{"id":459,"date":"2006-02-19T14:11:59","date_gmt":"2006-02-19T14:11:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-02-19T14:11:59","modified_gmt":"2006-02-19T14:11:59","slug":"playstation-2-goes-kaboom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/02\/19\/playstation-2-goes-kaboom\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation 2 Goes Kaboom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My PS2 has been on the fritz for a while.  You know the symptoms; some DVDs skip, freeze, or do not even get recognized by the system.  Same for games \u2013 sometimes they load, but other times they present that not so wonderful disk read error.<\/p>\n<p>I have not had a ton of time for playing games over the last few months, but when I want to play I do not want to be hampered by a bum PS2.  Yesterday was the last straw; I had some free time, but Gran Turismo 4 would not load.  So off I went to Best Buy (yes, I hate the store, but it is closer to my house than Circuit City) to pick up a new slim generation PS2.<\/p>\n<p>Of course my wife asked why I was buying one if I am going to turn around and get a PS3.  Good question, but who the heck knows when that thing will be released, or even if I would be allotted one in the initial batch (or can even afford the darn thing).  This was considered a \u201cfamily\u201d purchase since most DVDs are no longer playing; no problems convincing Tonya that this was a necessary purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The new unit is amazingly slim; slightly longer than a DVD case, maybe a little wider, and about two DVD cases think.  I have heard this about the unit, but did not pay attention because I did not care to get a new PS2 anytime soon.  My original (day one release) PS2 made it a good five years; hopefully this one makes it longer.  It seems like today\u2019s generation of gamers expect systems to be disposable, but I have Intellivision and Colecovision systems that are still going strong.  What gives?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I have been happily playing GT4 again; fun driving game, even if the racing is beyond suspect.  MVP06 is also in the rotation; as is Taito Legends.  I think I am going to order WE9, after I sell WE8 (and others) to cover the cost.  Speaking of which, when I was moving I realized (probably for the third or fourth time) that I have an amazing collection of un-tapped potential in my gaming library.  Hopefully I will have time to play (and write about) those lost gems at some point.<\/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>My PS2 has been on the fritz for a while. You know the symptoms; some DVDs skip, freeze, or do not even get recognized by the system. Same for games \u2013 sometimes they load, but other times they present that not so wonderful disk read error. 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