lol I only used Microsoft Paint, I coudln't get it exactly right!

Sorry to have worried the guy who just bought a PSP! Same happened to me when they released the slimline... :P

Sony released this image of their current design at 4:53 PM on 28/06/2008.

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4783/psp2uh0.png

Honest!

I'll admit... I have. Before you laugh yourself silly and call me obsessive, let me explain myself.

They are not tears of grief, or of shame, or of sadness. They are tears of sheer frustration. Wait, this still sounds ridiculous.

Well, picture this- being a mile ahead of all other rally drivers in a 20 minute race. All the way. Until, 23 ft from the finish line, your car gets stuck between a tree and a rock. You cry quietly as the 6 opposing cars drive by, laughing in your faces.

Well, I tell a lie- you don't cry quietly. You don't even cry outright. Here is a step by step process for such an annoying scenario:

The first attempt: laugh it off. "Well, that is frustrating."

The second attempt: this game kinda sucks. "For God's sake, not again."

The third attempt: this game sucks a*se. "For f***'s sake, not again!

The fourth attempt: F*** OFF! "F*** OFF!"

The fifth attempt: throw the controller across the room. Sit quietly for 3 minutes. Try again.

The sixth attempt: the profanities are very imaginative at this point, and cannot be repeated. Face red with anger, broken TV screen and Playstation 2 destruction across the floor of the bedroom, you cry, as you realise that hundreds of pounds worth of equipment is now worthless. All because of that little Ford Fiesta that was sexually attracted to rocks and trees.

Does this ring any bells? Or am I alone in this mad world?

PS- I tell another lie- I haven't broken anything. I thought it would help justify my actions if I wrote it though.

These are in no particular order:

1. When you are with a squad of AI team-mates fighting against a squad of enemy AI. And all of the enemy AI aim for YOU, not your team members.

2. Automatic lock-ons not prioritising- i.e. aiming your SMG at the unarmed, innocent guy who is 100ft away from you rather than the near invincible b*****d with a shotgun in your face.

3. Beating a massively difficult boss, winning 1,000,000 credits and unlockable content, and maxing out all levels- before being killed by some coward, an inch away from a saving point, thus losing all achievements.

4. Completing games and being bored stiff otherwise.

5. Being stuck on one ridiculous early level and being unable to enjoy the pleasures later on in the game.

6. The referee giving 3 of my players red cards for saying "yo' mamma" to the opposition, but the ref ignoring the opposition ceasing the abilities of my once-healthy players' legs, i.e. crunching them from behind.

7. Killing millions of AK47-wielding thugs, before being beaten up to death by an old granny brandishing a pair of knuckle dusters.

8. Pulling off a HUGE trick on Tony Hawk's, then failing because of one too many kickflips.

9. Trying to be stealthy. And failing. i.e. accidently brushing the enemy's legs when sneaking past, or bumping into an oil barrell that makes a hell of a racket.

10. Power cuts, or games freezing, just as a ridiculously difficult mission was accomplished. No game saved.

The list goes on!

Is it "nerdy" to play videogames? I don't know about you, but I have witnessed some snide taunts and remarks about people who dedicate their lives to their gaming hobby. Stereotypical films like the "40 year old virgin" hardly help matters.

Of course, gamers don't all come under one category... you have the casual gamer who invests a mere half hour of his life every couple of days completing a few circuits of Gran Turismo, a few massacres on San Andreas, the occasional game of PES.

On the other hand, you have the obsessional, perfectionist square eyed gamers, who would rather urinate in an empty cola bottle than "waste time" going to the lavatory when they could be maxing out their cooking level on some obscure Japanese RPG.

Do you tar all gamers with the same brush? It seems a silly question to ask on a gaming website, but I would like to know your views and experiences concerning the "hip-ness" of turning on your Xbox. And pleaseavoid arguments as to which gaming consoles are better!