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Nerd Alley: Mettle Gear Solid

Melanin Brooks 9:10 AM | , , , , , ,

Abandon all hope ye who attempt to sign into the Playstation Network! For thou shalt rage, oh yes, you WILL rage.  The dust rises wraith like from the Playstation 3's once alive jet black shell. The sobbing of fanboys nestle in your ears, songs of torment & boredom. A hellion, donning a Kaz Hirai mask follows you along the path mocking with every step.

"Where is your Kevin Butler NOW fanboy?"

"Lair? That game sucked ass."

"RIIIIIIIDGGGE RACERRRRR!"

This is a horrible, horrible place...this place is now your dwelling. Unable to leave until the great server in the sky has be reborn! Yea it will be a sanctuary whence no hacker can put asunder. Believe it brothers & sisters BEEEEELIIIEEEVEEEE!

Or, you can just trade in your PS3 for an XBox.

I think this is jumping the gun.  Abandoning a system, which is still quite alive and well, because a few hackers wanted to be assholes.  It's been almost a month since the attack and people are itching to camp with the ghost perk in Black Ops (Not me) or rip out someones insides in Mortal Kombat.  What I'd like to ask the fanboys is: What happened to the undying loyalty you had for the Playstation?  The war of words you would have daily with other nerds about how superior your system is over theirs.  The battle of  exclusives, and the death of needing multiple discs.  You (and probably the rest of the world) LOL'd at the demise of the HD-DVD.  Probably even bragged about how awesome Six-Axis was...while the rest of us forget it exists most  of the time.  The honeymoon just ended, and in the settlement, Gamestop gets half.

This mass exodus is surprising.  The PS3 is far from a dead console.  Does no one play single player anymore?  This outage has been the best thing to happen to my backlog!

And the online thing...I had a 360 before it was cool to trade in your PS3 for one.

What happens when the PSN goes back online?  Do you flip your flag again, or will you pull a Newt Gingrich if the shit hits the fan again?

Fuck it, just buy both.  You're missing out if you haven't already.

Sellouts.
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Nerd Alley: Down and Out: The PSN Story

Melanin Brooks 6:54 AM | , , , , ,



I will not complain about the Playstation Network outage.

I will not pan at Sony's efforts/reaction to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. I do not have any rage in me. I'm saving that for Black Ops. Data leak? How long have I been using the internet? It's already out there people believe it or not. The bottom line is, millions of Playstation 3 users are unable to get online to compete, watch Netflix/Hulu or surf porn (oh wait, that's still possible.)

And the soldiers on the Xbox side of the console war won't let you forget about it...that doesn't sit well with me.

Where is the compassion for your fellow gamers people?  I know how it feels to only have one system & have it die in it's sleep via the RRoD, as I'm sure millions of you have.  You, took to the world wide web to vent your spleen for Bill Gates' head on a pike for manufacturing shortcuts that aren't allowing you to enjoy your hobby.  Instead of fanboys from the Sony & Nintendo sides supporting their gaming counterparts (because...I don't know...it could happen to YOU) they go into detail on how you're a dumb ass for buying that POS from M$.  I want to ask, why the blind dedication to a piece of plastic?  Why is it so difficult for fanboys to be impartial (and logical)?  It's way too many excellent games out there for you to be a tech label whore.  Cut it out.

No matter the technological dick measuring contests PS3 & XBox fanboys have daily online, we're all in the same gang.

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The hackers just didn't attack the servers of a major corporation, they attacked US!  Hardcore, casual, whatever.  This affects us all.  Being a troll solves nothing.  Instead of arguing back and forth over processors, shortcomings & console exclusives; we need to be on one accord here.  Watching millions be screwed out of enjoyment and possibly their identity while Nelson Muntzing it on the sidelines isn't a good look.  Don't let your nerd love for a certain console blind you to what's going on and how it may possibly impact your gaming experience one day.

P.S. To the hackers responsible...DIE SLOW!
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