instructions on the site on how to clean the trackball by taking it apart (the X-Arcade is very solidly built so they are not afraid of people taking it apart). I saw that a screw had come off but could not find the screw anywhere so i started to look for a screw around my house. Just my luck that my toolkit was not around so I started scrounging around my various external cases and fan boxes and finally found an extremely long screw that was the same size but too long. Then I proceeded with a hack saw and some pliers to hold down the screw to cut it to the right length. After this was all done, I put the thing back together only to hear something loose and realized that it was the missing screw. However, I decided to just leave it in after all that effort and to keep on putting it back together. In the end, it was fixed and working again and I have since downloaded a demo of a Hyperbowling and have been
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Dude, I had no idea you graduated! Sorry for the belated congratulations. How’re things with you? What’s Phil doing these days? I’m so out of the loop. Post-college is a hard time to keep in touch and it saddens me that I’m not around down there. Anyways, enjoy the time of “no school” you have.