• 28Nov 09

  The used and the broken

  The Used

  A few weeks and $250 later, my PS3 has finally been returned by the Sony Repair Shop. They were pretty fast and they packaged it well, but I'm still disappointed because they failed to update me as promised and they also sent me back a different console despite saying otherwise. While it's the same model (original 60GB), I'm left having to re-download all my PSN games again because my backup recognises the unit as a different system. But the negativity aside, I'm finally getting back into Uncharted 2 and opted for Assassins 2 on the PS3 as well. Both are keeping me well entertained! (and no, it wasn't really that dirty when returned, I just flogged that picture from google images )

  The Broken

  The scene below from Broken Sword depicts pretty much what happened to the aircon in our bedroom earlier this week. After digging out the receipt, I was not at all surprised to see the 5 year warranty had expired less than a month ago. It's a CONSPIRACY! Little programs in the machines designed to kill them a few weeks after warranty!

  

  That being said, we were lucky enough to get someone to come out and replace it pretty quickly (rare in the middle of summer). A brand new system is going in next week...thank goodness. It's far too hot at the moment.

  • Posted Nov 28, 2009 3:54 am PT
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• 25Oct 09

  Boldly going where no mummy has gone before

  My sister is usually pretty good when it comes to buying me gifts, but like the rest of my family and friends, few of them try to satisfy my nerdy tendencies, so it was a real surprise when she got me this late birthday gift...

  

  An old 1975 Star Trek annual in almost perfect condition. As customary with these old annuals, it has been autographed by the previous owner. Sorry Ashley House, but I own your book now!

  

  What's that? You want a sneak peak inside? Well sure!

  

  Moving on...

  My PS3 is off being repaired and so far Sony have failed to contact me (as promised) to say they've received it. I'll have to assume it has either been

  a) Lost in transit
  b) Stolen by the weird looking Australia Post dude
  c) Sony did get it and haven't contacted me because they've been super busy

  To fill the PS3 gaming gap, I went and got Borderlands for the 360 last week. I've been playing it a bit over the weekend and so far it has been quite impressive. The RPG elements have been the drawing card for me.

  

  To wrap things up, I guess G013M is ticked off with me over something and took it out on me by tagging me with one of those annoying blog things. So here it goes, 5 things you probably didn't (or want to) know about me:

  1) My Maths scores in school were very ordinary, yet I'm now a bank manager and studying physicist (By the way, I've lost your money and my calculations for this nuclear weapon will kill us all)
  2) I was recently very happy to discover that my Blackberry will hold its charge longer than a day. All I had to do was turn off the twitter program. So sorry all, no more tweets from me. (You can stop cheering now)
  3) I let my wife buy $10 boxes of blueberries for the damn guinea pig every few days. Soon she'll want to take the cats out fine dining.
  4) I recently acquired an autographed copy of Ashley House's cIassic book from 1975. (if you don't know what I'm on about, it's your own fault for not reading my blog in full)
  5) I have holidays in 4 weeks time but only have 4 days. I'm thinking a few nights at the casino with some dining and shopping.

  That's all from me. Take it easy.

  • Posted Oct 25, 2009 5:32 am PT
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• 17Oct 09

  Do all good consoles go to heaven?

  Last month my ageing 360 passed away and I decided it was time to upgrade to a later model with a HDMI and bigger HDD. I waited a couple of weeks for the price drop and picked up an Elite at a decent price. The old 360 is sitting in the garage open and exposed hoping that the electronics part of my uni physics course I did 3 years ago taught me enough to fix a console (I doubt it).

  

  Apparently the drive killing disease that infected the 360 was contageous and spread to the PS3. Last night I had happily kicked off a session of a new game when it froze. Upon rebooting I discovered that it no longer wanted to detect any type of disk. When the 360 died I had just started Batman and ODST. Last week I had just started Demon's Soul and Uncharted 2...life is not fair.

  

  My interest in consoles has been waning lately. They are a huge investment money wise and time wise. I've been finding that the handhelds are satisfying my game craving. This generation of consoles has been dissapointing as far as reliability goes. I only hope that what ever comes out next gets a little more attention to its workmanship so it lasts longer that a day over the warranty period.

  • Posted Oct 17, 2009 4:04 pm PT
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