Hands On PS3

Hey gang,  haven't been sitting at my desk much as I have been having a little hands on fun with the PS3 and the Wii.

First off,  what the things look like:

The PS3 is a big beautiful black box.  Its a monolith to gaming.  It is a really imposing device that just begs to be stared at.  Its pretty big and the on/off buttons are non-raised hot spots on the device. 

One funny thing I noticed is that the font on the name "Play Station 3" is exactly the same as the "Spider Man" movie franchise.  Yes,  its a Sony movie but still?  Its totally lifted!  Not a big deal,  but funny.  I know we've all seen the thing,  but I thought I would give my little view also.

So we turn it on,  and put Resistance: Fall of Man in the console.  Putting a disk in is a pretty strange, it seems a little forced and you really have to feed the thing,  there is no tray or anything.  You take your disk and stuff it in the behemoths mouth. 

Next task,  is setting the thing up. The loading screens come on and you can tell you are playing with power.  The screens look great,  the sound is load and the thing is just imposing.  

There is a lot of settings to get going.  There are tons of options and lots of menus to shift through before you play. I am one of those people who just WANTS TO PLAY.  Also,  you need to update the software and this and that.  All in all,  before being able to actually play R:FoM we had to go through,  I would say,  15 to 20 minutes of hoop jumping before you started.
Game was gorgeous,  fun and looked great.  There was some load time issues,  but nothing to really complain about. 

Once the thing is set up the first time,  its not so tough to move through things.  Playing our second game,  NBA2K7,  we popped it in the monster and got going.  Really fun game!  Enjoyed it a ton and the game just looked amazing.  Lots of little things.  Some of our veteran gaming dudes said it looked a lot like Xbox 360.  I think that is going to be a common refrain.  The XBox 360 is powerful little guy and can hold its own with Sony.  Its been really fun and there is an air of Christmas  morning in the  air.

So folks who actually is going to get a PS3 on Friday?  Ifyou get one,  you should TOTALLY tell us your stories and impressions!  We want to here them.

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