Playstation Network and Discussion Part Deux

[ODogg]

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Controller-racist.

LOL (I really did LOL when I read this). great one!

[ODogg]

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Yeeeee that's how us silver people roll.

Silver like this guy's makeup:

[BatsareBugs]

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yo man, you know you can put your PSN in your profile under your name on the left? you've got it in your sig, but not there, so I figured I'd give you a heads up.

Hey, I've been living under a rock. I'm still trying to catch with all the new stuff on OS.

[Chiefsfan881129]

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PS3 Frimware 2.40 Imment? Frimware 2.40 Walktru Vid Tonight?

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsPending-162994.aspx

6/29/2008
PS3 Update 2.4 Video Walkthrough Release Date And Duration?

So it seems like this is the night, when reading a post of Jeff Rubenstein on the PlayStation I noticed a beautiful sentence saying the following:

"But because I know what you’re going to ask about, and because we don’t traffic in rumors and/or speculation, I invite you to come back to the Blog tonight (just shy of midnight Pacific). We’ve got a video to show you".

So i think that this indicates that the Video Walkthrough of the Firmware Update 2.4 is going live on the PlayStation BLOG tonight.

OH! I alomost forgot something, I read a reply from Jeff that said the following:
"Planning 2 videos, 5 or so mins each. One for XMB features and one for Trophies. None of the previous videos has been a short as 90 seconds, just as long as it takes to show off the features and not make you sit through a lot of fluff".

Here's the link for the first sentence:http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/...hat-we-read-5/
An heres the link for the second one: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/...ge-2/#comments
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[Flawless]

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1UP Preview: PixelJunk Eden

One of my coworkers offered this bizarre-yet-accurate description of PixelJunk Eden: "Um... it's kinda like Bionic Commando and Ninja Five-O meets Peggle... with co-op." Judging by the previous two downloadable games to carry the PixelJunk name, the idea that Eden fuses interesting gameplay elements from a variety of sources into a cohesive whole should come as no surprise.

The simplistic objective is to collect spectra: strange, glowing objects up in the sky over an abstract garden. As a tiny speck, you're far too small to jump that high on your own, so the only method at your disposal is to play the part of a pollinator, growing the nearby plant life tall enough so that you can leap bravely from their stems and leaves and acquire the mystical spectra. There are a total of five spectra to be found per level, and each one you collect in turn grows the hub world's garden, allowing you to access new higher-level vistas.

Typical of the PixelJunk series, a few minutes of watching the game is all it takes to get its concept. Describing it in words, though, might be a little more difficult. The process goes something like this: Every part of your body seems perennially coated with some kind of magic glue that allows you to stick to any plant's surface, enabling some pretty spectacular leaps of faith. Once you've landed safely, a gossamer silk thread extends from your body to the leap's point of origin. With some simple, right thumbstick maneuvers, the anchoring thread lets you swing around as though you have some kind of tiny, solar-powered jetpack maintaining your momentum.

Should your body or silk thread come in contact with any of the pollen pods floating about randomly in the garden's atmosphere, the pods will burst and create clouds of pollen -- any pollen which comes in contact with your body or the thread is then "collected." Also floating randomly in the sky are hollow circles, representing a kind of seed that has yet to germinate. Should any of these circles be close by, collected pollen will automatically fly toward it and fill the circle. Once full, you can cause the seed to grow into a plant by launching your little body straight into it. Then, as the plant grows, you can use it as a ladder to the heavens, so you can collect more pollen and grow more plants and eventually make your way to the spectra.

The consistently pleasing color palettes, which drastically change as you collect each spectra, make the sheer joy of leaping around the gardens of Eden ever more delightful. A time limit, which you can reset by collecting crystals floating in the environment or by collecting a spectra, floating "islands," from which you can leap but not extend a thread, and enemies in the later levels that will try to send you plummeting from the sky by either hitting you directly or cutting your thread, complicate your sometimes lengthy task. Add in up to two cooperative players and the complexity increases, as anyone flying off the screen for more than a few seconds will cause seeds to lose 25% of their pollination.

We've only unlocked the first four gardens so far -- or, rather, collected enough spectra to grow the plants necessary to reach the fourth garden -- but each location has provided new interpretations for the word "plant" and a different, thoroughly amazing music track to listen to. (I can only hope Sony releases a soundtrack on PSN as they did for their addictive tower defense game, PixelJunk Monsters.) That Eden will be the first game released with Trophies (read: achievements) after the 2.4 XMB update is something I consider a minor motivation. The game has been such a delight to play so far that I'd probably obsess over acquiring every spectra regardless.

Gameplay videos

Garden 01
Garden 02
Garden 03

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[Eton Rifles]

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I didn't play pixeljunk monsters. How was that?

[fishepa]

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I didn't play pixeljunk monsters. How was that?

Excellent game.

[CaptainZombie]

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Excellent game.

Is that out already?

[ExtremeGamer]

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Is that out already?

You're thinking of Eden.

Monsters came out months ago.

[CaptainZombie]

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You're thinking of Eden.

Monsters came out months ago.

It could be Eden.

[Altimus]

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I'm thinking about creating a new user account. I'm getting tired of the Altimus name. I will probably just be GTR or GTR7.

All the content I own can be transferred over correct?

[ExtremeGamer]

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I'm thinking about creating a new user account. I'm getting tired of the Altimus name. I will probably just be GTR or GTR7.

All the content I own can be transferred over correct?

I think you have to log in and redownload them to the new account.

[Altimus]

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Going ahead and changing my PSN. Starting today, XLR3.

[rspencer86]

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Going ahead and changing my PSN. Starting today, XLR7.

This will take some getting use to. It'll take a while before I stop asking myself "who the heck is this?" whenever you post.

[Altimus]

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This will take some getting use to. It'll take a while before I stop asking myself "who the heck is this?" whenever you post.

lol

Everyone will wonder who this new mod is.