Will post pictures…eventually

I said I’d have pictures up “soon” but I’ve honestly been having so much fun with my PS3 Slim that I never get around to taking the pictures, etc.  I’ll try to work on that this weekend.  I beat Uncharted: Drakes Fortune last week.  Fun game, though the waves of enemies was frustrating at times.  Overall, 8.9/10.  Great game.  I’ve been playing Burnout Paradise too, just got my ‘Burnout’ license yesterday actually.  I believe I’m 1 trophy away from getting the Platinum trophy, unfortunately, I need the EyeToy or 360 Vision Camera to get the mugshot trophy…will have to wait to get that.  Fun game though.

I just traded in some games at GameStop last week.  I have $115.xx in store credit thanks to their 4/$20 trade-in deal.  Hoping they have a Buy 2, Get 1 free sale soon.  I’m eying inFAMOUS, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and a 3rd game that I’m not sure about yet.  Perhaps Demon’s Souls, or Batman: Arkham Asylum, or Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.  Who knows.  Looking forward to getting some new games though.

Here’s hoping I get a callback soon for a job I applied for.  Really getting tired of working at The Home Depot.  So many lazy employees, so many wasted or pointless markdowns, it’s insane the store turns a profit.  But whatevs

Proud new owner of a PS3 Slim

Finally, after almost three years of waiting, I am finally the owner of a PS3 Slim.  Err…well, I will be.  I just got the tracking # from Sears and UPS has yet to update the site.  But I should have it no later than Tuesday.  I’ve been itching to play SOCOM: Confrontation for a couple weeks now, as well as Burnout Paradise so these next few days are going to take forever.  Thankfully I got the SOCOM bundle which included a Bluetooth headset so I’ll charge that a day before the PS3 arrives.  My HDMI cable arrived today so I believe I’m all set.  The only thing left is to decide where to put the PS3 when it gets here  Best of all, after 2 $50 Sears gift cards and $24 in Bing.com cashback, the total cost after tax and shipping is $205.02, AWESOME!

I also got an e-mail last night from Centercode that I’ll be getting the Logitech MK700  in the mail soon.  I tested this a few months back and really enjoyed it.  Aside form some minor issues in aesthetics, a good product overall.  So far this week has started off quite well.  I should hear back about a job soon too, so really, just a lot of good things happening for once, it’s nice.

Finally getting a PlayStation 3!

I’m sure by now most people have heard about the price cut AND the new PS3 Slim.  Sony dropped the bombshell that we have all been waiting for since about two months ago.  I should be clear that Sony intends for the ‘slim’ to be THE new PlayStation 3.  They’ve been losing a shit-load of money since the PS3 released and with the introduction of a smaller PS3 Sony should finally be close to breaking even.  That said, I have 2 $50 Sears gift cards on the way thanks to the rewards bonus on my credit card (for signing up) so that already low price of $299 now becomes $199, which will be split in half with Callan (the girlfriend) making my out of pocket expense for the PlayStation 3 ~$100 + tax.  I’m hoping to find a 10% coupon for Sears if at all possible but even if I can’t, still a damn good price.

Oh, and I have already started buying PS3 games in anticipation of this purchase.  I got Turok off of Gooxez.com, Warhawk off of a fellow CAG member, and picked up Folklore and Motorstorm at GameStop when they had 25% off used games.  Today I added SOCOM: Congrontation (the bundle which has a Bluetooth headset) for $29.98 and Burnout Paradise for $6.98 thanks to the clearance section at Target (which is about an hour and a half away…).  So before I’ve even purchased my PS3, I have 6 games for the thing ready and waiting