Playstation 3

I am going to be talking about something that is very near and dear to my heart. I didn’t think I would be revealing this to my blog audience so soon. I try to closely guard it because I’m not 100% proud of it. It is something that isn’t fully under my control, so bare with me while you read this… and please don’t poke fun.

Before school gets way to hectic and I don't have time to play games, I thought I'd rent another title that I'm a fan off - Need For Speed. Their newest release called Pro Street. I downloaded the demo on the PS3 and looked like fun, I though I'd try it.

The intros are fun to watch - once or twice, after that you'll just end up skipping them. The in-game intros and cut scenes get repetitive very fast, and there is no way to skip them. The announcer who 'believes in you' get annoying really fast because of the clips repeat over and over again during the course of the game.

So here is another instalment of a PlayStation3 tip to 'enhance' your user experience.

Some of my previous tips include:

I was getting bored looking at the same PS3 XMB (XrossMediaBar) - fancy word for your main menu bar/screen. Changing the colour of the default theme was fun for a while, but now the icons and background are getting a bit repetitive.

Since there is an option in the XMB for themes, I assumed that there is some way of uploading/installing/downloading/whatever a new theme.

So after a bit of research, I found the process. It's very simple - Just 10 easy to follow steps.

While I was playing NHL 08, I noticed that none of the teams had their revamped logos or new jerseys. I would have expected that to be the default since that was the big thing this season.

Playing around with some of the menus and option in NHL 08, I stumbled across a place where I could enter a code to unlock the jerseys. For a while I though this is something you probably have to pay for, but after a quick search, I found the code.

So, after playing about 10 games under Dynasty Mode, I wanted to be sure that my progress was saved, so here is a work-around that seems to work:

Once you load up your Dynasty Mode, and play a game or make a roster change, got into 'My NHL 08', and go to 'Save Dynasty'. Then select the Dynasty that you want to overwrite and save to.

So, now that I have my PS3 at home, it was time to up the experience by connecting it to my Samsung 226BW, and my Sony 300 watt speaker system.  The only problem here is the volume I can enjoy the movies and games at - since I live in an apartment (flat).