OK, I talked to the DM and here's the latest. Apparently, I'm not the only one who's asked for us to get back on track with this game, so we're looking at having a go again this weekend, assuming that some other real-life interruption doesn't intrude (I should comment, that while the xbox certainly contributed to our delay, real-life interruptions have done so considerably as well.) Also, when d20 Modern comes out, we may actually do a full scale conversion. Since the classes will be the same, the conversion process will actually be quite simple, I think, so there's really no reason why not to do it.
Anyway, with any luck, at this time next week, I'll be typing up my update from our latest play session.