Phantasy Star on the PSP? Sweet!

I know. "Old news".

Sega should get with the program and give up with the sad MMO attempts. Phantasy Star 5 is where the series needs to go. A mentally tangible story, a tactful battle system, and unique characters.

In any case, I'll probably buy this. After Crisis Core, I'm finally enjoying my PSP. That means playing it once a week as opposed to not at all. LOL

Chains of Olympus sucks for the seasoned

In Joystiq's one-off renamed "Nega-Review", it's unanimously decided that the PSP outing is same-old. How exciting, seemingly how I preordered it unknowingly.

The game is mocked for being linear, although I wouldn't expect much else from a portable game. After all, regardless of the PSP's capabilities, it is not a full console. Other complains range from lack-of-anything-new and the loss of features/capabilities in this prequel.

From the demo, the game seemed okay, but it wasn't very exciting. Other than Kratos bashing someone's head in with a treasure-chest. But I could live without it.

Gamestop reserved Chains of Olympus for me without permission

So I received a phone call in the middle of band practice tonight. It was from an odd number, so I ensure to hush up the guys from their fiddling.

"Aeris" from Gamestop, how your name brings back memories. You know what? I wasn't sad when she died. I liked Tifa better anyway. LOL

According to them, I had reserved God of War: Chains of Olympus. Talk about a surprise! The truth is that I don't like the PSP that much and I certainly don't like God of War enough to reserve it. They must have pulled a quick one on me and somehow interpreted a "Yes" out of my shunning of their usual Do-you-want-to-reserve barrage.

Confession: I just bought a slim PSP for the TV out. But this was for two purposes: Crisis Core and AVPR. That's it. The God of War demo was interesting and all, but I'm in no rush to buy the game. I guess I'll have to go apply the money toward AVPR.

*shakes fist at Gamestop*

Any T-Mobile MDA owners trafficking this site?

Since it was time for a mobile phone upgrade and I needed a newer pocket PC, the T-Mobile MDA seemed to be the best choice. I love the phone so far; my only gripe is that I can't draw in the notes section of the task list. I'm a bit new to the PocketPC scene, so I've been poking around in it when I have time.

The MDA is infinitely more useful than my PSP, and after the mail-in rebate, it will cost the same as well. I'd always hoped for PocketPC-type functionality from the DS, but it never happened from official 3rd parties. Homebrew made a valiant effort, but it wasn't what I needed.

Back on track, freewarePPC.com appears to have some emulators that may work on my new phone. Unfortunately, I do not have the 4GB MiniSD card I want yet (hoping I can also use it with my Wii). But if anyone has this phone and has tried some of these emulators, I'd love to hear about it (along with any tips/tricks).

Free PSP "Gangs of London" Demo

Playstation Underground emailed me today with an offer for a free Gangs of London UMD.

Only the first 2300 to register will receive the demo, so hurry up and click here. Look for the above picture in the upper right corner after skipping the first few intro videos.