PSN News: Update 2

The One With The Nose:

Today on the Playstation Blog, Patrick Seybold posted the following:

Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve the current outage of PlayStation Network & Qriocity services. We are currently working to send a similar message to the one below via email to all of our registered account holders regarding a compromise of personal information as a result of an illegal intrusion on our systems. These malicious actions have also had an impact on your ability to enjoy the services provided by PlayStation Network and Qriocity including online gaming and online access to music, movies, sports and TV shows. We have a clear path to have PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems back online, and expect to restore some services within a week.

We’re working day and night to ensure it is done as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and feedback.

The message that Mr. Seybold is referring to can be found at the following URL; http://us.playstation.com/news/consumeralerts/#us. Why they say "US excluding Massachusetts and Puerto Rico, I don't know.

Basically, this says that personal information has been compromised in this hack, and credit card data may be at risk. Also, PSN will (if all goes well) be up within the next week! For reinventing a gigantic system like PSN, that's fairly good time. Hopefully my next post will be to announce that PSN is up and running.

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PSN News: Update

The One With The Nose:

On the Playstation Blog today, Patrick Seybold wrote:

I know you are waiting for additional information on when PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will be online. Unfortunately, I don’t have an update or timeframe to share at this point in time.

As we previously noted, this is a time intensive process and we’re working to get them back online quickly. We’ll keep you updated with information as it becomes available. We once again thank you for your patience.

There are rumors that PSN America could be up tuesday, but because of this post, my hopes aren't high.

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PSN News: More info (again)

The One With The Nose:

All of us who know about this PSN outage also know that Sony is taking absurdly long to get PSN back (pardon the pun) online. This is because Sony is apparently rebuilding the entire Playstation Network! No ETA as of yet for PSN, but hopefully it will be soon. For all of you losing faith in Sony, don't. Sony will fix this soon, and bring PSN back up better than ever, Hopefully.

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PSN News: More info

The One With The Nose:

Since 420, PSN has been down, as many of you know. This is due to an outside group hacking the Playstation Network causing Sony to shut down PSN. Many people have been blaming the group "Anonymous" for the hack as part of "Operation Payback", but there is no evidence to support this, and the group has denied the hack was at their hands. There has been no word from Sony as to when PSN will be back online, but it's already been 3 days since PSN was up, and the gamers are getting impatient. Especially with the releases of games such as SOCHUM 4, Mortal Combat, and Portal 2, gamers want PSN back.

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PSN News

The One With The Nose:


If you own a Sony game system and have played it since Wednesday, April 20, you probably noticed that you couldn't sign in to PSN. I had no idea why this was happening until I looked it up today. On April 22, Patrick Seybold wrote on the Official Playstation Blog,

"An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th..."

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This is the first time I have seen something like this happen in the (around) seven years I have owned Sony systems, and hopefully it will be resolved soon. This shut-down has made for many unhappy gamers. Here are 
some of the Twitter, Facebook, and other social thingies on the internet posts



#Playstation This Playstation Network outage is defining a new level of cyber-disaster.... 48 hours + of no online gaming. Aaaaargh


@whiteburnsred #psn is still down and shows no sign of working anytime soon. #mylifesucks

I personally don't think the hack shut down the Playstation Network instantly, since a friend and I were trying to play online last Friday and couldn't get our PS3s to connect to one another. It's a shame this is happening. This hack isn't hurting Sony, it's hurting the gamers. 

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Modding

The One With The Nose:

All of you who play Civilization V, and some of you that don't, you know about the modding feature in the game. For those of you who don't, in Civilization V, users can program mods that affect gameplay. The mods can be anything from creating a new map to a whole new civilization. Well, I just came across the modding SDK, so I decided to try it out. Send in ideas about what we should make in a mod by emailing randomstudiosgamingblog@gmail.com

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New addition!

There has been an addition to the site, The Polls! page. Here, we will post polls that will directly affect what we do on the site, and what we make. Be sure to visit The Polls! page

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Montage 1 Is Now Out!

Hey guys My first montage is out. The video and our channel are bellow

Subscribe!

Montage:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTHpFRcaMqU

Channel:http://www.youtube.com/user/itsdamaximum?feature=mhum

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The PlayStation 3

Well, it's our first console review! Lets hope this doesn't fail like the icon contest...

The One With The Nose

Rating: 30/30

Well, there are a lot of things that the PS3 is, but one not among them is mediocre. Sony put a lot of work into this console, and it shows. With its 1080p resolution, 320 gigabytes of hard disk, and free PlayStation Network service, it's hard to beat this console. The PlayStation 3 is both aesthetically and technologically pleasing. It's an extremely durable system, so durable that I have left it running for a week in a cupboard (on accident) and suffered no ill-effects. Though the controller is a tiny bit too small for my hand, the third-party controllers I have found fit perfectly, and work at the same speed as Sony controllers.

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For April...

Well then, it's now April...


...and you just lost the game.

You are now emotionally injured, because I have made you lose the game. Expect it more. April Fools...

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