My PSP

So, now that I've got my gripes and games out of the way…
GUT REACTION: I'm now a PSP owner, and I can say (without a doubt) that this is singlehandedly the best portable gaming experience I've ever… experienced. I'd even go as far as to say that the PSP runs circles around regular ol' consoles - but let me wait until the newness wears off. I haven't been this excited, intrigued by a handheld video game system since Sega's Game Gear was released in the early '90s. What do both of these have in common? Mighty impressive screens (for their respective years).
FOR STARTERS: I'm certainly not going to rush out and buy movies that'll only play on the PSP. I've got a few DVD players scattered throughout the house and on every computer, so if I really wanna take something with me, I'll use Xilisoft's DVD Ripper (with its blindingly simple process). For now, I'm just amazed with the small list titles that are currently on the PSP market. A few of 'em are to be avoided according to fans, but I've already snagged me a couple of gems (thanks to store credit for trade-ins): Mercury, Lumines, Ridge Racer, and Wipeout Pure.
ACCESSORIZING: Nobody around town has a high-capacity Memory Stick in stock, so I turned to the Web - Chumbo.com, to be exact; They've currently got a SanDisk 1GB MS listed for a little over $100! I couldn't stop there, though - I needed a few more PSP accessories that were only available through JavoEdge: an Ultra Clear surface protector (with 99% Visual Transparency), and a USB Charging Cable. I did pick up a lame PSP starter kit at the store for $10, not realizing that the Soft Case that came with the PSP was good enough. At least the UMD holders are decent (and I can carry the coiled headphones around in my backback as backup for my noise-canceling Sennheiser).
TWEAKING: There are plenty of hacks out there that'll let me do strange and wonderful things to my PSP, but I'm not likely to do anything that presents too much of a challenge. Converting video is easy enough, and copying photos & music from point A to point B is a given. I hear Mad Catz is releasing GameShark Media Manager for the PSP later this summer - but I don't think the manual route presents too much of a challenge for weathered clickers. Still, I'm going to keep an eye on what's happening out there…

• PSP Hacks
• PSP Emulation News
• PSP Hacker
• PSP-Hacks
• PSP-Vault
• Portable Gaming News
• Sony PSP News
• Portable Gaming Revolution
• PSPfanclub

I've only listed the sites that have valid feeds. Otherwise, I'd never remember to go back to each one of 'em… what, with being too busy mastering my new PSP games. :)
Sony, for all our differences, I stand up and applaud you for the PlayStation Portable. This is a one-of-a-kind device that, despite its various shortcomings, sets the bar a mile higher.

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