So you may have heard about the global Playstation 3 meltdown (or ‘ApocalyPS3′) earlier this week when a small error in the system’s internal clock as it relates (I assume) to leap years rendered many systems unplayable for a whopping 24 hours.
I imagine I don’t need to tell you, some people flipped.
The conspiracy theories flew, and the fury and threats boiled over, and it was quite the spectacle to behold if you cruised by some gaming forums in the heat of it. I’ll admit, I was personally thankful that I’d finished Heavy Rain the night before. I’d have probably been a little irritated to find that I couldn’t sit down to play it after work. But man oh man… forget corn, we need to get our scientists working on a way to harness nerd-rage as a renewable energy source.
We laugh, but I think this speaks volumes on how we relate to technology and gaming. In the deep end of things, it can even come to this:
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