Microsoft XBox 360

I've never really gotten on with games consoles, more specifically, their controllers.  That was until the Nintendo Wii came along which changed things for me and I became an avid gamer for several years until the games became tiresome and the Wii's popularity slowly dwindled.

Give me a keyboard and a mouse and I can cope - give me a controller with fewer buttons/keys and I just don't get on with them.  That was until I got hold an XBox 360 controller that I used on my laptop to play Duke Nukem Forever (yeah I know, it's not a great game but I only paid £5 for it secondhand).

I found I got on quite well with the controller so I finally bit the bullet and last month I purchased an XBox 360 console along with a couple of games - GTA IV, NCIS and Flatout Ultimate Carnage.

The NCIS game is a lot weaker than I expected and it's a bit of a 'no brainer' so I'll keep it for when I just want to play a game without having to think too much.  Flatout Ultimate Carnage is a fantastic game with lots of cars, tracks and crashing to have fun with.  GTA IV is just as good as the previous versions but I haven't done many of the actual missions as of yet as I just keep driving around trying out the different vehicles I come across.

All-in-all I'm having fun with my XBox and the next game I will be getting will be one of the Raving Rabbids games, one works on the standard console but the other requires the Kinect Sensor which I don't have yet, but looks like a great way of playing games!

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Gibbs' Rules

Special Agent Leroy Gibbs has a list of rules that he and his fellow agents should work by. It was recently revealed by Gibbs himself that there are in fact 50 rules.

The rules I have found so far are as follows:

1) Never let suspects stay together.

1) Never screw over your partner.

2) Always wear gloves at a crime scene.

3) Don't believe what you're told. Double check. 3) Never be unreachable.

4) The best way to keep a secret? Keep it to yourself. Second best? Tell one other person - if you must. There is no third best.

7) Always be specific when you lie.

8) Never take anything for granted.

9) Never go anywhere without a knife.

12) Never date a coworker.

18) It's better to seek forgiveness than ask permission.

22) Never, ever bother Gibbs in interrogation.

23) Never mess with a Marine's coffee if you want to live.

Now, you will have noticed that there are a couple of conflicting rules such as there appear to be 2 rule 1's. This is because the rules seem to be quite fluid as opposed to being set in a specific order.

I'm sure as the seasons go on more of the rules will be revealed until all 50 are known!