Monthly Archive for April, 2009

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&*!@ing Gaming

I have a PS3.  It’s cool.  A Blu-Ray player for when I finally get a Blu-Ray disc for my pathetic dvd collection.  A music library that can pump sounds through my plasma’s impressive speakers.  And best of all a slick collection of best of breed gaming titles.  And yes, at first glance my small collection of hand-picked gems includes imho some of the best moments of 7th generation gaming.  Between COD4, FarCry2, Battlefield:BadCompany & WipEoutHD I get all that I need from my little slice of domestic arcadia pie.But I have had massive problems with all but one.

  • COD4 has spent a large percentage of it’s lifetime in the “Downloading game settings” state.
  • Battlefield:BadCompany refuses to allow me to invite or join would-be squad members
  • WipEoutHD’s brittle save files corrupt themselves if stared at too long

 Some days it really is a pain.  That these kinds of amateurish problems still present themselves is a sure sign that for all the talk, the industry has not yet matured to the quality or stature of other entertainment business.

Geek Library

This link has been knocking about my list of stuff to ogle for a while now.  It’s the library of Jay Walker, a guy who made millions out of ideas
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