You've Got To Be Kidding Me...

I have been lusting over the new PS3 game Heavy Rain since I first saw an advertisement for it over 6 months ago. I don't even own a PS3 and I became obsessed with reading everything possible about this game. I watched trailers, read clips, articles, interviews with the people behind the magic. I counted down the days til its release along side every PS3 owner in the world. And, let me reiterate, I don't even own a PS3. Not because I don't like the games or the way the system plays. I have owned all of PS3's predecessors and loved playing games on them. There have been games that have came out only for this console that looked amazing (I'm talking about you, Little Big Planet!) but the moment I saw a YouTube video of some game action for Heavy Rain, I was pushed over the edge. There would be no lusting at the sidelines for me. PS3 and I were no longer going to just make googly eyes at each other in the aisle at Best Buy and Heavy Rain is what was going to bring us together. And that's what brings us to today.

Today, the beautiful man I get to call my husband, decided he was going to buy me a PS3 (probably to stop me from yammering and from drooling in Best Buy). So after a trip to GameStop, Game Trader (which if you live in Beaverton, it is the best little game shop!), Best Buy and then all the way down to Fry's, I was a proud mother of a PS3 console (it's name is DeeryLouToo and we are registered at Amazon.com) and a copy of Heavy Rain. I drop the hubby off at home to get it all set up for me while I continue to run errands with my mom. Finally, I get home and settle in for some seriously Heavy action. I admire my new machine, take the game out of it package and slide it in. I download the necessary updates and am ready to dive into game play when I get an error having to do with the trophies feature of the PS Network. We look online and discover......THE WHOLE FREAKIN' PLAYSTATION NETWORK IS DOWN ALL OVER THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!!!! YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME???!!!!

I have the game in my possession. I have the console to play the game. I can hold them, sniff them, even lick them but I can't play them. And Playstation hasn't even formally released what the issue is or an approximate ETA as to when we can expect it to be fixed. Of all the days for PSN to crash. I just want to play my video game.

Damn you, Playstation! You shat on what should have been a beautiful ending to a beautiful Sunday. Preventing the full union of a girl and her video game. Playstation, you should be ashamed.

For those of you who have not seen or even heard of *gasp* Heavy Rain, here is a taste of what is bound to be one of the most innovative games to ever hit the market: