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[civilstrife]

So I just had my extended family over for dinner, and lo and behold, my 5 and 7 year old cousins have themselves two shiny new PSP's. Being the Nintendo whore I am, my first thoughts were "OMG!!!11 WTF stupid Parents they're gonna break them or lose them or something, buy GB MICRO instead"

Then I was just sad that the abilities of these systems were being wasted, and my mind raced at the possibilities of all the pron and SNES roms I would put on such an item.

First of all, I knew something was up when the one game they had brought was Burnout Legends. This kid knows his stuff. I was, however, VERY surprised to hear my 7 year old cousin start explaining to me, in detail, the hidden web browser in Wipeout pure, and then proceed to extoll the virtues of the 2.0 to 1.5 downgrader in stunning detail and unsurpassed linguistic finesse for a person who was barely toilet trained at the beginning of this console generation.

This is amazing. So I guess kids aren't trading Pokemon in the school yard anymore, instead they're talking about the lastest workarounds for the forced PSP firmware updates.

It just sort of put into perspective alot of the things that we argue about here. These are toys. Videogames, I mean. I know PSP isn't intended for kids that age, but that's not stopping them.

 

[Comfort_Eagle]

Why the hell didnt you steal them? Nintendo whore pussy.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

A $250 handheld machine in the hands of 5/7 year olds? That just doesn't sound right.

 

[jooey]

A $250 handheld machine in the hands of 5/7 year olds? That just doesn't sound right.

jerks like you and my parents kept me from owning a TurboExpress when I was 8 god dammit!

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Nintenrage!

 

[Speevy]

So I guess kids aren't trading Pokemon in the school yard anymore

Someone's buying it.

 

[The Faceless Master]

So I just had my extended family over for dinner, and lo and behold, my 5 and 7 year old cousins have themselves two shiny new PSP's. Being the Nintendo whore I am, my first thoughts were "OMG!!!11 WTF stupid Parents they're gonna break them or lose them or something, buy GB MICRO instead"

Then I was just sad that the abilities of these systems were being wasted, and my mind raced at the possibilities of all the pron and SNES roms I would put on such an item.

First of all, I knew something was up when the one game they had brought was Burnout Legends. This kid knows his stuff. I was, however, VERY surprised to hear my 7 year old cousin start explaining to me, in detail, the hidden web browser in Wipeout pure, and then proceed to extoll the virtues of the 2.0 to 1.5 downgrader in stunning detail and unsurpassed linguistic finesse for a person who was barely toilet trained at the beginning of this console generation.

This is amazing. So I guess kids aren't trading Pokemon in the school yard anymore, instead they're talking about the lastest workarounds for the forced PSP firmware updates.

It just sort of put into perspective alot of the things that we argue about here. These are toys. Videogames, I mean. I know PSP isn't intended for kids that age, but that's not stopping them.

yeah my li'l bro called me over the weekend and during our conversation he said "i'm gonna upgrade to 2.0 for a few hours and play with the browser since that downgrader is out"

 

[mCACGj]

Someone's buying it.

Me

 

[civilstrife]

A $250 handheld machine in the hands of 5/7 year olds? That just doesn't sound right.

This is what surprised me the most obviously. But these kids knew their stuff. They were careful with the screens, but they kept holding on to the UMDs from the actual disk.

Oh, I should also probably mention that they're spoiled rotten and get anything they ask from their parents.

 

[ManaByte]

A $250 handheld machine in the hands of 5/7 year olds? That just doesn't sound right.

Heh, those 5/7 year olds probably won't break it as easily as a stupid teenager.

I sat behind some stupid teenager last week who was trying (without much success) to play Wipeout Pure. This was while riding Space Mountain. :lol I was hoping he'd drop the thing to see his reaction.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

This is what surprised me the most obviously. But these kids knew their stuff. They were careful with the screens, but they kept holding on to the UMDs from the actual disk.

Oh, I should also probably mention that they're spoiled rotten and get anything they ask from their parents.

Yeah, the amount of knowledge these kids display are startling, all the homebrew, downgrading...WTF?! My 5-7 year old cousins sure as hell don't know what those words mean.

 

[Tarazet]

Heh, those 5/7 year olds probably won't break it as easily as a stupid teenager.

I sat behind some stupid teenager last week who was trying (without much success) to play Wipeout Pure. This was while riding Space Mountain. :lol I was hoping he'd drop the thing to see his reaction.

:lol Hardcore.

 

[Speevy]

The GBA has sold a ridiculous number of units, but its software sales lead me to believe that Sony doesn't want this market.

Lacks disposable income, tendency to make device less accepted in the slick gadget community.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Oh, I should also probably mention that they're spoiled rotten and get anything they ask from their parents.

I make it look easy...

 

[krypt0nian]

Even the kiddies aren't kiddy anymore.

 

[Sho Nuff]

stfu bitches i bought a lynx with my allowance money, and that was over $250 in 1990 dollars!!

 

[Tarazet]

stfu bitches i bought a lynx with my allowance money, and that was over $250 in 1990 dollars!!

I think you lost at childhood.

 

[The Faceless Master]

stfu bitches i bought a lynx with my allowance money, and that was over $250 in 1990 dollars!!

lucky you.. you got allowance... i was bagging groceries to make money as a kid...

 

[CB3]

I think you lost at childhood.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[drohne]

psp: saving the world from nintendo, one child at a time

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I think you lost at childhood.

and pwned at adulthood

 

[evil ways]

I saw a small child with a PSP a few weeks ago at the grocery store. He haid it hanging from his wrist with the white leather strap and the poor PSP was swinging around, occasionaly hitting shelves, unprotected, prone to scratches. I almost wanted to snatch it away from him and run so I could get the PSP to safety.

 

[----]

I sat behind some stupid teenager last week who was trying (without much success) to play Wipeout Pure. This was while riding Space Mountain. :lol I was hoping he'd drop the thing to see his reaction.

Isn't that from a PSP commercial? :lol



Did he later go to the supermarket and try to play Twisted Metal while riding inside of a shopping cart?

 

[ManaByte]

Isn't that from a PSP commercial? :lol

:lol

I guess they need to add "Professional - do not attempt" in small text on that commercial. :lol

 

[Deku]

If Nintendo made thr PSP for $250, you'd need a tank for break it. But this is a Sony machine.

 

[Lord Error]

Damn, those are some smart kids. It's quite amazing to me that someone so young could be so informed about and fully understand that kind of stuff.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

Damn, those are some smart kids. It's quite amazing to me that someone so young could be so informed about and fully understand that kind of stuff.

Age has nothing to do with it. I've seen all too many kids who are way more intelligent than babbling idiot teenagers.

 

[Lord Error]

Age has nothing to do with it. I've seen all too many kids who are way more intelligent than babbling idiot teenagers.

You know, you are actually right.

 

[monkeyrun]

Damn, those are some smart kids. It's quite amazing to me that someone so young could be so informed about and fully understand that kind of stuff.

that has nothing to do with smart. You'll know these kinda stuff if you look for it on the internet long enough.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

that has nothing to do with smart. You'll know these kinda stuff if you look for it on the internet long enough.

Yeah, but at 5 years old?!

 

[Starfire]

I knew stuff about the internet no kid shoulda known in the early 90s (my dad helped set up a few local bbs boards and a local Compuserve acess back before the good ole' www, so naturally, I used it for what it was meant to do.........downloading games.)

 

[Sho Nuff]

I think you lost at childhood.

Three words: Slime world, motherfucker

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Three words: Slime world, motherfucker

Represent! Deathmatch long before Doom!