On April 13th, at approximately 5:34 pm, “Tania”, my Xbox 360 passed away after more than 2 years of life. It had as good a death as any Xbox could ask for, freezing right in the midst of a heated battle in Call of Duty World at War on the map Makin. It will be survived by myself, JPG and the rest of the Headshot night crew, who will all no doubt find themselves struggling for 3 to 4 weeks before her brother “Notoriously F.A.T.” arrives.

Lets all take a moment of silence and reminisce on all the good times we’ve had together..

Me and Tania loved this one the best. Oh the times we’ve shared in this one, like the time I went 47-5 on Bog and…oh god…I can’t go on ;_;

This one came late in Tania’s life, but we enjoyed it all the same. I underestimated the time we’d have together and played through my season sparingly. I know she’ll be smiling from the giant Microsoft Warehouse in the sky when I finally take the Ravens to the Superbowl.

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if this bullshit game killed her. Either way, good times were had in match mode, but if I knew that Tania was in her twilight month I wouldn’t have exposed her to this terminal cancer.

The moral of this post is to treat every day with your Xbox like it’s your last. You may not think it will happen to you, but IT WILL. No amount of third party cooling units or reduced play time will save your unit from its inevitable, poorly designed fate.

Goodbye, Tania.