Harry's 1st PSP Report! KILL BILL VOL 1, TRON, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN & LUMINES!

i just got dead to rights for psp...now it's simple and short but come on...for once there's a game on psp where you shoot people.i love it.and the multiplayer is kinda fun.

But honestly I just wish it would play actual DVD's, or nothing at all. Especially since I don't want to have to buy 300 dollars worth of UMD's, and then suddenly the PSP becomes old hat and is then "fixed" again. Then we have Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, Mini Disc bullshit. It's all consumption. Frankly, I'm tired of it.

might i add...no not "first"...just www.visaliadoesntsuck.com home of the bbq banana video.complete with short films you guys would hate.but it's all better than that student film you guys blasted over at v for vendetta talkbacks,cuz we dont take ourselves so seriously.

I actually was thinking about getting one. But I don't play that many games anymore

best scene in period martial arts whataaa?i take it you haven't seen the teeth removing battle at the end of THE 8 DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER.

1) Dual screens with seperate information on both, giving greater variety and depth to DS games. Yes, PSP has a larger screen, but, boy, does it eat up that battery twice as fast as the 10 hour ds battery. And watch those movies on a PSP. They will bring battery life down to 3 hours. 2) Touch screen. Truly a fantastic, innovative feature that PSP cannot rival. New games such as Kirby's Canvas (perhaps the best portable game ever - Imagine playing Sonic the HedgeHog, yet, you draw your own screens!) and METEOS (Tetris x 1000 with a sylus!) are better than any games on the PSP. 3) Wifi built in. Yes, so it's on the PSP too, but. imagine playing classic Nintendo Games like the upcoming Mario Kart (which is rumeroed to have every Mario Kart game on it) and playing this with persons online anywhere in the world. 4) Oh, it plays over 1,000 Game Boy Advance games, many of which are worlds better than PSP games (check out Advanced Wars or Zelda Minish Cap). 5) Yes, the price: $149.99 (vs $249.99 for PSP) with a $30 game, Super Mario 64, perhaps the best platformer game ever created. Most PSP Games are $39.99 while DS games are $29.99 (wait until Nintendogs comes out....an amazing , innovative game). Now, some of you are going to say "The PSP has an MP3 player and you can watch movies". To that I say: In order to truly download song/movies, you will need to by a $100(!) memory stick. ANd, oh, let's not forget that serious draining battery. Cant plays games and listen to music and lwatch movies if that batter doesn't last long. Put the $100 toward a NOMAD Video/Mp3 player with TV like features. THe future catalog for DS looks quite amazing, which is expected of Nintendo, the true innovators of video games.

I agree with a poster up above me: why pay $19.99 and above for a UMD movie with no features when you can buy a DVD for $14.99 at Best Buy, loaded with features, AND, watch it on a much bigger screen? The UMD pricing is certainly a rip, especially when you realize, once again, how quick that battery on the PSP drains.

sucks.

Now, the idea of a PSP would be cool. "Portable games and movies on a beautiful screen? Shit yeah, motherfucker, get me one!" Until you hear about the whopping, I mean flat out ball-imploding price. The system itself is expensive, but the real lunacy lies in the people that would buy the portable movies, the UMDs. Who, aside from stoned out smack dealers and a bored Bill Gates, would shell out an additional 20-30$ (after buying the DVD for that price) just to watch it on a smaller screen with shittier sound. Whoever has that much money should give it to me, then expose their open genitals to microwave rays.

"Daggers" was actually a very disappointing movie.

until you fucking hold the thing in your hands and use it for yourself DO NOT JUDGE. i was saying the same things until a friend let me borrow his PSP with a few movies, games, and 1gig of music. made that 8hour train ride to NYC alot more bearable than it was without any device. the price yeah it sucks, but i bought one, and i do not in any way regret that purchase. yes, i put $500 on my card that day, and im poor...but im poor AND thoroughly satisified.

Dudes, you can play Genesis, Gameboy , NeoGeo, SNES, NES, etc on the PSP thatnks to the homebrew community. Oh, and MAME as well, in case you want a little Galaga action. That alone makes this the ultimate handheld.

Man, I know it's bad in the long run, but I would have had this baby in school during boring classes watching movies. As it was I had to settle for books... bleh! Just kidding. Books kick ass. When is HP7 coming out?!!

not to mention, there is a downloadable emulator program NES, SNES, GENESIS, TURBOGRAFx 16, NEO GEO, MASTER SYSTEM, Game Boy, and MaME emulators. i have about 40 roms for each, a wireless 2player chess game, calculator, wireless poker, DOOM 1 and 2, and 50mp3's on ONE 1gig stick. if portable Super Mario 3 or Sonic doesnt whet your whistle than yeah, its not for you. but if it makes you drool like i did, start saving nigga's.

god damnit Kimble posting at the same time

lets also not forget that the CG-movie-pseudo sequal for Final Fantasy 7 is coming only to PSP this fall. and you can download movies and shows.. Resevoir Dogs and each weeks new ep of Deadwood or The Shield on my PSP on the bus? shit whats stopping you guys

I'd rather watch movies I already own on a portable DVD player, thanks.

and the handy links to Amazon through your referral account. Sadly, if I ever do buy anything you "recommend" I'm not going to use your links, since I feel insulted at the blatancy of your pimping. Aren't you a millionaire? Don't you already have advertising on this site? Why is it that all you write anymore are veiled attacks on your enemies like Avi Arad, blatant pimping for your buddies like Michael Bay, and these "articles" which are basically just catalogs for amazon.com? It's not like your movie projects are proceeding at such an enormous pace(even if you actually have any work to do on those) that you can't keep up with both those and the site. I mean Moriarty's work at least sounds like it would occupy most of his time.

I'll get me coat.

Was a beautiful, gorgeous looking film, but apart from that it was BORING!!! The final ten minutes when Zhiyi's character was dying as the two guys fought, some guy in the theatre behind me shouted "Just fucking die already, bitch!" and I agreed.

If they had made it a little longer, they could have accomodated for a slot loading regular DVD drive.. now tell me, if you had the option of owning a PSP with UMD, or a PSP with DVD, which would you prefer?.. they would have sold more like hotcakes and less like the xbox 360 will (non-backwards compat my ass!!). Had they had the option of portable DVD, which would let people use thier own home dvd collection, then I would have bought 3 at the very least, one for me, 2 for my kids, possibly a few for the nephews and nieces that DONT piss me off. It would have been great for those long 'boring' road trips. Now it seems like a more expensive NintendoDS, with Pay per veiw movies (because lets face it, you'd buy the movie, watch it once, think to yourself "I am all that is geek!" and never watch it on the PSP again).. i'll just save my money and buy a PS3 instead.

ive seen all those movies on ma dvd & tv. Nevertheless..

... supposedly "Ambush from Ten Sides" ... make of that what you will.

I bought a 1 gig memory stick duo from bhphotovideo.com then just convert files using pspvideo9.com's free tool. I'm in the middle of watching all the muppet show episodes. Why pick up a UMD for $20 when I can just convert and watch my own dvd's/videos for free?

So I see Harry has poor taste in video game systems too.

..Too many Psps break down and it damn well feels like it when playing. Sony are con artists.

I mean , who the fuck is gonna buy his DVD's all over again to watch em on PSP? Only Harry I guess. And I agree with the above poster: When is your movie carreer taking off? We only hear something about that shit every 6 months or so...

The Final Fantasy 7 movie is coming out on dvd too. There's one less reason to get a PSP. Not that there's many reasons in the first place. Kind of sad that playing roms of old games is more attractive than buying new games for it. Not that there's any worthwhile games coming out for PSP anyway. The DS is getting all of those.

Sorry by the PSP's screen is just too small for my tastes, but I can't stand watching a movie on any video screen smaller than 25". No sale here.

I don't own a PSP or anything but from hat I've been reading, the image for UMD movies is chopped to fit the 16:9 screen. I undestand that if they didn't, 2.35:1 movies would be ultra-tiny but it still sucks.

i mean come on, you already have your dvd picks. I wonder what percentage of people who visit this site wasted their money on a psp? What next harry? I really hope this site doesnt turn into reviewing video games and the latest tech. I have 50 million other sites i go to for that.

With you helping him to learn the spell, he should have no problems! That should either be a band name or a new euphamism for sex. Also, don't speak of yourself in the third person, it makes you sound like a tool.

use "faux cheap".

Wow that was a compelling argument! I think I'll go out and spend $450 dollars on it and accessories/games right now!

I have both a PSP and a DS, and it seems that people love one and hate hate hate the other. I love both. Kirby Canvas Curse is one of the best and most frustrating games I've ever played. Lumines should be made in pill form so I can ingest it and have it with me at all times. If you have the cash to spare, buy one or the other or both, but don't hate just because you're fiercely loyal to one company. I like Coke and Pepsi. I like In N Out Burger and Jack in the Box. If I didn't already have a portable DVD player, I'd probably rent UMD movies from Gamefly for roadtrips. But as it stands, the games for the PSP is more than enough to satiate me. Thank you, Japan for the PSP. And thank you for the DS. And a preemptive thanks for Nintendogs.

My Mom picked me up a PSP, (and one for herself,) and it is definetly a complex little system and more of a toy for adults. Frankly, I am glad Harry will be covering PSP news as well, (as we have started to also at our little web site, www.mondopopsickle.com, http://tinyurl.com/co7nq) Harry, might I suggest picking up Nyko's Theater Experience Charger Case for your system so you don't have to hold it the whole time. It has beautiful surround sound and it serves as a stand and a case and gives you an extra 7 hours of battery life. I was a naysayer, but I have realized that the only people who don't like the PSP, are people who don't have one yet. Harry, I have been a fan of this site since the beginning and a supporter of your rise and success. Keep up the great job and enjoy your trip. (Enjoy Dinsyeland. My wife and I have annual passes and go quite a bit! Pirates is still a wonderful ride!)

I know you kids picked your system and feel an obligation to whine about how shitty the other one is to justify your purchases, but whenever possible, keep it to yourselves. Me, I'll be over here playing Meteos and Liberty City Stories at the same fucking time.

Here's a format that crops movies, doesn't sound all that good, and is hideously overpriced. My question is, are the UMD's selling well? The PSP is, but that's probably due to the daming aspect. The movie thing seems like a cheap gimmick to make more money.

Being the owner of 3,000+ DVDs and a hardcore movie fan, I scoffed at the idea of watching a movie on a little screen. Why would I need to watch a movie on the go anyway when I could read a book or play a handheld game. (And as Hammer2Fall said, you could just get a portable DVD player.) Here is the deal, the image quality is so good on the UMDs and you can watch movies in situations of boredom where you couldn't lug around a DVD player. Also, for the price of a DVD player, you get a great gaming system, an MP3 player that sounds amazing, a photo and MP4 player, soon to be a web enabled device, and it is a great gaming system. Now, I would't buy everything on UMD when I have all of these movies, but I will be picking up the ones I watch over and over again anyway, like Pulp Fiction or Sin City. (I hope they start releasing old film noir personally.) The PSP is a great mulit-media entertainment system first, and then a good gaming system second. Also, when you look at all that it does, it is a good deal.

I have a PSP and there is so much you can do with it, even if you do the homebrew and hack into it and do what you want later down the line. The Nintendo has no options and no real features, thats why that POS is $149, and thats why it really isnt selling except to the under 12 crowd, cause they are too dumb to realize what they dont have. Its a kids toy, thats all... nothing more. The PSP can be for kids but mainly for adults, i think. I know firmware version 2.0 that is coming out will add on alot more features, like more photo extensions, other than JPG. I know they are adding on more video control and a web browser.. since the PSP does have a 802.11b wireless connection.... hmmm.. where is yours Nintendo? I forgot you dont have one, cause Nitendo leaves everything out cause they are morons who have no real place in the marketplace. The Gamecube was a joke also, no online games, cant play DVDs, basically cant do shit, just like the Nitendo DS. The BATTERY life on the PSP is really good, i tend to get like 4 hours on a charge, you can get a power brick to add on later down the line, if you really want that extra power time if you are on the road or whatever. The PSP is superior in everyway... who gives a fuck if it doesnt have two small screens, i would rather have one nice big one instead. Nitendo fucked up on their Nitendo DS just like they did with all their other gaming products, just like that fucked up 3D gaming system that they came out with years ago and tanked like Gigli. Just go buy a PSP, if you want to play games, music, movies and even homebrew stuff.

Ahhh, Harry. I respect what you've manged to build here with Aintitcool - obviously successfull and influential, (so it would seem the conglomerates agree), and I do hope your credibility as a critic/savant was expensive. But have you lost your bullshit filter? PSP schilling? Who's going to buy that this is a spontaneous thing? Out with it - admit that you're reviewing products by hire. Damn dude.

Hola! I'm not much of a gamer, but I bought one of these devices, just like Harry, for long roadtrips between Mexico City and Central America (something I do for work a couple of times each month)I sometimes take my 4 yearold and wife along and it keeps them occupied for hours, and with the unit, games, and films being so small its easy to secret away, it doesn't scream here I am come steal me which is something I have to think about down here. I plan to use it this way, it won't be a replacement for my DVD rig, just the ultament portable entertainment system.

Do some research before you spout idiotic lies. First, the DS aqbsolutely does have an 802.11 connection. Mario Kart will be one of the first games to utilize it, as well as Animal Crossing. As far as who it's selling to, the DS is actualy selling very well to the 18-34 crowd- there are more owners in that age range than in the "under 12" demographic you spewed from your ass. In short, a little homework would save you a lot of embarassment. Some of us, like myself, can appreciate both the PSP and DS for their differences. Once the RTS and RPG games start coming out for the DS, you will see what that system was born to do.

This is just as Harry states in the article. We have received NO compensation for this endeavor. We HAVE bought all games, movies, and hardwear with our own funds as Harry puts forth for my grandson's enhanced entertainment on our 6000 plus mile movie roadtrip. Anyone who has ever traveled a great many miles with a 5 yearold is well accquainted with the "are we there yet" syndrome. Our motive was to preserve our sanity by the use of one... small... all purpose device, that could be silent to our ears so I could drive and Harry could update the page during this epic trip. We thought you guys and gals would enjoy and find useful reports on how well it works not only for little Kublakhan's amusement, but our own as well.

I'm sorry, but I think super advanced portable systems are pointless, i can understand cute little games on the gameboy and GBA being portable, but when the games start getting too advanced and you can watch movies on it. I say bah! if you wanna play games or watch hitech movies, put a DVD player in your car with a 17 inch screen. when you're on a road trip the idea is to get out of the car and experience the outside world, leave behind all the hitech stuff. heck on second thought, i don't even think TV in the car is good. I grew up staring out the window on family trips. you see the world out there, todays youth are too attached to their hitech gadgets, let go once in a while, but back to advanced portables. when they get too advanced with the graphics and i'm watching slick looking movies on this tiny screen, what's the point anymore? i think i'll go get my magnifine glass. no i'd rather play games and watch movies on my 60inch plasma screen on surround sound, thank you very much!

get with the times big guy, we grew up on gaming and naturally we kept on playing and the games had to evolve for adult gamers. hillary clinton is an evil cunt bitch!

Keep selling out your country everyone.

$30 for a stripped-down wanna-be DVD. No fucking thanks.

Because some of us wouldn't buy overpriced rip-offs like this even if we had the money for it! Reading is better anyway. Speaking of which, a kid who can't read but who uses the word "badass" is the saddest thing I've read on this site in years.

If you were buying it primarily for the kid for this trip, you should have gone with the Gameboy Advance. No need for the DS even--the gba has tons of kid-friendly video content, lots and lots of kid-oriented games, and you could load up on all that for the price of the psp alone. The psp is great, I have one and I love it, but the movies are mostly not for kids and the umd format is overpriced and redundant. Kids will watch the same episode of spongebob 200 times, so that's not a bad investment, but out of the umd movies out there, how many would you show to a 5/6 year old?

-until you fucking hold the thing in your hands and use it for yourself DO NOT JUDGE. Ive had it in my hands. Screen has to be dimmed to save battery. It's okay, but not quality of DS's dula monitor system and, oh, that battery! Just keeps going out on PSP! -Dudes, you can play Genesis, Gameboy , NeoGeo, SNES, NES, etc on the PSP thatnks to the homebrew community. Oh, and MAME as well, in case you want a little Galaga action. Well, if you want to play the illegal download game, you can do the same with the NINTENDO DS. Get a 1 GIG EZ FLASH Game card, put into your NINTENDO DS Game Boy slot, play 1,000's of Game BOy games, mame, etc. Been around for Game Boy advance for years. -I'd rather watch movies I already own on a portable DVD player, thanks. Yes! PSP Games so expensive! I can buy DVDs much cheaper, watch on a bigger screen. -Sorry by the PSP's screen is just too small for my tastes, but I can't stand watching a movie on any video screen smaller than 25". No sale here. Ha! Funny! True dat! Oh, and, on the DS, you'll be able to download movies too with attachment coming out. Really, how many times are you going to watch house of Flying Daggers on small screen for $19.99 with no bonus material? Please. -Just hold the system in your hands it feels like a Playskool toy. I love goons like this who rip the DS though do not justify why they are ripping it. Have a debate. How about an ounce of fact in your argument? Or, is your grammer at Playschool level? OH, AND PLASMAORB makes this inane comment without doing any research: "I know they are adding on more video control and a web browser.. since the PSP does have a 802.11b wireless connection.... hmmm.. where is yours Nintendo?" Idiot, DS has the 802.b connection! The first game being launched to use it is MarioKart DS, perhaps the greatest launch ever for a game. And, the internet online play will be free for all. -The BATTERY life on the PSP is really good, i tend to get like 4 hours on a charge, you can get a power brick to add on later down the line, if you really want that extra power time if you are on the road or whatever. Ha! 10 hours on the DS!!!! 4 hours on PSP if you're lucky. 3 hours or less if you watch a movie. -The PSP is superior in everyway... who gives a fuck if it doesnt have two small screens, i would rather have one nice big one instead. I do. You get seperated information. DOUBLE the information to play superior games. On the psp, I hope all of you enjoy simply flipping back and forth between screens to get your information! Which, by the way, uses more battery power! Drain, drain, drain! Your game systems energy, and, $250 from your pocket!

This site just got a little lamer... Tomorrow we'll read about what channels Harry flipped through, what's in his fridge, what he picked out of his bellybutton...

Please tell me you're not letting your nephew watch that.

Then the PSP is for You! Buy the same games you already own on your PS2! Buy the same movies you already own on DVD! Aren't they great they allow us to buy crap for a 2nd time!

I don't buy it either: Harry spontaneously offering a sincere report on a Sony PSP without this being a thinly-veiled advertizement. Sorry Father Geek, but if this aint a product plug, I don't know what is.....

BOTH the PSP and especially the DS (deal with it makemyfilm Nintendo fanboy) are fucking gimmicks. I understand why they got one for the trip though. If Harry wanted to get a kid system for his nephew alone he could have purchased a DS. And if Harry wanted to watch movies I personally would have bought a portable DVD player because A) a bigger screen B) HARRY, YOU HAVE A MILLION DVD'S. I'd get tired of holding the damn PSP thing for that long. As stated by many before, I can't fucking imagine buying a $30 UMD over a $15 DVD with more extras. Harry, I can't believe you haven't introduced little Kublakhan to Tron! Do it the proper way! That is my rant

Handheld war? Oh, it's over. Castlevania > *. And Advance Wars: Dual Strike > * as well. And online Mario Kart > *. And...

"I figure - I'll be giving you folks a run down on the various UMDs and GAMES I get for this little bugger - just cuz..." Just 'cuz' they gave you a fucken PSP! He said so in the 2nd sentence of the 'article'. Don't have a problem with Harry doing this shit... but dont dress it up to be something it isn't.

What's wrong with letting a nephew watch that? Or sex? BIg deal! Please, tell me how that hurts a kid. I grew up on violent sex movies. Im just fine. Let the kids watch.

I'm no fanboy, I have both a PSP and DS... how you can call a handheld a "gimmick" is beyond me- either you want one or not, but portable gaming is no gimmick. And if you give the nod to PSP for its analog stick, then what about the entire analog touchscreen on the DS, that can emulate an analog stick with better precision than the PSP's tiny thumbpad does?

Sorry but touch screen is a great interface for a palm pilot, not a gaming platform. It's not intuitive, difficult to control and it breaks often. And would an analog control be too much to ask? Seriously, I tried metroid on DS and the controls sucked, not fun AT ALL. Same for all the other games out on it now too. Total crap, Nintendo should be ashamed. Two screens? Why? is it for all the ADD kids that can't focus on one thing at a time? This isn't the fucking ship from the Matrix, I don't need more screens to look at on a handheld. I'm not saying to go with a PSP because I agree it's way overpriced, but it's like they rushed the DS to market to compete with PSP without properly developing it.

Obviously, you have not played the DS to say it's not intuitive. It is amazingly accurate, in fact, more accurate then any video system I have ever played with. Imagine a joystick where you can go ANYWHERE on the screen. Get a DS, buy Kirby's Canvas and tell me how great and intuitive the touchscreen is. Breakdowns? Please, quote facts. How many breakdowns. Show us proof before blabbering off flasitys. I have had my DS since November and it works great! And, no scratches on the screen (sorry to you PSP persons out there who have burnt out pixels on your screens....and that is a fact). Dip: You tried Metroid on the DS, a DEMO, ANd, you have the option of using the stylus OR the analog control, as you do on all DS games. Why dont you read before posting?

Sure you paid for all this shit yourself but by doing this review its now a business expense plus I'm sure Sony is paying you on the back end for this.

Yes I know it seems outdated to have a written language. But imagine how much writing has done for cinema! All storytelling has come down from the great stories of all time: Aesop's fables, Greek mythology, the Arabian Nights, and of course The Bible. Oh yeah, every movie starts out with a script, the written word...

This is geeky.

Harry, you need to write about this game when it comes out this October.

yep

You are posting on a site run by geeks, for geeks. Your geek ship has long since sailed. Pot, kettle... I assume you two have met?

Apparently the PSP games are not that great. I bought each of my kids both the Nintendo DS and PSP. Neither system is being played to any great extent. I wouldn't be surprised if they are out of battery power. the theory will be tested in a few weeks when we go on a weeklong cruise of the Mediterranean. I'm gonna load up on PSP movies and the latest games this week. However, I also think that until you have cheap writable UMDs so that you can rip TV shows and favorite movies (or Sony sets up something like a videostore with $2/TV-$5/movie downloads)not many people are going to utilize the format. Buying a $100 memory stick for this purpose doesn't make sense when you can buy a spindle of 100 blank DVDs for $30. They need to get recordable UMDs out into the market that would cost a buck or so. And it wouldn't hurt to get some cheap UMD players and computer drives out there too, not to compete with portable DVD players and laptops, but so that people who drop $20 on UMDs don't feel cheated. For that matter, I think UMDs should really be around $9.99 when you can get a DVD for $20 new, $14 on sale, and $5 in the bargain bin.

I'm probaly just too damn old to understand the deceptively retarded-seeming culture of today's youth, but jesus if this doesn't seem like the stupidest technology to be pushed on us this hard in a while. I hate how they now say "now on DVD and PSP" on all the ads, as if it's a reasonable option for grownups to watch a movie in their hand. Next you're gonna be watchin this shit on your wristwatch, or on the back of your debit card. Or on the tip of your nose. No more of that troublesome HOLDING business. I agree with the people who recommended that gadget called "BOOKS". I know for a fact Harry owns some, because I gave him a copy of mine. Plus there's the one he did. Another thing I've noticed can work sometimes when commuting or travelling, it's called "interacting with other human beings." How it works, first one person talks, then the other person talks, and it kind of goes back and forth. At least, that's the best case scenario. Also there's one called "looking out the window and thinking shit over." But I think now it's considered uncool to be alone with your own thoughts (thank jesus for inventing the i-pod. it plugs directly into your brain). Anyway, I don't blame Harry for having fun with gadgets but I ain't watching Kill Bill on any screen smaller than my head. It's just plain disrespectful.

ok, probably misspelt but this aal reeks of a Krusty style cash-in. Harry this kind of shit takes you down a notch in my book.

Y'all really make me laugh. Every July, I get around $12,000 from my mother's estate - a ranch up in North Texas - Baylor County. The Portwood Ranch. Money comes from the Leases we signed. Its split 3 ways right not - some going to my Great Aunt, some to my sis and some to me. I get another similar allotment in December. Now - I used part of that money to pay down my mortgage and property taxes. Then - we dropped about $600 on my Dodge Durango - to make sure it had the best tires we could get and so that it could have a tune-up with hose and belt and filter replacements. Cuz - well - this is a 6000 mile 21 day roadtrip - and we want to minimize the possible problems. Last week at the sneak for THE ISLAND - a friend of mine was playing with their PSP and their NINTENDO DS - gaming addict, I s'pose and let me play with both. Since my nephew plays with his PLAYSTATION 2 - I know he's very familiar with the controller. Also - because my friend GLEN OLIVER (of IGN FILMFORCE fame) has one - and I've seen a couple of things on there that made me go... COOOOOOL - and at various events I've seen geeks watching movies while they waited in theaters for the "Real Movie" to start - I thought - hey, I wouldn't mind having one of those things. I dropped about $700 on games, films, system and modifications to it. Why, cuz I haven't bought a game system in ages. Because when I was reading online at various sites about the PSP - it recommened the gig stick for saving game levels - something I know my nephew will appreciate. I also picked up SPIDER-MAN 2 and this floating shooting vehicle racing game - IGN rated it pretty high. Later this year when GODFATHER comes out, I'll get that game just cuz I'm sickly curious. Most of you think I'm far more devious than I am. Literally - I'm writing these just to pass on experiences - just like I do on just about everything I can talk about. Some will appreciate it, others won't. What made me decide to - was the idea that on the KILL BILL and TRON UMDs there were special features and that on PIRATES there weren't. I had no idea these little UMDs had special features. The only UMDs I plan on getting are movies that I know I can watch a bazillion times. And wouldn't mind carrying around with the system. Which weighs less than a pound and fits like a glass case in your chest pocket. This system - and buying the way I do is a "luxury" and I'm fully aware that 'most' of you can't go drop $700 on an impulse. I can. This month.

I have played the DS. How do you think I formed my opinions? You want facts? OK here's one, every time I go to Target or Best Buy and try the demo DS they have out, the screen is scratched or the touch screen doesn't respond anymore. Not very durable is it? I don't care if it is a demo, the point of the demo is to sell me on the product, so if it's broken it doesn't make a very good impression. And I did try Metroid with both the controls and the touchscreen, the controls aren't intuative. In fact they flat out suck. Kirby's canvas? Why would I want to play that shit? I wouldn't spend money on that, where are the cool games? We keep hearing they're coming, well Nintendo has been saying that since the N64, and Gamecube! Guess what, they never materialized that's why those systems are losing the console wars. I'm not buying a system on promises of cool games to come.

Oh god yes I have books. Hell, I've got maybe 10 books for every DVD that I own. Let's see - I'm around 7000 dvds - yeah - that's about right. But ya know what - Gio can't read yet. He's at the earliest stages of that wonderful process. Like many munchkins he loves games and movies. SO - I'm USING games and movies - to motivate him to "See Spot Run" and "Sam I Am". I've also picked up 5 workbook style books for "Kindergarteners" that I'll be working with him on... on this trip. And when he's done a really good job - He'll get 30 minutes to an hour of game time. Having said that - this is my toy. And I'm getting stuff that I love. The only film that is being bought for it specifically for the midget is the SPONGEBOB MOVIE - I'll only watch that while tripping balls on strange Cacti in the desert.

It influenced how many racing games were made and spawned several sequels, Wipeout XL, Wipeout3 and the awful Wipeout Fusion on Playstation 2, not to mention tons of copy kats, featuring futuristic flying hover cars and insane tracks. with techno music, although that whole genre can be traced back to F-Zero on the Super Nintendo. I'd love to play Wipeout Pure since I love the series, but not on a teeny tiny screen, that's silly.

I saw UMD movies for $12.99 at Sams Club a couple months ago. Haven't been back for awhile, so they may have went up. I'd check though, you won't beat that price.

Why? Because I own 7000 books and they are literally pouring out of my house like the popcorn at the end of REAL GENIUS. 70000 books puts you in fucking college library territory.

still sucks. So do trust fund babies.

Glen Oliver is still alive? I thought Moriarty had him killed in a Stalinesque fashion when he came onto the site.

So, you base your opinions on a demo unit that kids and vandal teens have scratched to shit? Good luck seeing a PSP survive that kind of treatment. The touchscreen is very durable, actually, it's survived me beating the hell out of it since last Christmas and looks pristine. And, just because you don't find Metroid's controls intuitive doesn't mean that other intelligent people won't. In fact most reviewers (and laymen like myself) consider it the closest thing to controlling a FPS with a mouse. But, you can always use the stylus or even the D-pad if you don't like the thumb-pad. I guess the choices must confuse you, which makes me have sympathy for your tiny monkey brain. And, if you will write off an amazing game like Kirby based on bright colors, you are not really worth wasting an argument on. You want "cool" games, but you probably bought BMX XXX because it had titties in it. Dark colors, metal soundtracks and blood do not make a good game. Not to say a good game can't contain them, but most gamers actually want something called GAMEPLAY which Nintendo has a long history of providing.

--OK here's one, every time I go to Target or Best Buy and try the demo DS they have out, the screen is scratched or the touch screen doesn't respond anymore. That's the stupidest crap I ever heard! PS2s, Xboxes, etc are all beat to hell at these stores. Come on. You need a btter argument than that, fool! - Kirby's canvas? Why would I want to play that shit? I wouldn't spend money on that, where are the cool games? You sound like a republican! Making desicions on something you have never tried! Kirby Canvas is the best game ever made for a portable system. But, if you're too closeted to try that game, try a more manly game such as METOEOS. Puts Luminies to shame (you want to see an intuitive stylus in action? Play METEOS - it will kick you ass). -Guess what, they never materialized that's why those systems are losing the console wars. Losing the console wars? SOrry to say, but, NINTENDO has sold more gaming systems than anyone in the world. 'Nuff said.

Funny, true! Couldn't have written better myself!

to not have to work for a living. Writing film reviews, poorly at that, and pretending you're in the biz doesn't count. Surefire sign of a talentless hack: The desire to be a producer, not a writer or director, but a producer. Maybe I'm just jealous though because I have to get up and go to work every day. Wish the biggest problem in my life was what kind of handheld video game system I need to use, and the chance to put idiot talkbackers like myself in there place. Nuts to this, I'm off to Chud.

I am a firm believer that Harry/Moriarty and co. do care about the fans in some way. I mean, Harry does post on here sometimes. Who cares about the context? He still does it. His system is almost entirely unfiltered, good luck finding a place that allows so much flaming. But, in the end, it's still honesty. The main problem with sites like this gathering attention is that Harry and his fans now have a canyon between them. Harry can't be an outsider observing the industry anymore. He's an insider who has to face the people that he reviews the next day. I mean, imagine that your friend held a play at school. You review the play in the school paper and completely bash it. How would your friend react? Which is exactly why sometimes I do find it pointless for Harry to review films. He is too positive sometimes, but I can't blame him for doing so. Bashing Robert Rodriguez and then going "Hey buddy, want to go to the mall tomorrow?" Would be a tricky situation. But this is a news site. If you don't wish to read it than don't. Frankly I find Harry's giddy charm to be enticing when he's really jazzed. Lately it seems to be missing, but I'm sure it'll return eventually. The only thing you should utilize, Harry, is that you have two projects (as far as I know) in the works. Ghost Town and Princess of Mars. Use this site to shill out information on the projects. You have full insider information. Even small bits and pieces to tease right now would be great. I mean, you'll obviously have the exclusive. But what you truly need to do is relate with your audience man. With three thousand Amazon links and claims of lavish wealth (We can't all afford that many books and DVD's) You're alienating the people that made you. I mean, shit, Oprah's still popular but she's been out of touch for years. Don't become Hollywood chic. Stay who you are, keep the identity of the site, and get gritty. If you know someone in the film you're reviewing, note it and review as best you can. That's all we ask, I figure. This isn't meant to be hate man, you know who you are, but please... Remember what brought you here. Once you know that, you'll remember that we are your audience.

I absolutly agree with you that what gamers really want is gameplay. That is exactly why unrolling a roll of toilet paper with a stylus or raising a sim puppy don't appeal to me. But whatever, to each his own, if that's what gets you off then have at it. It must be too much stimulation for my "tiny monkey brain".

I don't hate you for success or how much money you have or necessarily think you should explain how much there really is. That's your business and hatred of success is just envy expressed as cool. Hell I do all right and own every game system there is. What gets me is that yes, you have recused yourself from commenting on this site because there is a conflict of interest - in fact I'd say you've been far more honorable about it than McWeeny (and hey McWeeny, why were you alone looking lost at the Sheraton Suites during Comic Con at 9pm when you should've been at the Hyatt bar laughing it up with all the bigwigs). You've assigned other people to cover it. But here's the problem - your site and its cachet was dependent upon giving us news past the b.s. that Hollywood has been shovelling at us. You made brave calls and out and out said bullshit when a stinker was approaching. But now the site lacks any real news whatsoever and your replacements lack your passion and taste and what brought you success - your sincere, out and out love of movies. Frankly no matter how egregious some of the bullshit here has been there's no doubting that you love movies singularly and truly and that has shone through. But now - you've got interviews by Quint that a third grader could've pulled off. You've got shopping guides with links to amazon for stuff that most of your readers cannot afford to have. It's why they're downloading movies in droves (and believe me our industry hasn't got a clue about the prevalence of that) There hasn't been a real "scoop" on this site in maybe two years running. Hell, I come hoping there's a Vern review every day or to read talkback to guage tracking - it's the most brutal tracking there is. But there are so many planted reviews here and you know it. The studios pay people to write things on message boards and you know it. You have a lot to say about movies and you can't ethically do so as much as you used to, so the site is lacking your weird passion, which is what made this site great. Harold, you're long winded and a bit overcompensating but I want to read your take on what this "slump" was (and it isn't strictly about box office numbers, it's about how the audience is reacting to what's out there). But instead all we're going to get is you talking up consumer goods you like? _______ As for the whole PSP vs. whatever issue... I own every game console. When it comes to handhelds, the thing about the PSP is this - it's one of the most amazing pieces of handheld entertainment ever made that Sony are totally SCREWING UP. This thing can connect wirelessly to the Internet and with a hack browse it; that's right, you can check your email with thing in an airport. But Sony still have yet to release a browser. UMD as a selling point is weird and obnoxious - we have to worry already about DVD plus HD-DVD. What's really lacking are great games. Half the games available are remake driving games. Lumines is genius, yes, and addictive as crack. The word from Japan this week is hardly great, with 10 or so new titles announced only 1 of which looks decent. Hardly any game supports the online play feature. GTAL LCS will be awesome, no doubt, if we get to even buy it thanks to political showboating that turns a closed eye to a game in which you can KILL a hooker you had sex with, annhilate 40 police officers and pop the heads off of medics who come to help them, and as soon as someone finds unused code buried in the game that requires a day of work to unlock softcore sex - BAN IT. I digress. Lastly the stupidest thing about the best handheld ever - the memory card situation. By forcing us to use proprietary Magic Stick DUO to really get use out of PSP you need to shell out another 200 bucks to get a 1 gig memory card. That being said, once you have one, get yourself PSPware (google it) and put all your DVDs on the thing and screw that silly UMD format. Is it illegal if I bought a DVD and port it to my PSP to watch on a trip?

what I find really insulting about these things is that you're paying money for a computer, and they won't let you run programs on it. Yes, I know there's a 'homebrew comunity' and they come up with hacks and everything, but you can bet your fucking ass that the next game or movie you buy for it will come with a 'mandatory upgrade' so that you can have all those 'exciting new features' that will also break the ability to run your own programs. I know it's a lost battle for sony, they'll always come up with new hacks for it, and that not everyone is a programmer like me, so most people will just say "it just works for me", and that's exactly how they take advantage of you; it's sony's attitude that kills me. I fucking paid money for it, it's mine, and I can't use it to run my own software? that's bullshit.

does anyone know where i can get one cheap?i dont mind if its used as long is its not abused.drop me a line if u know of where i can get a cheap one. and i dont mind if it "fell off a truck" either

Weird it looks like it erased my previous praise.

I would never be first! Anyway, word I hear is that the PSP doesnt have any good games. Is that a fact?

PSP is cool and everything... but just a little pricey... and theres still no mega awesome games. they're all ports outside of the Harry mentioned. we'll see how it goes. I myself would rather get the DS because i think the stylist gameplay is pretty damn neat.

Uh, I'm guessing very few.

Nice movies though.

Come on boys, leave Harry alone. He didn't start talking about his money until we egged him on. I didn't mean to be "dissing" Harry as I believe is the terminology the young PSPers use. If anybody should have this gadget it's Harry. I depend on Harry to watch movies 24 hours a day so I don't have to. I just figure that the technology ought to be limited to 1) Harry 2) (to a lesser degree) whoever it is that shops at The Sharper Image and 3) super intelligent mice. It should not be pushed on the mainstream as the new medium though. For the rest of us, we can stick with regular, human sized movies. Please note I am also against portable DVD players, drinkable yogurt and pre-made peanut butter sandwiches. p.s. Harry I think you will find that 5 ON THE OUTSIDE: VERN'S WRITINGS ON THE FILMS OF CINEMA is the perfect book for young readers.

Line of the day.

Yeah it's called MINIMUM OVERDRIVE and it's a 13 minute take on DUEL except you got a toy car instead of the truck. And you can get it straight to your PSP here: http://www.planetmg.com/NewProd/psp/short.cfm Enjoy ! (also available here: http://www.minimumoverdrivefilm.tk/ )

Sellout. Yeah, I'm a jealous hater. But props for knowing what "effective management tools" to use with the wee beasty.

At least in the newspapers when they make ads to look like genuine articles, they have a small "advertising" written somewhere up the page. Wow, between selling out for free trips to premieres,forcing PSP ad into a talk back, and over crediting yourself as a "producer" for John Carter, you have officially become your own PLANT!

Hey Doc,Harry can't tell you much on Princess of Mars because his "producer" credit/claim to fame is a bit exagerated; why don't you ask him what EXACTLY is his relation to the REAL producers of the movie and why he MIGHT get a prod credit but NOT necessarily...

I suggest none of us click on stories that are obvious payola from here on out. Drive the clicks down. Then the payola will at least get disguised. At that stage we can abandon this site entirely as a studio funded marketing tool.

But most everywhere around Syracuse has them for 15 bucks. Some of the newer releases start out at 20, but are quickly dropped. I've never seen one for 30, that sounds like total bulshit. I was kind of worried about the price of the PSP at first, but now I'm glad I bought one. I only own 3 games(MGS, NFS:U, and some liquid puzzle game) and 2 films that I feel I can watch a lot without getting bored by them(OuatiM, Hellboy) but there are plenty more games coming out soon that interest me, like Death Jr, and the new Viewtiful Joe and Devil May Cry games. So yes, while the first initial purchase of 250 bucks IS a lot to blow, given how much I travel I would say it's definately worth it.

wal-mart and sams club have new UMD movies from 9.99 to 11.99

So the kids 5 years old and he can't read yet? Damn maybe try doing something besides showing him splatter movies and teaching him about fast food. Aren't there any kids books in your 70,000 book depository?

You guys are pathetic. So he bought a PSP. He thinks it's cool. He wrote about it on his own FREE site for anyone to read. Or NOT read. So why do you give a shit? You're not entitled to dick from him. It's his fucking site, it's his fucking money. And since he's not charging you to read this site, you're perfectly fine to navigate away to go read the basement ideas forum or some shit. Don't like the amazon links? Oh, boo-hoo. Doesn't cost you anything extra to buy through his links. DO it, or don't do it. If you have too braincells and can type this site's URL, I'm sure with just a few hours of work you can enter amazon's or some other site's URL and buy it free and clear all by your lonesome. You people are fucking insane.

As people have already mentioned you can quite easily take your DVD's, put them onto your computer, and then copy them onto your PSP. The only cost is the 1GB Memory stick which is rapidly coming down in price since the 2GB version is coming out soon.

Seeing as I might actually still want AICN to post some of the things I send them every blue moon... but this seems a little too selling out for me. The DVD thing worked both ways... He could make money promoting things and we could find out about DVDs, but this... and I'm a Play Station owner... this feels a little too whorish. Maybe I'll come around... or maybe I'll just put The Hidden Fortress in and stop caring about silly little things like who Harry promotes. Peace.

who the hell cares if the man has the money to get a psp and games?lucky him i wish i did.who cares if it was given to him for free in exchange for talking about it on HIS site?I gurantee every last one of you idiots that said 'plant' or called the man a whore would do the same and probably for a lot less than a psp and games.i personally belive he bought it like he said in the article.not one of you pays a membership fee to come to this site and read about movies or tv or whatever so its not like he is using your money to buy his psp.if you dont like the article dont fuckin read it. u guys remind me of those dickheads who will scratch up someones brand new car out of pure jelousy cause they cant have one.

I would never sell myself out as so ad whore sponsor. I deplore such tasteless acts of sponsorship. I would never stoop to such a level. The mere thought of it makes me sick. And let me tell you when I get to feeling like this I need a cold one. Not just any cold one mind you. No. It takes an ice cold Jarritos to quench my first. That

If you're looking for a good hot sauce that makes ANYTHING (*cough* except chocolate ice cream) taste better

Could this be the begining of a new Game wing to AICN? That would be interesting. Peace.

The 3rd coolest film of the year. What's up?

cmon.. a fast reader could finish that in like 2-3 hours. That gives you about 6-7 books a day (you need to sleep, you can do everything else while reading; I mean, how hard can it be to write a review of "fantastic 4", right?). That would give you a bit over 30 years to read 70000 books. IMDB says he's 34, so it sounds like he has just the right ammount of books he can read... right? *cough*

....although Nintendo fans often come across as a little bit TOO loyal for their own good. However, I've had my DS for7 months and I really do feel that it is the first stage in a revolution in nintendo's approach to gaming. I haven't had the pleasure of Kirby's Canvas, although there is something called DS paint which can be downloaded through the mod scene, which is extremely addictive. Other games which eat up my time are WarioWare touched, Pac-Pix, Super Mario 64 DS, and Electroplankton (less of a game than a touch-based musical interface)- my girlfriend plays Zookeeper pretty much non-stop when she's around, and she kicks my ass too, she never plays games, yet the DS has her hooked - this is surely a good sign. I've played a few thigs on PSP, and while the wireless play is good, it simply isn't going to be able to match the thrill of racing someone on the other side of the planet at Mario Kart; Nintendo will not be going bankrupt anytime soon, for the last 3 or 4 years, the biggest selling books of the year have not been The Bible, they have not been Harry Potter - they've been Pokemon books. Don't hget me wrong - I think PSPs are cool, and I'll probably get one in a year or two when the price has halved, but for now it's all about the DS. And I have heavy suspicions that when Nintendo unveil their Revolution controller, it will have a touch-screen interface much like a DS. Infact, I bet you can use a DS as a Revolution controller. Any thoughts?

I find it funny, the guys who have to bash people on here. I think cause their brains are used to kiddie games and lack luster performance, that they havent really gotten past a certain level on intellect. Yes, i screwed up and said that the DS didnt have wireless.. it does. But so fucking what? How many 30 something guys unless they are geeked out fan boy losers who never get laid will play you in Mario Kart or whatever lame ass rehashed game Nitendo has come out with. I for one dont want it.. if i was a kid or some fucking retard with a helmet and a bib to catch my drool, then i would want a Nitendo, cause thats who its built for. I want something that does it all, not just limited things, yes, it does cost more, yes, it has a small screen. But if your on the move or whatever, who gives a fuck. Its better than nothing at all. I would rather have one big screen than 2 small lame ones. Know why the DS gets more battery life? Cause its a POS system that doesnt have any real potential. Why has the GameCube died in sales, they are basically giving it away, just like they will with the DS.. i see a price drop for the DS by Xmas 2005, just cause they know Sony is hot on their tails of kicking their dumb ass again, cause they dont have the foresight to see what people really want. Make a system for Kids and Adults, not just Adolescents and Jerry Lewis Marathon Kids. Half of the people who bashed the PSP, probably havent really played it. I played with the DS when it came out to see what it was all about, and i put it down within 5 minutes.. cuase it was another Nintendo fuck up waiting to be thrown into the garbage with all the other things that they made and people gave up on, cause they just werent good.

Even Nintendo will admit this fact. The Nintendo and Disney names mean "safe" to most parents. I was a proud Super Nintendo owner for years, but HATED the censorship on that system (Mortal Kombat 1 and Wolfenstein were 2 blatant examples). People will always defend their own systems because of the money and time involved with these things makes you devoted in a way. Like an intense relationship of sorts. Me, I don't play video games these days as they tend to stress me out, so I don't give 2 shits about which system is on top. The fact is, Nintendo has always led the competition with handheld units and Sony still dominates the home console market. I don't see that changing anytime soon.

"Why? Because I own 7000 books and they are literally pouring out of my house like the popcorn at the end of REAL GENIUS. 70000 books puts you in fucking college library territory." Hahaha yep, pretty much.. OH, and to the guy touting Grand Theft Auto as a selling point for the PSP, Get the fuck out. That shit is tired and losing credibility as a game series. The fact that San Andreas did as well as it did and was received so well indicates where the gaming industry is headed (down the shitter if you didn't get that).

Doom II, let's make a deal. I'll try make more time to read over things I type before I post them if you'll do the same. Together, we might avoid things like this in the future. Peace.

You make a good point Doom II. Peace.

i watched rushmore on my psp standing in line for a screening of four brothers. then the fuckers said i couldn't bring it in, had a metal detector and all that shit, fucking anti-piracy freakouts. anyway, i got it past them and then watched the nightmare before christmas in the theater waiting for it to start. both on my 1 gig stick. both ripped from dvds i own. system fucking rules, bitches. only complaint is the volume, even with headphones it's soft.

i have the seventh harry potter and an ebook reader on it (yeah, i bought the hardcover so i don't feel guilty downloading the ebook for free), plus i have two asimov's, an ebook on darwinian psychology, and my most recent screenplay and most recent short film on it. both award-winning. i can't get my awards on my DS, though i love it. so harry, even if you had gotten a free psp for writing this article, well... you'd have gotten a free psp. i'd have written it too.

Hmmm... would you also be a keeper of the divine secrets of Sriracha? Peace.

He, orb head. I love DS becasue, unlinke the PSP, the games are original, dickface. Ha! This jerk says SOny is on DS's ass? DIck Breath, Nintendo DS outselling PSP 2 to 1. PSP costs too much money. WOrth $100, tops, mostly becasue the 3 hour battery sucks!

And just like your first post, you don't have any facts straight. Nintendo is the ONLY company to have made profits off of its last console... even at the price they sell the Gamecube, they make a profit, where Sony and Microsoft both sell theirs at a loss in order to make the money back on games. Boo, Nintendo, damn you for being successful despite the low price of your console! Nintendo has throughout its history targeted a younger audience, but they also recognize their audience has grown up. That's why you'll find Resident Evil 4 on the Cube, and not on the PS2 (the PS2 could not have handled those graphics, this IS a fact). How about the Resident Evil 1 re-make which was 1000 times better than the Playstation version? Eternal Darkness? Hell, even the "kiddie" games are really just targetted at "all ages", which is a pretty big difference. If you want to get hot chicks in your house playing games, bust out Mario Party or Super Monkey Ball. Speaking of fanboy losers, you sound like one of those guys who is so insecure you have to act tough because you think it will help you end your losing streak. Guess what, Kirby doesn't make you gay, it's your own love of cock that does that! You say the DS has no potential. Really! So you can't think of any uses for two screen and a touchscreen? How about real-time stratgey games and role-playing games, puzzle games, first person shooters- all of which can be done very well with the features the DS brings. While the DS had a weak game lineup at launch, it is hitting its stride with new games right now while the PSP languishes after its solid launch. I'm pretty sure the two will compete very well, which is to say they BOTH have potential, but your fanboyism can't let you accept that without your head exploding. I have both systems and enjoy them both, and I can't stand ignorant people like you who attack something without any facts. The DS may not be for you, but there are plenty of adult gamers who it IS for- and if you look at actual sales and demographics you will realize more than half of DS owners are over 18. Finally, you talk about Nintendo rehashing titles, but have you checked out the PSP lineup? As far as I can tell, plenty of the games came directly from the PS2, so really your argument holds no water- both consoles have rehashes and both have amazing original content. As for Knowthyself's comment about the PSP firmware update... I checked it out last night, the web browser and wallpaper really kick ass. The DS is getting a web browser as well as some PDA software, although I admit it will be harder to see web pages on the smaller screen.

I don't think anybody said people liked the DS more than the PSP based on sales figures- they were using those figures to dispute the even more idiotic claim that Nintendo was somehow being devastated in the handheld war- which the numbers help to illustrate is clearly not true.

ill give u 200.00 for it

What the hell are you talking about? The Atari Lynx sucked vs the Game boy because, it ain't about graphics, it's about GAME PLAY baby, and Lynx games were repertive and boring. OH, and they ate up 6 aa batteries quikcer then a whore eating a cum-filled cock.

for about the same amount of money you can buy a device that can do everything the ipod does and it also plays games and movies. Not sure about the legality, but you can convert your dvd movies to the psp format. Not real easy, but it is possible. I do find it irritating that these corporations always expect us to buy our movies over and over. They could have easily made a program that comes with psp to play dvds on it.

Well it's dirty... but work on the style. Next time, try something like... Quicker than a leggless hooker can suck a pea through a curly straw... or... I don't know... work something in that's fun to say... like... lemur lube... LEEEMURRR LUUUUBE... ok... I'm going to go back to watching godzilla now... Peace.

Funny! Also, in re to this: "for about the same amount of money you can buy a device that can do everything the ipod does and it also plays games and movies." Really not true. First off, a GIG of MEMORY costs over $100. ANd, the interface for music sucks. And, oh damn, that dreaded, dying battery! You'll get 2 hours, maybe, on an ipod.

I meant, on a PSP, not IPOD. Doh!

This is the 1st AICN post I visited on my PSP! Firmware 2.0 rocks! Now I can read AICN on the go! The DS can't do this! Frack yeah!

My iPod gets over 12 hours. With music alone, my PSP gets about 5 hours on the current battery generation, but newer ones have been promised that will suposedly triple that time. The PSP battery is NOT as bad as people exaggerate it to be. If you're sitting playing a game for six hours straight, you have worse problems than battery life.

F**k everything that uses batteries. There. That's right, I said it! There was a teenaged kid in the theater when I went to see "Batman Begins" that played his PSP right up to the second before the movie started. Couldn't see what he was playing from where I was sitting. Unless it was a UMD of Jenna Jameson's best, I just don't get the fascination with these things.

congrats on winning a ps2 thats pretty cool.yeah ive seen the ads on drink cups but since i dont eat at mcdeeznuts i missed out.oh well

the PSP will come out september 1st here in New Zealand, and i plunked down 20 bucks on a deposit. now here's the kicker. The psp will retail for 420 nz dollars. and games will cost around 50-60 dollars. I now am about to NOT purchase it because that is shit-damn expensive! And how often will one watch a umd movie? once? twice? three times? It just doesnt justify blowing 15-20 us OR 50-60 nz bucks at all for tiny movies. /sad imported products are so expensive/

The PSP allows even a weakling like Harry to hold it with one hand while the other hand... Another device for the Attention Deficit Disorder Generation.

This is what you want http://www.archos.com/products/av_700/ More cool than anyone should be allowed.

For the sole reason it created a new video format instead of using an existing technology. This means less shelf space for dvds, that's right if you look at most stores (Walmart, Target, etc.) they have shrunk the dvd movie sections to make room for the psp movies which means less selection and no chance of finding smaller indie titles carried by the big chains.