PSN returns

After several weeks the PSN has returned to the suffering masses.  What did everyone do while the PSN was down?

I for one replaced my PS3 with a newer model.  I did play some offline games.  But not a ton.  I spent some time reading books from the library.  I read a couple of Heinlein novels I had never read.  As well as a couple of Spider Robinson books. 

I have not personally been logged into the PSN so I don't know if any of my friends have moved their trophy count higher.  I'll look into that in a day or two.

PSN outage

The other day I tried to log-in to the PSN via the website to check my trophy totals against my friends.  I could not.  It seems Sony has taken the PSN offline due to "an external intrusion."   In other words they have been hacked.  And at this point we don't know when the PSN will be back up.

So far not a huge inconvenience for me as my PS3 is out of commission. 

My PS3 is dead

Ok it is several years old now.  But it looks amazing.  However it doesn't power on.

Bummer.

Time to see if I can fix it.  I did fix a couple of PS2.  One was mine and the other was a friends. 

Just as I was starting to play the first Uncharted game.  Oh and I'm up to 201 trophies.

I've hit 150 trophies

I noticed a PSN friend attempting to catch my trophy total.  Ok I'm not sure that he is really trying to catch me but I will not let him catch up with me.  I've added a couple of quick FIFA 2009 trophies and I've made plans to purchase the new FIFA Soccer 11.  And I have gone back to playing the campaign in Call of Duty:Black Ops so I've picked up a couple of trophies there as well. 

My new goal is 200 trophies. 

Trophy total has hit 120

Between Guitar Hero 5 , The Godfather II and NBA 2K10 I've added 15 trophies to my ever increasing total.  I've placed some good distance between myself and my PSN friends.

One of my PSN friends may be plotting a come back so I will have to keep an eye on him.  And not spend to much time playing Call of Duty.

Where has the time gone?

I'll tell you where.  Call of Duty:Black Ops.

I am very much addicted to playing online.

I need help.  Maybe an intervention. 

Forget about earning trophies.  I must work to improve my K/D ratio.

Prestige once....not enough....Prestige twice....still not enough.

I think I need a new headset so I can communicate with my teammates....we have to win!!!!

Disk no longer needed for Netflix on the PS3

Not that having to use a disk to watch movies through my PS3 was a deal breaker.  But I am glad that I don't have to swap out disks any more.  Just last week Netflix made the announcement that you could stream movies without swapping a game disk out and replacing it with the Netflix disk. The download was pretty quick and the install was quick as well.

I opened up a movie real quick and it worked fine.  Nice job to Netflix and PS on this one.

Pushed my trophy total to 92

My efforts of trophy domination have not let up.  I've switched games again.  This time to Burnout:Paradise.  I have earned 13 trophies so far.  There are several that are pretty easy to earn.  I've systematically been trying to earn them by focusing my efforts on the different ways to earn trophies.   

I've enjoyed playing the game so far but I'm thinking of switching games again to earn some more easy trophies.  I have not picked out a game yet.

I'm also going to try to add a few more people to my PSN friend list but I'm going to try to be somewhat selective by making sure they are close to my trophy totals.  Although adding someone with a huge trophy total might make me a little bit more competitive...not that I need that.

More trophies

Since I've started playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance I've added 19 more trophies to my collection.  I have created that gap I wanted between myself and my online nemesis.  I played through the game on the easiest level and have started paying through again on a more difficult level hoping to pick up some of the trophies that I might have missed the first time through.

Right now I have 79 trophies to my name.  I hope to increase this number significantly by the end of the month.

Trophy laggard

So I've owned a PS3 for over two years and I only have 67 trophies.  I think I spend to much time playing COD online.  On a whim I played Little Big Planet the other night and made a friend while online.  They had 69 trophies.  Upon noticing this I felt a competitive rush surge through my Mountain Dew infused body [no it wasn't the caffeine.]  At that moment I knew that I had to crush my new friend's trophy total.

I started by looking at my trophy collection and determining which games I would have the best opportunity to earn several trophies in a short time.  Reading through the Little Big Planet's trophy list I decided, based on the description, I could knock out a few really quick. By the end of the night I earned three new trophies and had passed my new online nemesis.  That was my first goal.  The next goal is to put a sizable gap between us.

After further analysis of my game collection and available trophies, I decided that beginning tomorrow would start playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance.