Recently PSN online wasn't allowing users to get on to their online profiles to play games

http://gizmodo.com/5482365/error-8001050f-takes-down-playstation-network

A community leader said they hope to have the problem fixed in the next 24 hours. In the meantime just don't turn on your Playstation fat.

http://gizmodo.com/5482914/sony-warning-dont-turn-on-your-fat-ps3-if-you-have-error-8001050f

In further bad news to owners of the most awesomest best ever radical hyper space age dudeness console is your online service might be pay to play soon.

http://gizmodo.com/5482914/sony-warning-dont-turn-on-your-fat-ps3-if-you-have-error-8001050f

Don't worry they will at least have to fix it before they can charge you. In other news x-box fan boys see a 95% raise in wringing hands and meniacle laughter. The mantra muttered by x-box fanboys "you get what you pay for" in response to the constant insult of "free online service" from PS fanboys just got a lot tastier.

So I finished Mass Effect 2 and I do not stand corrected on my previous post. Although the game is fun and has smooth game-play it didn't feel like the sequel to mass effect. It didn't even feel like an RPG which apparently it might have never intended to be.

The reason I fell so in love with the idea of mass effect was because it was an RPG that you shoot people and rip around space. It was a beautiful system: you explore nebulas and planets, you collect glorious prizes and you kill shit. Mass Effect 2 is pretty much a diet version of the first one.

You don't explore you head where your told. The levels consist of you travelling from one kill room into a hall way and into another kill room rinse repeat. Really the game's action sequence is a glorified target shoot. There's no epic planet side expedition that takes you hours to work through like the first one. Sure it was annoying to pop around the corner in your six wheeled awesomeness to be lit up by a colossus but it felt good you felt like you earned it. In the sequel you fight ONE colossus and YOU don't even kill it some other dude does while you run around distracting it.

You don't collect. Well at least not that much. There is no rain of different types of weapons provided by different companies throughout the galaxy that you could further customize with a slot system. I completed the game with only ever touching 3 different Assault rifles. What the hell is that? I even played through almost ever level. I recruited everyone and did all the loyalty levels... well except Jacob  but by the end of the others without getting any rewards I just wanted to finish the game. I was constantly looking for more weapons and armour pieces I thought that if  I played all the levels and got the loyalty then I would be rewarded but I wasn't. Scratch that I got model ships and some fish that died these don't replace guns. I want guns, I need more guns. HOW AM I GOING TO SAVE HUMANITY WITH 3 ASSAULT RIFLES. The reapers are laughing at you Sheppard right in your stupid ill equipped face.

Side Note I do have to give credit where credit is due the Space hamster is awesome I named him Schteeve. Also hot pink armour who could pass that up.

You kill but it's not satisfying. Remember the first game where you were basically Dirty Hairy kicking ass and taking names. Breaking in doors and killing Slave Traders frontier justice. It was enough to get even the meekest nerd hootin' and hollering. Well now you hide behind a crate and pop out. Oh and if the enemy is a tough boss that blows up the crate you stood behind.... well you move over to the other crate. Don't worry about missing items in the corner IT'S ALL MED PACKS AND AMMO.

I wanted to love this game. I loved Mass Effect so much it had won me over it was almost the perfect game. But Bio-Ware bulked and made mass Effect 2 a gutted smoothed over version. There isn't even vehicles in it. How does that make sense. That was one of the greatest parts about the first game. I am sad that this game turned out to be a disappointment for me. I wish I could say good things about it. I mean the game is pretty good it's just not Mass Effect good.

Ok, so I have since it came out, resisted buying anyting for my xbox avatar on the marketplace until now. I always had the notion that it was a waste to spend on items that I can't use or to play dress up until I logged in today and saw this...........

Activision is a strange company.  On our trip to PAX, Activision had no real presence.  This defied almost all logic, considering that two of their upcoming titles will have large, new controllers.  Tony Hawk’s Ride looks interesting, but until you can actually play with it, it’s hard to tell if it will be worth it.

Then there is DJ Hero.  Looking at screenshots and video, the game seems fairly confusing, even to someone like me who spends a great deal of time playing rhythm games.  Well, earlier today, Gamestops all across the country had the game available to demo.  I popped into my local store and got my hands on one of the most unique experiences I’ve had in my gaming life.

DJ Addam is on the ones and…well…ones after the jump.

If there is one thing that I’ve known in my personal life, it has been depression.  Since an early age, I’ve dealt with multiple suicide attempts, self-abuse and only tons of simply hating who I am.  And why shouldn’t I?  I’m a prominent writer for TAG, I’m a nice guy and I’d do anything for my friends.  Clearly, this calls for a ton of self-abuse. 

Why, then, am I sharing this here?  Because my guess is that at least a third of the readers of this blog have dealt with these issues before.  It’s a lonely feeling and it may seem like there is no one there for you.  That is why I am here.

I want anyone who has ever felt crushing depression, like myself, to know that you are not alone, no matter where you are, even on a gaming website.  Hit the jump for a grim true story about depression