I was surprised to see last night that my returned Xbox has the same serial number, because I had read a lot about people getting refurbs. I suppose internally it's different, but I never did see what the console ID was before sending it away. All of my downloaded stuff still works, so perhaps they did the license transfer automatically.
I got back into some Lego Batman last night. What a great distraction. The games I like the most have components of exploration, puzzle solving and a sense of accomplishment. These Lego games really do all of the above.
With the whole XNA thing out there now, I wish I could come up with a good enough idea for a game that I could code it and sell it on Xbox Live.
The nice thing about the 360 (and PS3 for that matter) is they can double up as media receivers. I keep all my media on my pc and stream it to my ps3 & 360 via tversity. The netflix add-on to the 360 is also a neat feature I find myself using more and more. I guess my point is that even though I don't have a ton of time for games, I still find myself using my consoles on a daily basis.
My 360 came with Lego indiana Jones, looks sweet. I used to love the old Lego Island game on PC, so I'm looking forward to it.