"Even the immortals fear death"
"不死の人は死を恐れている"

• 30Nov 09

  My PS3 died last night ~ YLOD

  Aug 11th 2007 – November 29th 2009

  Yesterday, I had to bid adieu to my PS3 as it caught the YLOD (Yellow Light of Death). There were no signs of my system conking off anytime soon, but as I was playing Uncharted 2 yesterday the game froze for a couple of seconds and the system shut down. I then try pressing the PS button on my controller to switch it on, but nothing happens! I try manually switching it by sliding my finger over the Power button and the PS3 makes a small beep, like usual, but this time it made another beep and for a second I saw what I feared I would one day see on my PS3…a yellow light. I didn't panic and instead tried again…nope, no dice. I must have switched it on and off 10 times or so till I just gave up and decided to do some research on the YLOD.
  

  I turns out the YLOD happens to 'select' 60GB PS3's. No fair…here I thought I had a rare model, since Sony discontinued manufacturing the 60GB model for the 40GB and SLIM models. My warranty got over last year so I'm screwed…and I have no intentions of paying Sony $150 to 'repair' my system. In all likelihood they will reformat my HDD, erasing all my save files, so I thought I might as well get a new console. Oh and then there's the Uncharted 2 disc STILL in the PS3, which unfortunately belongs to my cousin! I still haven't told him about what happened to my PS3 because I'm sure he'll freak out (he also bought the 60GB model the same day I did), and on top of that If I say his Uncharted 2 disc is still in there he'll kill me!

  So now comes the big question, what do I do now? Well, I'm surely buying a new console…the only thing is, do I get an X360 or a PS3 SLIM. After everything that's happened to my PS3, a sane person would probably pick the former console as his/her next choice…but the thing is…I LOVED my PS3. I don't care about how many games the X360 has and how much the Wii has sold…the fact that I enjoyed playing games on the PS3 is enough for me to warrant another purchase. Nothing's confirmed yet so if you think I should go for either the X360/Wii let me know in the comments section

  P.S: For those who own a 60GB PS3, please take good care of it. Dust off the vents every month and try to give it some rest from time to time. The reason I think my PS3 died was because I played too much Assassin's Creed II and Uncharted 2, and in the process I over-heated the system. Please don't make the same mistake that I did...treasure your PS3 as if it was a brother to you
  

  ~Sam~
  

  • Posted Nov 30, 2009 8:44 am PT
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• 27Aug 09

  Super short blog: Arkham Asylum and Dissidia edition

  I'm keeping things to a bare minimal today *yay for short blogs * I recently got Dissidia: Final Fantasy on the PSP and Batman: Arkham Asylum on the PS3. Played Dissidia for a good 15 hours and even reviewed it. Gamespotters check it out if you have the time and recommend it if you liked it, otherwise give it a thumbs down

  http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/dissidiafinalfantasy/player_review.html?id=677819&tag=player-reviews;continue

  I also got Arkham Asylum a day before it launched and am absolutely loving it. Finished it in 3 sittings and will try to platinum it as soon as possible I might also post a review of it if I have the time

  That is all, take care guys!

  ~Sam~
  

  • Posted Aug 27, 2009 12:43 am PT
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• 15Aug 09

  Cleaned up my friend's list

  I've recently decided to clean up my friends list after seeing that only a handful of my 400+ friends actually comment on my blog. I've removed around 335 friends and am now tracking only 92 from the previous total of 426, so if you have not been commenting on my blogs from time to time, then chances are you are out of my friend's list...sorry, but it's frustrating when I make an effort to comment on EACH and EVERY one of your blogs and in return you can't spend a minute to read and make a comment on mine. I know my blogs aren't editorial worthy and I do make grammatical errors from time to time, but I don't see why that's the reason many of you decide not to make a comment. Out of 426 friends, it seems like only 20 of you actually read my blog...now there's a statistic for you As for those 92 still in my fiend's list, I thank you so much for taking time to post on my blog...your comments mean the world to me

  Also I have less than 15 days till college begins *yikes*. I've enjoyed these past couple of months sitting at home, watching movies and playing games and this is the 1st time that I actually want to get out of my house and go out somewhere...anywhere...anywhere but home. Guess that's what's 4 months of holidays will do to you. So when do you guys have to start school or college? And for those of you who have already finished college, any tips on what I have to take to college and stuff like that?

  ~Sam~
  

  • Posted Aug 15, 2009 1:46 am PT
  • Category: General
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