Hello everyone, all one of you. I discovered CSI: Miami for the PC in a games shop, and wondered whether to get it or not. But there's no reviews of it anywhere (except a semi-literate reader's review; "de shows gud, i am game")! Everyone's too busy creaming themselves over Wow, EQ, and Half Life's mediocre, desperation release to help Horatio solve the crime. I've spent some of today post whoring to get to level 6, but I'm still only on 99%. Bah. At least Gamespot had the common sense to award me with a Good Taste emblem at last.

But such otherwise monumental victories are overshadowed and made hollow by the fact that my PS2 died. Not so much died, as became senile. Or something. As I said before, I was having problems with my beloved Evil Zone, and was about to return it when I decided for no apparent reason to try my other PS1 games. Tekken 1-3, Soul Reaver et al didn't work, so I cancelled my return and rang Sony, seething. I had a horrid being on the other line, if anyone's seen the Family Guy episode with the Pinchley's, imagine Eliza in a few years. She asked me if I'd any blue PS2 games (the early ones were all brought out on CD which is what made the PS2 sound as though it was about to go into orbit), which I did, Tekken Tag. I tried that, and to my horror I got the now familiar "Disc read error.". So she nonchalantly informed me;

"Ah, your CD drive is broken, that means you can't play Audio CDs, PS1 games or early PS2 games anymore."

(Me, too lazy to find an unhappy phone smiley) "And Sony will do what to rectify this?"

"Nothing, your warranty is expired."

*random exclamatory* So this is the thanks I get. I pay IR£380 ($612 approx.) the day the PS2 comes out, only for Sony to inform me that I don't matter. How selfish of me! We should get special treatment. Not like the Johnny-Come-Lately-General-n00b-Public that get it a week, nay a MONTH after its release. Actually, this isn't the first time Sony screwed me over. As I said, I got the PS2 the day it came out, 4 years and 5 days ago I think. I played it all day Friday and worked Saturday. When I came home, anticipation oozing out of every orifice, I pressed the binary button at the back. No red light. I rang Sony (I wonder was it the same woman?) and was informed "Yeah, the first batch is usually the glitchy one." Thanks. Rather than them take it back and give me a new one immediately, I had to go back to the shop I got it in, and wait nearly a month for a replacement, the one that recently went senile. What did I do for the month? Same thing I did in between the time I sold my PS1 in September to get money for November; played my beloved, never repaired once MegaDrive (Genesis to you people). Sony and their shoddy lenses and customer service. I have a good mind to become an XBoy after this debacle. At least they have an online gaming system that works, better graphics and DOAXBV. Sigh.

For the time being, I'll stick to playing my PS2 games, if they decide to work. I always have Rise of Nations to turn to as well. Although, I did get a PS1 emulator, so I can technically still play them. But it's not the same!!

However, as destitute as I get, this will remain as it is;

Until I have something more depressing to write...