I figured what better way to kick off the inaugural blog post than to discuss the big news from earlier this week and take part in the "Playstation Network is back up" hoot-nanny. For those of you gamers, or 'normal' folk, who have been living under a rock for the last month, the free service, Playstation Network (or PSN for we lazy-types), was taken offline after a malicious attack which sought to either bring to light Sony's terrible security policies....or fuck with the minds of all Playstation gamers the world over as they were deprieved their daily dose of calling into question other gamers sexuality while at the same time screaming obscenities in the mic, has finally come to a resolution. No word yet on which group is responsible for the attack, but most scuttle suggests that it was the handy work of a group who are members of an image board located somewhere in the vast wilderness of the internet. Sony did come out and say earlier this month that user's personal data, such as name, addresses, credit card numbers, and sexual fetishes was compromised, but, thus far, has not released actual numbers of those who are affected by the heist. PSN users were sent an email explaining the situation, and Sony, attempting to right the wrongs, presented information to their users on how they can verify if they are the victim of identity theft, as the struck a deal with an online security firm for it's users --which goes without saying is free to PSN users for the immediate future.
In an effort to appease the disappointed users, Sony has done what can only be describe as "throwing them a bone", where it was leaked earlier this week that a handful of games would be available for download from the PSN store, with smash Playstations hits such as LittleBigPlanet and InFamous, to some PSN arcade games, as well as few PSP titles for those in possession of one. Additionally, all PSN (free) users will be given a free month or so of the new PSN - Plus network, which offers some exclusive content not available to the free users - content which won't be available to the user when their account reverts back to 'freeloader' mode. The same 'free' period will also be offered to those users who subscribe to PSN+, with them still being able to keep their shit.
All things considered, I feel Sony is actually being rather gracious in their "We're sorry our shit broke" deal. As I mentioned, PSN is a free service, and, while I don't have the exact numbers of paying PSN subscribers, I'm willing to bet it comes nowhere close the number of free PSN users. Offering any sort of 'refund' for a free service is seriously committed to their user base, well aware that it's the players who keep them going.
In other "Big News", Activision released the teaser trailer for the next installment in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series, unexpectedly titled "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" (that was sarcasm by the way folks). Judging by the teaser, it looks as if the Ultranationalists gave up on their conquest of Washington DC, and moved on to the next logical target: New York City. The clip opens with some chatter by American forces who appear to be the calmest individuals ever as the largest city in America is under attack and they're chatting as if they're on some routine training assignment. Of course, it's probably why I'm not in the military as if I were ever in a situation such as that, my squad's position would be given away as I a let loose with a string of obscenities for every shell that explodes around me. After a few quick glimpses of the amphibious assault on NYC, the trailer closes out with some Russian chatter, which I'm sure has already been translated one of the many Youtube pages dedicated to this, good luck finding it amongst all the "Call of duty sux" posts and what-not. Now, what I bet you didn't know, is that they released a few more trailers that featured more cities than just New York:
London
Paris
Berlin
If all goes well, we can be killing each other before Christmas 2011
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