{"id":2916,"date":"2010-06-09T18:09:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T23:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2916"},"modified":"2010-06-09T18:09:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T23:09:27","slug":"incoming-slim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/06\/09\/incoming-slim\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming.  Slim."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After much ado about nothing, I decided to pick up a PS3 Slim system.  I was kicking myself for missing out on the Amazon \u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d bundle, which included <em>Little Big Planet: Game of the Year Edition<\/em> (henceforth <em>LBP:GOTYE<\/em>) and an HDMI cable.  Of the different bundles I found, this Amazon bundle had the best bang my gaming \/ entertainment dollar.<\/p>\n<p>On a sudden impulse I decided to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walmart.com\/search\/search-ng.do?search_constraint=2636&ic=48_0&search_query=ps3+hardware\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.walmart.com\/search\/search-ng.do?search_constraint=2636&amp;ic=48_0&amp;search_query=ps3+hardware', 'Walmart.com');\" target=\"_blank\">Walmart.com<\/a>, which has several different PS3 250GB Slim system bundles ranging in price from $339 to $399.  Each bundle is slightly different with different game choices, Blu-ray movies, and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>I selected the $349 option which included a choice of two Greatest Hits titles.  I decided on <em>InFamous<\/em> and <em>LBP:GOTYE<\/em>.  I have been interested in both games, but have held back on a purchase due to, in no particular order:  (A) not having the time or energy to invest in a new game (B) trying to save a little money (C) have plenty of other games in front of these two (D) knowing I would not get my money\u2019s worth from either title.<\/p>\n<p>I decide to go with a new PS3 because I know my original system will not last.  All the research I did points towards another system failure, perhaps as soon four months.  While the YLoD repair can be fairly easily accomplished, I do not have the fortitude to do the fix on a moment\u2019s notice; as in the system failing right when we are ready for a Family Movie Night).  During most gaming sessions the fan is whirling at 1000s of RPMs per second; sometimes at extremely loud and disconcerting speeds.<\/p>\n<p>At least that is my excuse.  I told Tonya that this would be my Father\u2019s Day present \u2013 lucky me.<\/p>\n<p>I have never ordered from Walmart.com; I had to pay a little more than I do for Amazon Prime shipping, and I have to pay for sales tax.  Sucks.  Things I do when I get a burr in my butt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After much ado about nothing, I decided to pick up a PS3 Slim system. I was kicking myself for missing out on the Amazon \u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d bundle, which included Little Big Planet: Game of the Year Edition (henceforth LBP:GOTYE) and an HDMI cable. Of the different bundles I found, this Amazon bundle had the best &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/06\/09\/incoming-slim\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Incoming.  Slim.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-2916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2917,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions\/2917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}