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Saturday, 13 February 2010 08:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eighthphaseAnd then I saw G4 had a new FFXIII trailer up, and I almost watched it, but then I remembered that there's no point, since it's not like I'm ever going to play it anyway. The next person to talk to me about next-gen things (because I still think of them as next-gen, even though they're current-gen) is going to get either a very angry me or a crying me (or possibly both at the same time).
At the same time, though, I've done some research on both the PS3 and the TV my dad owns, because I still want to get this to work. I still want to play Folklore and DMC4 and - yes - Final Fantasy XIII. And I don't know if I can fix it, but I want to do everything I can. I think I've figured out a couple of other things I can try, as well as the whole updating the firmware thing (which, admittedly, is probably going to be the first thing I try).
But I want to do it here, not at dad's. Well, firstly, because I've heard that he was annoyed that "we" didn't do "all the things you had to do" at our house, but rather brought it back to his house to do it all (which has a very simple answer that sounds a lot like "my idiot older brother left all the cables all plugged in where they were, rather than bringing them with us, and therefore we couldn't do anything"), and secondly, because dad doesn't care about it. Dad says he wants to play it, but of course he'll only play very specific racing games with a very specific (and very expensive) wheel controller. He owns neither, so he's content to let the system sit and gather dust. And I don't go out to his house that often, mostly because it's getting to the point where I can't stand being around him for very long periods of time, and even when I am there, I don't play PS3 that often, because I get sick of hearing him complain about how I "only love him for his money" (which I got enough of yesterday, christ).
So if I fix the PS3, I'm doing it for me. I'm not doing it so dad can let it sit around and collect dust (although, since it's in the box right now, and probably will be forever, I guess it's the box that's collecting dust). I'm doing it so that I can play it, so that I can enjoy the $200 goodness with my cheap used games (and ridiculously priced $60 new game. Isn't that how much N64 carts cost when the system came out? I think it might be...). Hell, if I could, I'd refuse to give it back to him on the grounds that he doesn't use it, so why should he have it? He'll whine about how he meant to, and about how I'm just like my brother, taking things that are his and claiming that they're mine like the ungrateful child that I am, but... I think I'm in the right, here. It's better to buy something, love it, and use it, than to buy something, 'love' it, and put it up on a shelf somewhere to be forgotten about.
Of course, since I'm not going out to his house today, I probably can't get the PS3 over here, since that would involve other people doing work, and of course neither mum nor dad know how to look at the power strip and unplug the cord that doesn't have anything plugged in at the other end, and then reach under the side table and find the AV cable. No, that's far too much of a chore. So I guess I'll just have to wait until the next time I go over there (Tuesday, because it's garbage night, and also because I'll have my class ring then, so he can boast about having bought his "princess" something pretty and mum never buys you pretty things and who loves his baby? never mind the fact that mum paid the down payment) and do it myself. Because heaven forbid anyone else ever do anything.
...although, if I ask for FFXIII for my birthday, then I can actually eat lunch and have the game. Maybe that's what I'll do.
At the same time, though, I've done some research on both the PS3 and the TV my dad owns, because I still want to get this to work. I still want to play Folklore and DMC4 and - yes - Final Fantasy XIII. And I don't know if I can fix it, but I want to do everything I can. I think I've figured out a couple of other things I can try, as well as the whole updating the firmware thing (which, admittedly, is probably going to be the first thing I try).
But I want to do it here, not at dad's. Well, firstly, because I've heard that he was annoyed that "we" didn't do "all the things you had to do" at our house, but rather brought it back to his house to do it all (which has a very simple answer that sounds a lot like "my idiot older brother left all the cables all plugged in where they were, rather than bringing them with us, and therefore we couldn't do anything"), and secondly, because dad doesn't care about it. Dad says he wants to play it, but of course he'll only play very specific racing games with a very specific (and very expensive) wheel controller. He owns neither, so he's content to let the system sit and gather dust. And I don't go out to his house that often, mostly because it's getting to the point where I can't stand being around him for very long periods of time, and even when I am there, I don't play PS3 that often, because I get sick of hearing him complain about how I "only love him for his money" (which I got enough of yesterday, christ).
So if I fix the PS3, I'm doing it for me. I'm not doing it so dad can let it sit around and collect dust (although, since it's in the box right now, and probably will be forever, I guess it's the box that's collecting dust). I'm doing it so that I can play it, so that I can enjoy the $200 goodness with my cheap used games (and ridiculously priced $60 new game. Isn't that how much N64 carts cost when the system came out? I think it might be...). Hell, if I could, I'd refuse to give it back to him on the grounds that he doesn't use it, so why should he have it? He'll whine about how he meant to, and about how I'm just like my brother, taking things that are his and claiming that they're mine like the ungrateful child that I am, but... I think I'm in the right, here. It's better to buy something, love it, and use it, than to buy something, 'love' it, and put it up on a shelf somewhere to be forgotten about.
Of course, since I'm not going out to his house today, I probably can't get the PS3 over here, since that would involve other people doing work, and of course neither mum nor dad know how to look at the power strip and unplug the cord that doesn't have anything plugged in at the other end, and then reach under the side table and find the AV cable. No, that's far too much of a chore. So I guess I'll just have to wait until the next time I go over there (Tuesday, because it's garbage night, and also because I'll have my class ring then, so he can boast about having bought his "princess" something pretty and mum never buys you pretty things and who loves his baby? never mind the fact that mum paid the down payment) and do it myself. Because heaven forbid anyone else ever do anything.
...although, if I ask for FFXIII for my birthday, then I can actually eat lunch and have the game. Maybe that's what I'll do.