freezing damage ps3?

Hi all, i just wanted to know if its safe to play this game, as it tends to freeze up quite often after a couple of hours gameplay. Usually i power the ps3 off when it freezes, but i think this could damage my console, is there anything else i can do when it freezes so the console will not have a chance of getting damaged? Its only because I just bought the game, and i want to play it some more, but it tends to crash often. Thanks, Sean

If my PS3 freezes I turn it off also. Then I turn it back on and continue gaming.

Yeah, but im just concerned it might damage the hard drive or sumthing, people have said that it did damage their ps3...but im probably being paranoid. Wouldnt care if i had it under warranty xD