Ever wonder what it would be like to lose your gamertag? I had never thought about it and then came across this guy who wrote an article recalling his adventure or misfortune of going to the university for a year and trying to come back and get some gaming in, only to find that he was screwed out of his account. Apparently if your credit card expires while you are not a member and you are away for more than a year, your account will be canceled and not be allowed to be re-opened.
The horrible part of it all is that he not only lost his gamerscore, but also all of his downloaded content and games. That means all his arcade games are gone and will not be given back to him. This actually sucks especially for those gamers that are going away to school or in the case of a guy I met just yesterday, who was stationed in Germany and then leaving to Iraq for who knows how long? Imagine going off to fight for your country and then coming back and finding out that MS screwed you.
Here is some of this gamer’s thoughts and the replies he got back from the friendly MS customer service rep. [Via Totally 360]
“But why?” I asked. “You have a violation of billing” he responded. Apparently due to my credit card expiring I had violated the terms and conditions of Xbox Live. “You haven’t phoned us for a year and thus your account is cancelled”. I went on to explain I had accessed my account on Xbox.com for the last year and was able to message and receive messages from friends as well as add gamer tags and check achievements. “Yes your account is on the system but is cancelled” he hastily said.
“But surely if my account is on the system, you can re-activate it. If I provide you with new credit card information, surely you can give me a subscription back” I worryingly asked. “You are too late Sir; your account is cancelled forever”.
This is the second look at the upcoming and latest TV to game crossover. The game looks like it could be fun, but might be a lesser twin of a Drake’s Fortune. I would also like to hear more on the voice acting and exactly how long the game is. It could be very short which would make for a disaster.
Lost is coming in video game form. It’s a good time to release a new trailer too, given the fact the show started up this week. If you didn’t see the season premiere, it was crazy good. I’m not going to spoil anything, but go watch it somehow.
While you watch, or just in anticipation of the game, check out this new trailer. It looks like most of the show’s actors have lent their voices to the game.
If you’re a Lost fan and have been waiting patiently to hear how the video game version of you’re favorite dramatic TV show will play out, you don’t have to wait anymore. Ubisoft announced details today for the Lost game, coming in the first quarter of 2008 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
As a passenger of Oceanic flight 815, you survived the crash and find yourself on an uncharted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. As you begin to unravel mysteries of the island, you begin to discover secrets of your own. You will have to understand your past mistakes in order to survive and find your way home…
Play as a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815: Confront your dark past, seek your redemption, and ultimately find a way home.
Authentic ‘Lost’ experience: Explore familiar locations, unravel mysteries, and interact with the main characters from the show.
Survive the challenges that the island throws at you: Solve puzzles, outsmart enemies, battle the smoke monster, and overcome many other challenges to survive the island and come out alive.
Sounds pretty cool. Hopefully we get to play ping pong with Sawyer and Hurley. Maybe throw Darma peanut butter jars at Hurley because he’s too obese. Whatever floats your boat.
One of my gifts for Christmas was Season 1 of Lost and my wife got season 2. We had been meaning to get the show on DVD since we missed it on TV but just never got around to it and now we are officially hooked, we watch an average of 4 episodes a night. All my gaming time has been replaced with watching back to back seasons of Lost in order to catch up for the premier of the new season at the end of the month.
Lost in premise is Gilligan’s Island, but with no coconut radio and evil. Take a plane full of people, each with a specific back story that kind of intertwines, crash the plane on an island, mix in some supernatural mysteries and stir, what you get is Lost. Lost is the show that answers a question with 4 more questions and makes you believe what they just showed you is untrue. There are a myriad of sites that go over different theories to explain all the events on the island some of which are very interesting. It is a wild roller coaster of a ride, now midway through its third season and to write too much on it would be to give away too many surprises, but it is a must have DVD set if you haven’t watched it on TV yet. You can even get the current episodes that have aired of season 3 on iTunes in a “Season Pass” for $34.99, this feature is interesting because it allows you to download the already aired episodes and also gives you access to download the rest of the season once they air as well. Highly Recommend watching this series.
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