About two years ago, I got WipEout Pure for my PSP. At the time, I couldn't place any better than silver on any of the Zone tracks, as hard and as long as I would try. And it took me months to get those silvers. Zone was just way too hard for me.

About a year and a half ago, I gave up on Pure as I could no longer get any new medals. I got WipEout Pulse instead, and worked my way through that game, securing every last gold medal there was (including Pulse's Zone tracks, which I found much easier than Pure's).

Anyway, just recently, I went back to playing Pure to keep myself distracted until I finally get a PS3 and WipEout HD (sometime this year, maybe-here's hoping for a mid-year price drop!) and I surprised myself by finally getting gold on Zone. Not only that, but I got gold on all four Zone tracks in a single evening, pretty much on the first try each time (even with the disadvantage of being exhausted beyond reason from a 5-week-old baby). I guess a 30+ gamer can learn new tricks.

I am so freakin' stoked to get a PS3 and WipEout HD (and SFIV and VF5 and SCIV etc.).