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Sony is in a precarious position with the pricing structure for its flagship gaming console, the PlayStation 3. On the one hand, the Japanese electronics giant is taking a beating across many of its divisions as part of the global economic climate. That problem could be aggravated if Sony were to cut the PS3’s price tag, which currently stands at $399 for the 80GB model and $499 for the 160GB SKU. Source: GameSpot news article “Publishers push for PS3 price cut,” March 16, 2009 Now, I am one for getting the PS3 in the lowest possible price available. So for the rest of the ... Read Full Story

I’m not sure if you have heard the news, but this is downright shocking to me. Sony apparently is charging game publishers 16 cents for every gig we download on the PlayStation Network. So what do I think? I’ll tell you what I think! Here’s another example of Big Dumb Sony trying to nickel-and-dime game that are not out yet. And for those who think that Sony is just weeding out the breadmakers from the lemons? I think that up for us, the gamers, to decide that. 16 cents a download might be small, but it adds up. 1UP.com has calculated that for every ... Read Full Story

There are many differences between Turkey Day Classic Numbero LXXXIV and Turkey Day Classic Numbero LXXXV. Tuskegee won Numbero LXXXIV. Alabama State won Numbero LXXXV. Numbero LXXXIV was a shootout. Numbero LXXXV ended in regulation. Numbero LXXXIV was an all-front game. Numbero LXXXV was a defensive game. Me and Joe, as Bama State fans, were the Dissenters after Numbero LXXXIV. Now Nora, who is the mother of our older brother Jeff’s two sons, is the Dissenter, as she was born in Tuskegee and is a Golden Tiger fan. (and also a fan of the other tigers in Alabama. More on that in the next ... Read Full Story

I have not made a 9/11 rememberance post since two years ago, but I have decided to make one. I will give you Joe’s account of what happened when he was in class in the third floor of Houston Hill Junior High School in Montgomery on that history-changing morning, then followed by mine I was 16 years old at the time & I was just beginning my 9th Grade year at Houston Hill Junior High School. And I was was also wearing a style that I always had a strong dislike for, School Uniforms. One month prior to the start of the school year, ... Read Full Story

Kaz Hirai, the SCEA chairman, is a misguided soul. He still believes that as gamers, we will see the true power of the PS3 in the long run. Hirai went on to state that the Xbox 360 ‘lacked longevity.’ But the bashing continued from there. And with the Xbox - again, I can’t come up with one word to fit. You need a word that describes something that lacks longevity,” said Hirai. “Last time I checked, they’ve never had a console that’s been on the market for more than four or five years and we’ve committed to a ten year life cycle, so you ... Read Full Story