it's the heat. AND WARHAWK RUMBLES NOW.

12/20/2007 12:40:11 PM

That dropship is a BEAST. I brought one down last night with a grenade though, and that was sweet.

12/20/2007 3:44:12 PM

DiRT for 39.99 on Amazon today with free shipping

12/20/2007 8:20:33 PM

ok.

so what are the first things i should get now that i have a ps3.

already picked up some HDMI cables (just ordered tonight). filled out my rebate form for 5 free blu rays, and have need for speed carbon. waiting on gran turismo 4 or 5 whichever the new one is (dont keep up with all this stuff)

im guessing another controller should be bought.

how is fifa 08?

12/27/2007 1:43:42 AM

Guitar Hero and RockBand are both must haves.

12/27/2007 1:57:38 AM

Quote :

"Does anyone have one that they actually play? "

12/27/2007 3:57:32 AM

I got to see Uncharted the other day.

It's like they tried to take everything good about Prince of Persia, somehow made it less cool, then tacked on a bunch of other things I hate in games along with a crappy swimming animation.

But hey, at least when he gets out of the water, his clothes are wet!

Furthermore, it'd be cooler if when having to turn certain things in the game they used the SIXAXIS rather than "wiggle your thumbstick around to turn the porthole cover".

12/27/2007 4:14:19 AM

Quote :

"Guitar Hero and RockBand are both must haves."

yeah, i was thinking about GH3. but i already have it for Wii.

12/27/2007 9:57:08 AM

i have fifa 08 on 360 and its awesome

12/27/2007 9:57:34 AM

Ratchet and Clank (sp?) actually isn't that bad either judging from the demo.

And of course GT5: Prologue coming out next month.

Actually just hook it up to the internet and download PSN demos and see which games you like to play.

I do recommend you buy Flow, its stupid fun when you're bored.

[Edited on December 27, 2007 at 11:25 AM. Reason : >.<]

12/27/2007 11:24:56 AM

started on uncharted today

12/27/2007 2:34:03 PM

got CoD4 and Assassin's Creed for Xmas

CoD4 is alright, AC i didn't even bother to open - i'll take it back and use the refund to rent it

12/27/2007 2:42:12 PM

Anyone up for Rock Band? A few of my friends get together every Thursday night at Woodys Sports Bar in Cary. Just thought I would throw it out there. Feel free to come by and play.

**Oh, we usually start around 8ish and go till about 1am.

[Edited on December 27, 2007 at 5:48 PM. Reason : no time?]

12/27/2007 5:46:08 PM

ok so no one knows the exact date of release for the new gran turismo. should i save my $$ or should i just get another game and not wait.

i may just rent a few to see what i like.

12/27/2007 7:30:16 PM

the prologue will release mid-february, so the full game would probably be mid-year i'd guess

12/27/2007 8:27:48 PM

so ninja gaiden worth renting? can you play it all the way through on a rent? i never played it on xbox so...

but i did just start uncharted

12/27/2007 11:14:18 PM

aaah dang. so ima just go buy another game.

12/28/2007 2:25:15 PM

should i buy a ps3 now or wait it out a while?

12/28/2007 3:02:42 PM

^ I'm wondering the same thing. got a bunch of money and gift cards to best buy for Christmas and am seriously debating the purchase. Ghostbusters III comes out later in 2008, but Rock Band looks bad ass now. I'm trying to decide if I should go ahead and get it or wait it out, but I'm not sure what I'd be gaining by waiting . . .

12/28/2007 3:30:17 PM

Can anyone with the 80GB model comment on backwards compatibility with PS2 games? Sony's site seems to indicate that most problems have been fixed with the current firmware, but I'm wary of taking their word for it.

Particularly concerned about games like GT4, San Andreas, FFXII, God of War, Star Ocean...

12/28/2007 10:39:28 PM

i dont think 80gb ps3s can play ps2 games

12/29/2007 12:53:06 AM

Yeah, they can. The 80GB models have software emulation, like the ones released in Europe.

It's only the 40GB models that don't have any backwards compatibility with PS2 games.

12/29/2007 1:23:47 AM

so anyone downloaded the club demo from uk psn? i hear its pretty fun and a good game

12/29/2007 12:29:22 PM

official backwards compatibility list http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/CompatibleStatus

or you could pick up the 60GB, which has fewer compatibility issues. people are still selling it on ebay, amazon, etc. for $400

and the 5-free blu-ray offer takes FOREVER for many people. Check your status here: https://portal.archway.com/run/Lookup?key=BVISTA

12/29/2007 12:37:53 PM

so how do you go about playing backup games? do you need a chip, like the Wii?

12/29/2007 1:05:42 PM

Here is my list demo recommendations... at least the ones i haven't deleted so far:

Racing
Burnout Paradise (wonderful crash physics)
DiRT
MX vs. ATV (kinda similar to DiRT)
Full Auto 2 (w/ weapons)
Juiced2: HIN
Stuntman: Ignition
GT5 Prologue (suzuki circuit only v_v)
Need for Speed prostreet (not much unique to this one... skippable)

Spors
FIFA08
WinningEleven2008 (another soccer game: Jap server only)
NBA08 (1080p)
skate
Go! Sports Ski (222MB; demo may only appear on Jap server)
NHL 2k8 (if you're into hockey)
collegehoops 2k8 (ONLY because you can play against UNC in the demo)

Other
Blazing Angels 2 (great SixAxis flying mode)
Armored Core (if you are really into mechs)
Bladestorm (i'll probably delete this, 'cause it doesn't seem like it takes THAT much strategy)
TimeShift (reviews weren't good, but still worth demo-ing)

Or if you want some small demos:
snakeball
pixeljunk
kazuo
blast factor
bacterius (almost the same as blast factor)
XI[sai] (game where you move dice around)

I like Ninja Gaiden but would at least rent it rather than demo it

12/29/2007 1:15:42 PM

^^ you can't play ps3 backups without a blu-ray burner. iso loader also does not exist. to play ps2 IMPORTS (maybe backups also?), you have to either take advantage of a glitch in older firmware (now fixed) or solder some switches to over-ride the slot-load motor. this procedure has burned out chips for many users and scratched the lens for many others.

12/29/2007 3:38:49 PM

i see i see

^^thanks for that list.

i have Need for speed pro street.

looking to pick up fifa08

12/29/2007 9:15:44 PM

This may have been discussed but I'm not gonna go through 58 pages...

I'm finally gettin a PS3, what do I need to get with it? It only comes with one controller right, so another controller. And.. what else would you recommend?

12/30/2007 11:20:40 AM

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=507651
goto that thread and get an hdmi cable (if you can use it).

i saw on slickdeals a while ago that they had a controller for 9.99 after rebate and stuff. i think they go for like $30 or $40 in the stores.

12/30/2007 12:32:10 PM

^^ if you get it from sonystyle.com now, you get an extra controller free.

12/30/2007 12:39:32 PM

Thanks. I have to use bestbuy for the PS3 (gift cards) but I'll look into getting the HDMI for myself and my parents need one too. What about the little...controller charger? Does it come with one wire to plug it in to the unit, or does that cost extra, and does anybody know about the blu-ray remote or seperate charging base?

12/30/2007 2:01:21 PM

Any of you guys play COD4? We should get a [TWW] clan up in here.

12/30/2007 2:47:33 PM

FIFA 08 is my only ps3 game and its awesome!

12/30/2007 7:08:04 PM

yeah i just rented it. kinda hard to play it the right way. i kick too dang hard. i even double tap the O button so it wont kick so hard.

can you curve your kicks?

12/30/2007 8:22:57 PM

got my ps3 set up yesterday but dirt hasnt got here yet. been playing some madden while gt hd downloads....gotta get my fix of racing.

12/30/2007 9:44:51 PM

gtHD isnt bad. glad its free, i would have hated paying for it (i think that was the original idea from playstation).

i think ill keep playing NFS prostreet.

im loving FIFA08. i went to best buy to buy it, sold out, kinda odd i guess.

hooked the PS3 up with HDMI cable to the TV and ran a optical cable from PS3 to the home theater system.

damn just starting up the system sounds good.

1/1/2008 10:21:13 PM

This may have already been posted but, is there a rebate for the bluray movies in the PS3 box or was the store suppose to give you one? I got a PS3 for xmas with the Spiderman movie but do not know how to get the free movies.

1/1/2008 11:27:02 PM

yeah, i believe the store was suppose to give it to you.
but you can find it online.

http://www.bluraysavings.com/bluraysavings_usa.pdf

it should be legit, that address looks similar (from what i can remember) to where i sent mine (from best buy reciept)

1/1/2008 11:34:45 PM

OK! I have been playing with making my PS3 and G4 Mac talk to each other lately. Here's some info I've found helpful.

If you are using airport wireless technology (in my case, G4 hooked up to ethernet and hosting wireless network via internal airpot card) and are password-protecting your network, MANY gaming devices (Nintendo DS, Wii, PS3, etc.) have a hard time finding the DNS info and getting assigned a IP. You will want to assign IP manually to get your PS3 on your airport network. Helpful info: http://www.myps3.com.au/GuideDetail.aspx?id=35 (although the guy who wrote it doesn't have a PS3 so follow his DS instructions instead)

If you want to share some files via an external hard-drive, you will want FAT32 format. If you're planning on using the same drive to back-up using Time Machine, I'd recommend partitioning both HFS+ and FAT32 onto the same drive. I posted a link for this earlier.

If you want to share files via your network, there are several options. For YDL Linux fans, nautilus can find shared drives. HOWEVER, since most of you only care about streaming media, you have a couple of free media streaming options. If you're using Linux, you can stream by opening the file in VLC on the host computer (see http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/29/how-to-stream-almost-anything-using-vlc) and retrieving the stream using VLC on the PS3.

If you'd rather not go into Linux, another media streaming option is to create a UPnP server. For this, there's twonky, eyeconnect, or the free and legal MediaTomb via Fink. MediaTomb takes a long time to set up in Terminal (lots of UNIX know-how is good to have), and I've personally had problems sharing files with characters outside the basic latin set (even though the server claims UTF-8 support). Even DivX files are recognized, but you'll have better luck with many divx videos by booting into Linux. (see http://www.applesource.com.au/how-to/how-to-stream-media-to-a-ps3-from-a-mac/210/) Still no album art from what I can tell :-P

1/2/2008 12:00:26 AM

Oh and FYI, GameOS 2.0 broke the wireless connectivity in YellowDog Linux. Anybody running YDL will want to upgrade to a beta kernel to fix the problem: http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_5.x/ps3-wifi-upgrade-kernel.shtml

1/2/2008 1:04:19 AM

^^^ Thanks, that should work. My mom got the PS3 at Circuit City on BF and it was suppose to come with a free wireless controller but it only came with one so I am going to go up there to day and ask them about it. I assume this meant that it was suppose to come with two.

1/2/2008 7:20:16 AM

games on ebay are going for half the price or less (current bids and used).

hopefully they will still end up as decent deals

1/2/2008 5:06:12 PM

Can anyone confirm the status of the 40GB backwards compatibility with PS2 games? I heard that they fixed it and I also heard that the 40GB doesn't do backwards compatibility. Is this something that could be fixed down the road?

1/2/2008 8:49:58 PM

40gig model has no backwards compatibility with PS2 games. Zero.

The 80gig has software emulation of the PS2 CPU (but includes the GPU, which the 40GB does not--which is why the 40GB model doesn't do PS2 games). The software emulation has been improved with firmware patches but still isn't perfect.

1/2/2008 9:58:37 PM

it tells you on the box of the 40gb that it is NOT compatible with the ps2 games, but it is with some PS1 games.

1/2/2008 10:08:12 PM

^ Oh sorry, I forgot to read the imaginary PS3 box sitting here on my desk. If these questions bore you don't waste your time answering them.

1/2/2008 11:35:54 PM

god durn you are a fiesty broad

1/2/2008 11:52:35 PM

Quote :

"^ Oh sorry, I forgot to read the imaginary PS3 box sitting here on my desk. If these questions bore you don't waste your time answering them. "

dont be a little baby about this. in no way did my post try to sound mean.

how was i suppose to know you didnt have a box? if they bore me i wouldnt have answered. since i knew the answer i like to help.

calm down

1/3/2008 9:24:22 AM

Need some help - I have this service: http://www.o2securewireless.net/
and need to know how to set up my PS3 to wireless connect through that system.

Thanks!

1/3/2008 10:43:10 AM