I'll usually play games on "Hard" from the get go, I'll leave the Insane/Impossible difficulties for a second play-through usually.
I've heard from a few people Jaspers are the best boards for RGHing. :-/
If my brother DOEs get me a 360 though, I'm taking Lost Odyssey from him and Guilty Gear 2 back.
I'll be fine with just using an old school JTAG 'till it dies. :)
Since I've owned my slim since new and have hardly used it at all - and with owning a JTAG soon it should last a good few years. Plus, there's no reason for it to get banned from Live either. So I'll have a good Live box. :)
But yeah, I'm much more of a gamer than a modder. I can't be bothered with most mods unless they're quick and easy. And software, not hardware related. :wacko: