What many other blogs are: making one's thoughts public for whatever reason. Here I talk about games.

• 18Dec 09

  10 things I wish my PSP could do

  1. Display written documents (digital comics are a step in the right direction, but I would like text-only docs too)
  2. Take voice and/or text memos (speech-to-text capability would be awesome!)
  3. Create personal achievement lists for my games (or a more general to-do list creator)
  4. Load games as fast as NES for truly instant game play
  5. Trophy support
  6. Release a steady stream of games that actually interest me
  7. Hold at least 80GB worth of data
  8. Have greater music player control with the PSP earphone remote (e.g. an easier way to navigate my music collection than skipping through songs one at a time)
  9. Improved web browsing that can handle pages greater than 2MB or whatever the limit is
  10. Find room somewhere for a keyboard to facilitate all the text stuff I want to do

  Am I just wishing my PSP were a netbook with Google Apps or an iPod Touch or something?

  • Posted Dec 18, 2009 6:20 am PT
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• 7Dec 09

  Thank you, video games.

  I want to thank video games.

  Sometimes, things get tough. When they do, we all need a way to cope.

  Video games help me cope. They unwind me. They entertain me. They engage me. They surprise and delight and challenge and awe and intrigue me. They let me escape, if only for a few hours each week, so that afterwards I can return to reality refreshed and ready to take on hardship anew. Yes, video games do this for me.

  If I were perfect, I would be able to weather anything with nothing but my own fortitude. But I am not perfect. I am not impervious to every last stress and challenge in life, and I can get worn down by it all. But, video games, useless, waste-of-time, always-at-the-centre-of-controversy video games, can give me that extra gallon when I am running on fumes.

  So, thank you, video games.

  • Posted Dec 7, 2009 10:03 am PT
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• 7Dec 09

  Borked PS3 Controller; First Platinum Trophy

  So, I let my eleven-month-old son play with my DualShock 3 controller, thinking he could do no harm. So, he drops it a foot and a half from his play saucer. So, now the left button on the d-pad no longer works.

  Lessons learned: Babies are not to be trusted with electronics. DualShock 3 controllers should not be dropped from ANY height.

  Fortunately, the broken button didn't stop me from getting my first platinum trophy over the weekend for God of War. The only thing I couldn't do with the broken button was select Medusa's Gaze. (Luckily, I was past the part of the game where you needed MG to solve a puzzle.) I know that the God of War trophies are a cakewalk, but I'm still happy to have gotten my first platinum. I was getting discouraged after trying so hard with SFIV and WipEout HD.

  So, how long can I hold out before I give up and buy a new controller? Let's see:

  • Critter Crunch: d-pad needed to play! Crud!
  • God of War II: Can't select Cronos' Rage. Is this spell essential to completing the game or Challenge of the Titans?
  • LittleBigPlanet: SackBoy has lost an emotion. No problem. I only use 'happy' anyway.
  • Shatter: d-pad not needed for gameplay. Not sure about menu navigation.
  • Street Fighter IV: I have a fightstick for SFIV.
  • Super Stardust HD: d-pad not needed for gameplay. Will probably play this through while I decide what to do.
  • Virtua Fighter 5: I'm used to playing this with my d-pad. Maybe now's the time to learn to play VF5 on the fightstick.
  • WipEout HD Fury: d-pad not needed for gameplay. Not sure about menu navigation.
  • Posted Dec 7, 2009 8:42 am PT
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