http://pwnpatrol.com p3s pwnage Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:15:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was one of the (un)lucky 100,000 people to get a Playstation Home beta key on Friday. I was pretty excited to try it out but when I got home and installed it out I quickly found out that it's pretty boring. There isn't much to do apart from running ... http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/playstation-home-is-boring/ Got a Resistance 2 beta code in my email last night. It was a 2.2gig download and while it started fast ended up taking quite a while. A friend recieved one as well - both of ours came from the Playstation Underground. 2 maps available in the beta and the game ... http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/resistance-2-beta/ Why are people so bent out of shape about having to install games to the PS3's hard drive? There has been a lot of uproar about install times for MGS4 as well as the other new games that require it (remember how pissy the fanbois were about the install for ... http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/stop-complaining-about-hard-drive-installs/ Ouch! I waited in line last night to grab a copy of GTA4 and I played for about 30 minutes with no problems. Now today it has crashed twice on me! What is going on here? Further to that the online play is down! From what I have been reading a ... http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/grand-theft-auto-4-is-crashing/ I know this isn't a PS3 video, but it really reminded me of the final level in Half-Life 2, but for bikes! http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/our-benefactors-japanese-bike-version/ I downloaded Gran Turismo Prologue the other day and I have to say that I am blown away by how beautiful the graphics are. The menus are so smooth and the game graphics are exceptional. I was also really impressed with the vehicle sounds. It seems that wind noise has ... http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/gran-turismo-prologue/ The first game I tried with my new Dual Shock 3 was  Half-Life 2 in The Orange Box. Much to my suprise and disappointment there was no rumble! There were no options that I could find to turn it on either. Looks like the PS3 version is without rumble and ... http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/no-rumble-in-ps3-version-of-the-orange-box/ Found this today at Walmart. Paid $54.92 ($62.06 after tax) in good old Canadian dollars. http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/picked-up-a-dual-shock-3-today-at-walmart/ I am having some bad luck these days with my PS3. Over the last week or so someone broke one of my Rockband guitars. Either the thing was dropped or someone was too hard on the strum bar. Notes were not strumming properly and notes were randomly releasing even if ... http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/somebody-broke-my-ps3-rockband-guitar/ Hot off the press, Gamepro presents their view of the PS3 and Xbox 360's upcomming releases. Sure to ignite debate between the fanboys, the list does look good for both systems. I have to say, especially after the PS3 outselling the Xbox 360 in the United States this week, ... http://pwnpatrol.com/2008/fanboyism-101-gamepros-ps3-vs-xbox-360-release-calendar-showdown/