I ran out of room on my PS3 hard drive (again) last week, so I took the plunge and upgraded it this weekend. Which, aside from stripping two screws and having to cut the old drive out of the cage, was pretty painless. Yay for non-propriety drives and cheap prices - paid way less for a 320-gig notebook drive than I did for my 120-gig Xbox 360 drive last year.



Nice.

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Thanks to a great friend (and an extra beta key he had) I finally had the chance to try out LittleBigPlanet.



Despite all the reading up I’ve done and movies I’ve seen, I wasn’t really prepared for how...charming the game is. I’m already getting hooked and the beta ends in a few days - would really like October 21st to hurry on up.

Please.

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Seriously, this is the coolest thing ever. And might be available for us non-press folks! Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease...

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It’s Sunday and I’m at home, ready for a relaxing day. Well, other than helping a pal move, but I owe him much more than a move can repay, so that’s all moot. Work has been crazy, and we’re just about to make our first submission - the game is looking great, and I think people are going to be very surprised by the type of content it holds. A mini-game collection it’s not.

Recent Things:



Beat MGS4 last weekend. Such a game for the fans, and since I am one, oh my god - wonderful. I haven’t been this thrilled and moved and shocked by a game in many, many years. It was a perfect ending to a powerful series, and it made me a happy person to have followed it since it’s conception.

Also, the bonus disc is great. I haven’t watched the “external” reflection video yet (which I hear is amazing), but the “internal” one made me laugh. It’s great to see a company as talented as Kojima Studios having surprisingly similar “issues” as we’re having now. Ah, game development.



Downloaded the database, which is surprisingly addictive. Only about 40% through, and I’m already appreciating this series even more.

I still haven’t bought a new iPhone, was more excited about the software than the hardware, but that’s about to change. Super love the 2.0 upgrade, and the app store is amazing. But now I need more speed - downloading new RSS feeds through NetNewsWire (the over-the-air syncing is so great - especially how it auto-updates read-status on other devices when you get new feeds) or updating the “push” features in MobileMe is noticeably laggy. Gah.

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Couldn’t sleep, crunch is heavy on my head, but this already made my day.



Chrono Trigger has a such happy place with me, it was the first import game I ever bought. Scraped and saved for months, and picked it for the Super Famicom the day it came out, for the low, low price of only 130 bucks. Which - funny enough - wasn’t much of a markup over the actual price. People think games are expensive today? Sheesh. Collecting SuperFami games back in the day slaughtered my wallet.

Anyways, SO looking forward to playing it again on the DS. So, so, so much.

Also, this news made me happy. Yakuza 3! Yay!

While I’m looking forward to Kenzan (wonder what they’re going to call it here?) and I love the setting, the original game was shockingly great (and turned out to be one of my all-time favorite RPGs), so I couldn’t be more thrilled to see the series return to its roots and original feel. Only two more months until Yakuza 2, which I’m sure will hold me over in the meantime...



:)

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I so can’t wait...

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Wow, this makes me so freaking happy. Edit: Beyond Good and Evil is back!

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OMG! PixelJunk Monsters is a fantastic game with an equally fantastic soundtrack, but last I heard Otograph had no plans on releasing an OST. But it’s out, like...today! For only 3 bucks! Yay!

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IGN gave Haze a remarkably low score.

I wonder if 4.5 means “slightly below average” or “oh god this game sucks” or “fuck you for being over-hyped and under-delivering.”

I’m sure I’ll pick it up when the price drops and find out for myself. In any case, it’s too bad - I’m a fan of Free Radical and was really hoping for something keen...

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Really starting to like the little game store near work.



It had this a few hours early, and for a few bucks cheaper than anyone else. Also, no joke, over 100 people were lined up. Crazy.

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So then, it's now been a little over four hours while waiting for the first of (gah) two patches to download. Please hurry, because I really want to play. Thanks.

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OMG! Who enjoys small game stores that sell stuff before they're supposed to?

Me! Me!

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