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PSN: Play Station Nooooooooo!!!

March 1, 2010

Gamers Beware! PlayStation Catastrophe Still Plaguing PS3s–Switched

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What’s Going On?
The geek meltdown that began last night continues unabated this evening as Sony plods through its PlayStation quagmire, largely due to 2010 being mislabeled as a leap year. The ordeal started when clocks rolled over to March 1st and older (non-PS3 Slim) PlayStation owners began experiencing a myriad of bizarre and unfixable problems, including blocked access to the PlayStation Network, corrupted trophy data, and an inability to launch certain games and videos.

How to Handle the PS3 Situation:
While the official source of the fiasco remains a mystery, Sony believes “that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system,” which may be linked to faulty leap year programming. The company also contends that the problem is isolated to older models, though apparently not all, and has recommended that owners of anything other than the slim consoles keep their PS3s turned off. read more…

Game Casa Tip #3: Get Yo Game On

February 6, 2010

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Look up some of your Game Casa pals and send them a friend invite on your favorite system!  Here’s how you do it:

1: Sign in to your profile

2: Click on the Friends button, located in the Me column (first column on the left)

3: Click on one of your friends and scroll down in their profile to the Gaming Goodness section (if they haven’t filled that section out, send them a message and yell at them!)

4: Take note of their Online ID–you can have Online ID’s set up for Xbox Live, PSN, Wii, Games For Windows and Other

5: Send them an invite from your system, making sure to put “Game Casa Bitches!” in your invite message and meet up for some real Gaming Goodness :)