video games ruined my life

[Magsåvningsreserven]

fuck this shite

i'm gonna cop a haagen daaz and watch game of thrones in HD

NOW TELL ME THAT AIN'T BRO

[Magsåvningsreserven]

'why PSN is really down' - apparently

Ok, I've seen a bunch of speculation of why people think PSN is down, and I thought I should just post what the community knows in comparison to what Sony is telling everyone. The truth is, there was a new CFW (custom firmware) released known as Rebug ([1] http://rebug.me). It essentially turns a retail console into a dev console (not fully, but gives you a lot of the same options that usually dev's only have access to). Anyway, this new CFW was quickly figured out to give CFW users access to the PSN network again via the dev networks. With a little manipulation of the URL's through a proxy server you could get your hacked console back online. Not that big of a deal, right? Well, it also turns out that some people over at NGU found out that you could provide fake CC# info and the authenticity of the information was never checked as you were on Sony's private developer PSN network (essentially a network that Sony trusted). What happened next was extreme piracy of PSN content. Sony realizing the issue here shut down the network. Now, before you go freaking out about the latest information posted about Kotaku, no ones personal information was accessible via this hack. Not to say they couldn't get it, but no one is admitting to it being available. Anyway, that's the real reason for the PSN downtime. Sony is now rebuilding all of it's PSN servers to be more secure and (hopefully) make sure the CFW users cannot get online anymore.

Edit: To those of you saying that this is speculation, you are correct. But, it is speculation based on a lot of facts and the outcome seems to make the most sense.

1. Rebug was released on 3/31/11.

2. First guides of how to use the dev network to get back on COD games on 4/3/11. 3. Word of "shady" sites finding a way to pirate PSN content via the dev networks on 4/7/11 (basing this on posts I had to delete on the website). 4. PSN goes down on 4/20/11

Now, you can believe Sony's PR team which has kept you completely in the dark, or you can see the list of events above and come to your own conclusion. Now, this isn't the first time Sony has fought back against the PS3 modders from getting on PSN. A couple of months ago we had a utility called f*ckPSN that changed the necessary header information that was being sent to Sony to allow modified consoles back online. We were able to use it for about a month. Then came the new TOS, the mass e-mail to PS3 customers, and software update 3.56 and 3.60. So, once again, yes this is all speculation, but it is speculation based on previous actions and known facts.

via psx mod or something via reddit

[DüM]

I might check that show, you and mass keep talking about it

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1108383p1.html

It's been almost a year. When the heck are we gonna hear some updates?

this looks weird. like scratch removal in photoshop.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

^ first episode was the bomb diggity

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you guys have probably heard by now, but Nintendo confirmed a new console's gonna be shown at E3, due next year for release.

[Guest walter_is_lame]

CAME

everywhere.

[semaj]

_xKV9BFEEXQ

[evisu 2000]

I might check that show, you and mass keep talking about it

this looks weird. like scratch removal in photoshop.

yeah, looks terrible

game is pretty much perfect as it is imo

yeah game of thrones is dope and i hate medievel/fantasy/whatever shit

[Guest walter_is_lame]

yeah, looks terrible

game is pretty much perfect as it is imo

yeah game of thrones is dope and i hate medievel/fantasy/whatever shit

wtf where are you lately. no 3s bouts? aight son I see you gave up.

[evisu 2000]

let's do it

[Guest walter_is_lame]

let's do it

aight lets go but no fucking crying like last time

[evisu 2000]

lol wtf are you talking about? you never beat me

[Magsåvningsreserven]

one time mass was afk, and i was slapping him up and i was like, whoa i'm sick now, how you like that, and mass was like, i was afk

[Magsåvningsreserven]

ONLY WATCH THIS IF YOU'VE FINISHED PORTAL 2

turn on captions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAXSyFCWXY

sup Frank, semaj

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i need one of these:

[DaBestSpoona]

3_Cx82OFXM0

[curemyself]

the only game i play on steam is cs 1.6 hahaha

[semaj]

the only game i play on steam is cs 1.6 hahaha

it's all you need

[FranklinCosgrove]

ONLY WATCH THIS IF YOU'VE FINISHED PORTAL 2

turn on captions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAXSyFCWXY

sup Frank, semaj

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i need one of these:

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22804972

The only thing I don't like about this post Mag is that a CoD video was posted directly after it. But otherwise...

[doctor_doom]

LzMMxIbkcmk

I'm so excited even though I have beaten this game like 5 or 6 times already

[semaj]

Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/sony-admits-utter-psn-failure-your-personal-data-has-been-stolen.ars

[haptronic]

over easter weekend i went to a video game exhibition at motat, all manner of vintage arcade machines and home consoles.

most excited to play the only game i clocked at the spacies parlour. only game missing from the golden age was defender, so i didn't get a chance to use all my smart bombs and then hyperspace into an enemy.

[pokpok]

video games ruined my life

more like..

PSN ruined my life

[ROYALEFATALE]

video games ruined my life

more like..

PSN ruined my life

truth, better check your cc statements

[Guest Methimphibian]

yall should know better than to trust your CC info in PSN, all I ever hear about is hacked lobbies, that shits been hacked for good minute now, was only a matter of time till this would happen. buy your DLC/points in a store so you don't have to ever enter it

[pokpok]

truth, better check your cc statements

i have a new CC number already so im good.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

apparently ms unbanned all banned consoles, rubbing salt into sony's wounds concept.

[mike lowrey]

jesus.. it took them a week to realize that every fucking bit of information was potentially breached.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/04/27/clarifying-a-few-psn-points/

[Flash]

sorry if this isnt allowed , if not please delete

i was looking through some old boxes in the atic and found a few old final fantasy games for the ps1 (pal UK) , ive got ff7, ff8 ,ff9 so if anyone wants them cheap please pm me

[Seething Tortoise]

Been playing BO with my brother, as a guest.

One thing I noticed, which is beyond awful in my opinion. On splitscreen mode, there's lag between the two screens. I only noticed it briefly a few days ago and then just checked it out properly last night. I went prone in front of my brother and got up again, his screen was like half a second behind mine.

In other news. There is no news, haven't played any new games other than Pokémon White.

[_ironman]

i hate how in black ops if you get killed by a napalm strike or rolling thunder it plays the fly-by sound again when you respawn even though the plane is long gone

[Iwmmm]

THe hackers of PSN can have my credit card, and the accumulated debt that goes with it. (: