The Playstation 3 is IDENTITY THEFT

Yeah, I haven't really taken any action because I don't want to part with it, but between the busted console and the hacked PSN thing, I'm thinking about either getting a blu-ray player + apple TV and waiting for the next generation of Xbox, or just using a cheap PC for a media center and saying goodbye to consoles for good.

ps3s have always sucked as media centers. great for games, though!

got a few odd emails this morning asking for confirmation, dunno if this was just ill-timed spam or psn hack fallout

sigh http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/05/sony-hacked-again-used-to-host-phishing-site.ars

ps3s have always sucked as media centers. great for games, though!

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, May 20, 2011 10:31 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

counterpoint: http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

just realised how fucked PSPGo users have been without even a store to buy overpriced dd games from

james is that one of those programs that runs on ANOTHER computer, and streams the video to the PS3? i have never understood the attraction of that. it's like, what a great media center, all it needs is another computer on all the time to function properly.

now, if it ran on a NAS, and played every format you could throw at it...

um, it works almost exactly like Apple TV...?

never tried PS3 media server, but I messed with tversity or whatever and it was OK. eventually I realized all I wanted to do was play downloaded movies on my TV so I just bought a quick little USB stick and converted MKV to VOB and watched them directly off of it. I think the same thing is possible on 360.

err.. TV shows. movies aren't worth the hassle.

it's the whole "hassle" and "converting" thing that I have an issue with

like, why can't the PS3 (or apple TV or whatever) just mount a networked drive and let me play the movies over that?

y'all know you can build/buy used a cheap pc for cheap and hook it into your network and play movies like that right? probably cheaper than a ps3 or an apple tv!

my PS3 was a gift, so it was actually much cheaper than a cheap PC

y'all know you can build/buy used a cheap pc for cheap and hook it into your network and play movies like that right? probably cheaper than a ps3 or an apple tv!

yeah, I mentioned it as an option in my post. Problem is it really isn't that cheap compared to the other options once you figure in the cost of the operating system (assuming you aren't a pirate or Linux person). I may do it the next time I need to upgrade my PC.

I bought a WD TV Live for ~$90 that sits under my telly and plays everything I throw at it.

yeah i've got a popcorn hour and it's great, but it would be even better to ditch it and just have one box

xp - Huh, I didn't even know about that. Netflix capability, too, eh? Very tempting.

of course if popcorn hour or WD Live starts doing MLB.TV, then....

fuck mlb.tv, apple can eat a bag of dicks

all right, maybe "fuck apple" is the correct response there

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/05/24/business/AP-AS-Japan-Sony-Canada.html?hp
wtf guys is this a joke or

I think it is a joke, but the hacker community is telling it.

hey sony stop hitting yourself

TBH, PS3 Media Server is a pretty neat little program, I have it on my laptop and it streams and converts p much anything I throw at it to the telly via the PS3. Only drawback for me was our wifi is fucked (long narrow house, lots of brick walls) so it streamed badly so I gave up.

yeah, similar in my house plus i like to put my computer to sleep when it's not being used.

Motorstorm Apocalypse is FUN

cannot sign in todya. ps3 is not a gaming console its a FUCKING JOKE

If Sony can't get this PSN mess sorted out before E3, then it'll overshadow anything they announce there.

http://www.okaygeek.com/storage/post-images/gaming/sony/sony-ps3-does-nothing-funny-gif.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1267489699532

lol -

http://uk.playstation.com/psn/store/

Good Lord, they even have a PSN app. Insert joeks here about one's iPhone getting hacked that way.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/30/full-psn-services-including-playstation-store-return-this-week/

^^^ presented without further commentary

"we have an announcement: the store will be back RSN"

Will it be obvious how to get our free game or what?

just type in your address, credit card, SSN, mother's maiden name, city of birth and your first pet's name

'The company implemented considerable security enhancements to the network infrastructure' translation: 'we've actually installed some proper security now'

back up

but really the more important thing is Eurogamer's review of El Shaddai. holy CRAP that sounds great.

all i want is BG&E HD

u_u

OK after following that link i want El Shaddai, too

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/1/0/9/6/0/6/0/ss_preview_el17.jpg.jpg

looks like the cover of a 70s sci-fi novel

Hadn't even known about that one, looks cool

PSN Store back up, but no free games yet. hmmm.

what about beyond good and evil HD?

yeah i am pretty excited for bg+ehd and the team ico ones

those won't be out til later I thought? bg&ehd was due out last month

yeah they got pushed back, i'm just bundling my anticipation for the hd reduxes together. bg+e was resched for this past Mon so should have thought it would appear today.