Uber-Geek Battle Royale

I finally purchased a PS3 last weekend. I won't tell you the pains that it took to get it (it involved eGift certificates and a certain retailers inability to show that the 8 consoles they had in store were actually 'in-stock' on the web). Point is, I got one. 60GB worth of storage, WiFi ready, Bluetooth Controllers, and a BluRay drive capable of producing a 1080p resolution picture. Nice.

It wasn't until I started looking into a new gaming console that I realized the great chasm that had developed between the Microsoft Xbox crowd and the Sony Playstation group. We have a bit of that divide in our office. It all boils down to a sort of "my dad can beat up your dad" mentality. Is one better than the other? Sure, probably. You just can't ask anyone who owns only one. I am not impartial. I just plunked down half a thousand dollars on a PS3, so you think I'm going to tout the greatness of an Xbox 360? Not likely. Personally I don't care for the Xbox. Not because Microsoft makes it, not because its technically inferior, but because I don't like the controller. Plain and simple. Does it do some things better than a PS3, it might, but I won't likely find out.

I've owned so many gaming consoles in my life that it'd be hard to count them. From the Nintendo, to the Super Nintendo, to the Sega Genesis, on to the PS, PS2, and now the PS3. I still have my original Playstation somewhere. It still works. I've had two PS2's, apparently they don't like dog hair in the air filter. I've had great success with the Playstations, they've lasted quite a while, and seem to be pretty up on things. Granted, PS3 hit the starting gate a little late in the game, but I think that may have worked out for the best. They had an opportunity to see what everyone else was offering, then one up them. You want WiFi on an Xbox, got to buy a module. Same thing goes for High Def movie playback.

I guess the bottom line is this: To each his own. You like Xbox, fine. You like PS3, fine. You like the Nintendo Wii, you might be a little gay. You just have to stick with what works for you.

But you'll wish you bought a PS3...chumps.

I Am All Talk.

The title says it all...I've laid down my arms and surrendered about 150 bucks to the Runaway Bay Municipal court in hopes that I can take "Defensive Driving". So we'll see if the judge approves my request. Of course, then I have to pay who knows how much for defensive driving, and spend a day of my life re-learning how to drive...defensively. On the up side one of the local mexican food restaurants gives you a free meal with the defensive driving course, so there's that. Not sure if they also serve beer with it. Can you drive defensively after four or five Bud Lights? I tend to get a little defensive after a few, so logic tells me that should transfer right over to the driving. Guess that'll be one of the things they teach us. I wouldn't mind learning how to do a J turn either. That'd be a sweet defensive move there. We'll just have to see how the course goes. This may be a good thing, could help alleviate my mild to moderate road rage in the process. Or it could intensify it. I've always heard that the best defense is a good offense, or is it the other way around? Again, I'll have to check with the instructor, that seems like it'd be important information. So anyway, just thought I'd bare my shame and admit defeat. Ultimately the prospect of having higher insurance rates just wore me down. But rest assured, should another injustice of this magnitude occur, I'll complain as loud and as many times as possible. Believe that.
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