I'd read a guide only if it was free and I had already finished the game.

They make great reads while you sit on the loo.

Not too much of a shock, they are inconsistent reviewers with what seems a random taste in games (Nintendogs, Haze) although it is interesting to see a few opinions at least.

http://kotaku.com/5113983/shocker-famitsu-does-not-love-white-knight-chronicles

I think this still has potential to be a great game, what do you think?

Disarming the bomb gives you a shack in Megaton (Good), detonating it gets you an apartment in Tenpenny tower (Evil)

both of the homes are basically the same but I find Megaton, being near the center of the map, is a much better base.. also I prefer the shops and people

2: 6-12 hours (movies, games and web browsing)

3: yes I take care of discs

4: I always do, I've never had any problems doing this

5: 2.5

6: 60gig Euro model (w/250gig hdd) since euro launch 23/3/07

7: yes

8: Bedroom

9: Rarely, I'm ashamed to say

10: none, I tend to do my online gaming via PC

11: Yes

12: No

13: yes, quite a few time, usually once a week

14: Only 3 beeps when I have to hold the power button due a to a game crash (Madden's a big culprit)

15: as 14

Bonus: yes, of course

SSX Tricky does NOT work on the EU 60gig PS3 and I assume it wont work on the US 80 (limited BC) models, I checked the EU backwards compatibility site and it is not listed, tried 3 Tricky discs (I work around games so I can swap if I have any probs) and none have worked.

I eventually just bought a cheap PS2 for the handful of games that I want to run perfectly.

Thanks for the reply, I'm going to give that memtest a try and see if that is the root of my probs, if not I'll have to check my drives..

Are Hitachi and Maxtor that problematic? I've been using Maxtor drives for years, have I just been lucky until now?

I wonder if anyone could shed some light on a problem I have...

Over the last month my gaming PC has a reoccurring crash, initially I thought it was overheating as the game I was playing (almost anything, though mostly Team fortress 2, COD2 & 4) would freeze, the graphics would go nuts or the screen will go black while the sound loops. The machine though does not automatically reset and I am forced to power off/reset manually.

Yesterday it crashed while I was playing Call of Duty 2 and the computer seemed to have wiped my saved game, annoyed I played something else but now, almost every time the crash occurs I see text and imagery of the call of duty 2 main menu screen mixed up with others in a random jumble (also menu's from the other games I've played) but the crashes only occur during gameplay.

Initially the crashes would take place about every 8 hours of game time but it has got so bad I cannot play for more then a few minutes. It has also started effecting streaming videos (youtube ect) but is very rare at the moment.

I've tried a complete format and I have reinstalled the Nvidia drivers on several occasions but I'm still getting the problem.

Intel q9450 w/zalman CNPS8000 cooler

XFX780i 3 way sli Mobo

4 gig (2x2) OCZ PC2-6400C4 800mhz Reaper HPC Enhanced bandwidth edition DC DDR2

8800 GTXx2 Sli

3x HDD

Hitachi 120g

Maxtor 250g

Maxtor 300g

x1 generic DVD x1 generic DVD RW drives

Case: Cooler Master Stacker 832, complete with a full complement of fans as well as extractors for the gfx cards

PSU: OCZ EliteXStream 800w SLI ready

Temps

CPU IDLE: 28c or 82 LOAD 40c or 113f

GPU 1 IDLE: 55c or 131f LOAD 70c or 158f

GPU 2 IDLE: 53c or 127f LOAD 69c or 159f

Mobo IDLE: 26c or 79f LOAD 39c or 102f

Everything is at factory clock settings, no OC is taking place and I am pretty sure there are no probs with those temps

Initially I was running with XP home when the problem occurred then decided it was time to upgrade to Vista premium 64 but the problem remained and has now rendered my games unplayable, both OS had the latest updates and it is the exact same crash which leads me to suspect a hardware problem somewhere, I suspect the RAM but the vista diagnostics test say it is fine.

Can anyone help?

Sorry if it seems I rambled on or there are any/many grammatical errors.

NONE of the consoles this gen have fully delivered

PS3: had a super slow start (though gradually getting better)

WII: has no games other then party/casual rubbish

360: Awful hardware (though slowly improving) most games have superior PC ports

PC and PS3 is all I need, looking forward to GoW3 and GT5

I use Metacritic, it isn't a games review site per se but it gathers all of the reviews from sites and gives you an average.

I find it useful to see why games get low/high scores and you can often eliminate the magazine bias (Sony sites will tend to hype Sony games, same with Microsoft and Nintendo with their own) and I like to look for reoccurring themes within reviews, if many of them point out the same flaws then you know it could be a major problem.

http://www.metacritic.com/about/scoring.shtml

Soldiers = magets

Durr, gonna shoot you at point blank range and kill us both hurr!