2old2play/notime2play

So I realized something today...I value short play games as a father.  I used to not think much about games under 20 hours, but I just played uncharted, and it took me about 4 evenings of 2 hour sessions to beat it.  I figure I played it total of 10 hours max.

As a dad with not much game time it was great!  I got to see all the best parts of the game, I got the I did it sensation of playing, and I didn't feel like I got ripped on my purchases because when I finished the game on easy, I got a satisfying ending.  I loved the shorter chapters so I didn't have to keep starting the level over...it was just a great experience.

If Sony is going to have a $400+ console they will do great to have games with experiences.  Once you find people willing to pay $60/game they usually don't have a lot of time for gaming anymore.

Another new ps3 feature I started using, was the media center part of it.  I bought ( for my wife :) ) some software called called eye connect.  It lets us stream iphoto & itunes & movies to our ps3 in the living room.  It's pretty nice to view pictures this way, and its great for podcasts.   Since we have so much wi-fi stuff + the microwave in our house it loses its connection fairly often.  In order to fix this I am planning on hooking the ps3 & mac server up to the router with cat cable so the connection stays more stable.

I didn't know how much I would like this feature, but I really do like it a lot.

Anyway on the home front we have had our kid for 3 weeks now.  I can't believe how much english he can speak already.  I also can't believe how much russian I can understand.  Crazy times....