E3 week, the most illuminating week of the year for gamers, videogame websites, mainstream media tech reports, and Wall Street types looking for the latest tip on where to invest, is rapidly approaching. In roughly two weeks, E3 will begin, and as it approaches the rumors always seem to increase exponentially.
While most tidbits articles deal with small stories, speculation, coming events, and rumors with equal attention, E3 is the predominant subject of this article. Thus, four out of the five small items here will deal with E3 rumors and speculation.
GB: "Resident Evil Village is three years old now, and looking back, it’s still a game that fills me with immense joy."
Tripwire Interactive's Killing Floor debuted 15 years ago, birthing a critically acclaimed series and a new publishing arm.
GB: "With this feature, we will be taking a look at 15 of the most interesting facts about the PS3."
I knew all of those things. I'll add one that many dont know (if you are a hardware person you do). you CAN actually swap bluray drives between systems. The drives themselves are interchangeable but the board that interfaces is not. So anyone who has a dead optical drive can just get a replacement and swap the interface board and be back to reading discs in no time. I've had to do this myself on both a 20gb B01 as well as a 40gb L01 unit.
you can also replace the spinning hdd with an SSD for improved (not life changing) performance as well as quieter and cooler system reliability. The physical spinning drives draw more current and generate heat as a result. Using an SSD means no moving parts and thus will have less current draw and reduced fan noise from not having to spin as much as usual to offset any heat generated by the spinning hdd.
Still one of my favorite Playstations next to the Playstations that came before it and after it.