PSP: First Impressions

Yes, I am a little behind the curve in this one, as the PSP has been out for about two years now.  But forgive me, I have been too preoccupied with my lovely DS for any quality time with a PSP.  But, luckily, I have college friends who own PSPs.  More specifically, a friend who I erm…borrowed…the PSP from, in exchange for quality time with my DS.  Namely, Elite Beat Agents.

So!  Here are some things I’ve picked up from playing with the infamous PlayStation Portable.

It’s loud.  Which may, of course, stem from the fact that the PSP uses the UMD format rather than a flash-drive-thing format that the DS uses. I often hear the UMD scritch-scratching away at the back of the PSP.  However, that doesn’t really take much away from the experience.

It’s pretty.  By pretty, I mean that the screen is beautiful and the colors are wonderful to behold!  And the only game I’ve played is Lumines (I like it better than Tetris, now).  I can’t wait to play Katamari.  When my friend decides to buy it, that is.

It’s sleek.  As opposed to be DS Phat which is not sleek or even cool-looking.  But the DS has two screens… so there!

It’s still expensive.  I don’t think I could afford to buy games for both my DS and a PSP, along with buying a PSP itself.  So I’ll probably just have to continuing borrowing my friend’s PSP… for a while, anyway.

New Carnival of the Gamers

A new carnival of the gamers is up at Gaming Nexus!  One of the blog posts outline the five hardest games ever.  Legend of Zelda, anyone?

Peekaboom! in your browser

Peekaboom! is somewhat like pictionary, although you don’t go about drawing pictures you want some unnamed person across the intarwebs to guess. You are actually revealing a picture click by click for a guesser.

Sure, the concept sounds easy, but you only get to reveal the pictures little by little.  And I mean little.  It’s like your stuck with a Photoshop eraser that is 10x too small for the amount of space you want to get rid of.  And the other thing?  You can’t really guess what the other person is seeing.  If, for example, you are the revealer, the parts you have already revealed will turn negative.  But you still see the whole picture.

On the other hand, the person “peeking” might get excessively annoyed with his revealer when he doesn’t understand what’s being revealed right away.  I believe the picture on the right was “sky” and not “mountain” or “road.”  This leaves your mind to some pretty crazy acrobatics, as you try to figure out what, exactly, the program wants you to guess.  Sometimes, a picture for a man might need the word “guy” for the game to progress.

Fear not, though.  You can pass if something proves to be too hard.  Or you can supply hints in the way of telling the peeker if it’s a noun, verb, or related word.  This makes the game easier, yet still challenging enough that some pictures will have you pressing that pass button.  Have fun with Peekaboom!

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