• 16Jan 10

  That's a deal !

  Hello everyone

  I hope everyone had pleasant holidays.

  We're having the coldest Winter in 13 years in Belgium, it almost snowed every day. I like snow so much - even though I know it causes a lot of practical problems - cause it brings us light in a season where days are short and dark.

  But let's move on to the next topic : gaming.

  While I was reading forum posts yesterday afternoon, I stumbled upon a very interesting one about PSN cards. I read that you can open a PSN account in whatever country you want. What made it even more interesting was the fact that you can now buy PSN cards online, even me, an European gamer can buy American PSN cards and use them in the corresponding PSN Store (as long as I have an American PSN account). No need anymore to use your (European) credit card, which caused quite some problems for a few gamers when they tried to buy stuff on the US PSN Store.

  After reading that post, I created an American PSN account and when I browsed through the PSN Store, it was as if I just opened the doors to the Walhalla !! There were so many games available, many of them will never appear in the European PSN Store. I was very interested in old PS titles, especially RPGs. A lot of good (to excellent) RPGs from the PS - era are very expensive and hard to get nowadays. You almost have to cut off an entire arm to get Suikoden II (average price on Ebay : 150 euro---> 200US dollars) in your possession....I would consider giving up a leg but for a gamer an arm is just not possible...although...with all that motion sensitive stuff coming, a leg would be as necessary as an arm.....

  But back on topic.....when I saw all those PS titles for sale, I literally raced to my PC and bought American PSN cards online, a minute later I had the redeem codes and a handful minutes later I was the proud owner of Suikoden, Wild Arms, Wild Arms 2 and Final Fantasy Tactics.

  I really hope Sony will continue to put old titles in its PSN Store, titles that were never released in Europe like Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Suikoden III (PS2).... and let's not forget the almost not affordable Suikoden II. It's nice for latecomers, like me, to the RPG genre, that you can now buy and play some of the real genre cIassics.

  Do I have to say that I'm one happy girl after yesterday afternoon?!

  That's all for now. Have a very nice weekend and take good care

  

  • Posted Jan 16, 2010 8:17 am PT
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• 24Dec 09

  Kerst en Nieuw

  Don't worry about the title, all will become clear in a few minutes .......

  Ik wens jullie allen een heel gezellige Kerst en een prachtig Nieuwjaar 2010 gevuld met goede en prettige dingen !

  Now, what does that mean ?

  Well - you should know what's coming - it's very easy : I only wanted to wish you all a very pleasant Christmas and a wonderful New Year 2010, filled with good and pleasant things, but in my mother tongue. Why? Cause it comes straight from the heart then, not from the mind.

  Take good care,

  Christine

  • Posted Dec 24, 2009 4:08 am PT
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• 27Oct 09

  My new toy

  Hey everyone

  It's been quite some time since my last blog, several months to be exact. This blog is only a small update. I promise I'll write a bigger one later with more gaming updates.

  Today, before lunch, I went to my regular game store and picked up this :

  

  The 360 Elite 250 GB - Forza 3 bundle. Yay !!

  Finally I'll be able to download DLC for games. That was almost impossible with my old 360 : it only had a 20gb HD.

  That's not all what gaming concerns. After waititng for more than a week, my copy of Uncharted 2 finally arrived today in the mail. The waiting almost drove me crazy. Every day I read blogs, saying how amazing and superb Uncharted 2 is and all I could do is waiting. They say patience is a good virtue, they're right...if you're not the one who has to do the waiting.

  I hope you're all ok. Cya soon in my next blog, till then :

  Take good care and have fun while gaming

  • Posted Oct 27, 2009 9:10 am PT
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