Me and my PS3

As you may know, a few months ago I became the proud owner of a PS3 Metal Gear Solid Edition. In plain English, that means I got the last model that supports PS2 backwards-compatibility. Still lost? It plays PS2 games too. Moving on...

I'm actually glad I got that particular model. I've read things from Sony saying most people don't utilize the backwards compatibility, but MOST people that own a PS3 also own a PS2. I however came from the dark side, so all I have is an dusty Xbox that only works sometimes.

Recently I got a couple games for my Playstation, the first being an older PS2 game that has a large following, Shadow of the Colossus. My brother is addicted to this game and found a copy for me this year for Christmas. I'm going to say this is one of the better games I've played on any console or computer. It's a surprisingly simplistic, easy to follow, and highly addictive RPG. I'm normally not a RPG fan, but this is a rare exception. Bottom line, if you've never played this game then you definitely should!

Tonight I started another game, Call of Duty: World at War. This is a continuing series of a very popular FPS. I played one of them a few years ago, but I never played past the first level. I played through around 4 levels tonight and I was highly impressed with the gameplay. It seemed like a good balance of action and strategy. Again, a game I would recommend to anyone looking for a good FPS. The best part of this game is it's the ONLY PS3 game that supports 4 person co-op play (that I know of at least).

OH...did I mention?

Feast your eyes on my latest toy. Yes, it's the MGS4 bundle, and yes it's all mine!!! Yes I have beat the game, and yes it was awesome!

I'll have to write a little about switching platforms. Back about 5 years ago I bought an Xbox mainly because of the whole Halo craze, and for the most part I loved it. Great multiplayer games, easy to use, and easily "modded" (thanks Justin!) When Xbox360 was released I was extremely close to buying one but couldn't fine one to be bought. My desire waned, and eventually turned to a slight bit of relief after I heard of the horrible problems with the first generation models. Then Sony released the PS3, and I'll have to admit, I balked when it first came out. I guess I was just against it because I had always been an Xbox type of guy and I didn't want to give it a chance, but after we bought an HDTV last year I've had the itch for a Blu-Ray player and I just couldn't pass this sweet baby up when my mother-in-law gave us $500 smackaroos to spend on "something fun". This was 3 weeks ago and I haven't looked back. I'll have to say, switching gaming platforms is very similar to switching policital parties. Some people really don't care, and enjoy the best of both worlds, some people welcome you with open arms, and others talk to you like you're crazy and couldn't imagine uprooting your loyalties and giving your money to a company like SONY...like it's worse than giving money to Microsoft???

I don't care...I love it!