PSP?

Well, time between work and other activities leads to this break time.
I’ve been playing on the PSP quite a bit for the last little bit. There’s a stack of games sitting on my bed and the only one I’ve spent a lot of time (about 4 hours) is with Ridge Racer. Namco happens to be one of my favorite game companies and Ridge Racer PSP is perhaps one of the finest games of all time. The controls with the analog pad are a dream and the handling on the road is superb. I could not possibly be any happier with RR. Also to note is the insane soundtrack playing while racing. If you don’t have this game then go out and get it post haste.
The next game that I’ve really been looking forward to and have only been able to get about 30 minutes into is Wipeout. So far it’s pretty good and I suspect that it will also hone my racing skills.
Twisted Metal, to be honest, I got this game to check out certain specific (yeah, I shelled out $50 without really wanting the game) elements of the PSP design. To tell you the truth, it’s not as good as its precursors and it tends to make me a bit dizzy.
Metal Gear Ac!d…wow…lots of folks don’t like this game for some reason but I kid you not about how intense it can be. You have to play your cards (yes, there are cards in this game) just right. Yes you have to sit through a lot of story but it makes sense and has a good plot.
Need for Speed Underground…racing game so an obvious must buy…however, not enough time.
Gretzky…haven’t played it yet but I’m setting aside some special time for this 989 game.
Ape Escape, again…no time but I’ll get to you 😉
Lumines…ooooooooh yeah! When I first put this game in I had no idea how to play (to be honest, I haven’t looked at the instruction manual for any of the games, I just put them in and start playing and so far…no problems!) but it because obvious pretty quickly and before I knew it I had spent 45 minutes on my first game. Needless to say, an excellent puzzle game.
Spiderman 2 (movie), very good quality, I am preordering all the movies on Saturday when I go to EB again.
Preview disc, the disc had some trailers, music videos, yada yada…worth a peek.

Overall, I’m quite impressed. The PSP has an excellent user interface and is a joy to use. I’m going to hook up the USB cable and start transferring data onto there to see how crisp pictures are.

I have run into a few problems though. Earlier today the control buttons( cross, square, circle, triangle) were completely non-responsive and I had to do a reset in order to get them active again (no, the hold was not on). The sound was also a bit off on the speakers on some game when the volume was all the way up but that sort of problem is to be expected.