I just got a PS3 a few days, ive been planning to get one for a while, and I thought id post my thoughts. Perhaps most of them will be the same or similer to others but thats to be expected.

1) Installation

This is a double-edge sword I suppose, in the first instance while it installs its annoying (I loaded up Metal Gear Solid 4 as my first game and sat for 20 minutes looking at Snake smoking) but compared to Xbox 360 games they seem to load faster. Im not sure if I totally hate it, and I understand why it happens, but for a first time player its very anti-climactic to spend half an hour walking home in the rain with a big shiny "steal me now" box and then to sit cold and wet waiting.

2) Online Experience

So far my online experience has been very annoying and lonely. I chose Metal Gear Online as my first online game since I had MGS4 in the drive but I had to update which is fair enough but I sat for an hour and a half and got to twenty percent. This is particularely annoying since it didnt tell me how fast im downloading, how much ive downloaded, how much there is to download or allow me to download in the background. Ive tried to update this game a few times but after giving it a total of 4 hours I got to 79% where it gave me another error and restarted at 0%.

I had a lot more success with Resistence 2 (this time since it was through PSN it told me it was a 350mb download) which updated fine, though sadly not in the background, but it took a lot longer than most games ive updated on my Xbox 360 which normally take at absolute most 10 minutes (if other people are using my connection normally) but once I had it updated I got online and played games with no visible lag which was great. Sadly I havent been able to play Motorstorm: Pacific Rift online since it has a ~700mb update and I'd rather be playing my PS3 just now than letting it update.
My last complaint about online, which ive only been able to try on Resistence 2, is that I bought a headset (Official Sony Headset) and ive heard exactly no ones voices through it, and the Playstation 3 tells me its working and connected.

3) Playstation Store

The store works well for the most part except without going on my PC (or PSN Internet Browser) I cant tell the size of a download unless its free. For me since I have a slow download speed (and technically a download limit) I would like to know this sort of thing before I make a purchase.

The only other complaint I have is that it dosent seem to be sectioned very well, mainly in regards to having a "demo" section like the Xbox Marketplace and Steam.

4) Cables

This for me is a welcome change from other consoles because quite often ive lost the battery pack or charging cable for my Wireless Xbox 360 Gamepad but since the Dualshock 3 has the battery pack built in and the connection is a MicroUSB to USB cable (which is also used for most other things it seems) I have many of them lying around from my PSP and other peoples phones etc.

5) Communication Features

For the most part adding people as a PSN friend is easy and quick the only "problem" is that there is no support for Voice messages which would be a lot faster and easier for me until I get a USB Keyboard and leaving it permanently hooked up in front of my TV. This is mostly a non-issue but its worth noting.

6) Blu-Ray

Having the ability to watch Blu-Rays is awesome. I dont plan to get a Blu-Ray over a DVD (except maybe Planet Earth) but watching The Dark Knight in 1080p on a ~42" TV was a great experience and fantastic film and I love that I now have that option.

Apart from this im loving it, though using the Dualshock for Third/First person shooters again feels odd (and I definately prefare the style of control the Xbox 360 has in this regard) im getting used to it. I need to pick up a few more games like Socom: Confrontation (which is mostly why a bought a headset) and Unreal Tournament 3.

Sorry if most of this information is a re-read for most people but thanks for reading if you did :)

Game: Seiklus

Website: http://autofish.net/clysm/art/video_games/seiklus/index.html

Platform: PC

Size/Media: 2.6mb Direct Download

Free/Cost: Free

Time Frame: Unknown

Link?:  http://autofish.net/clysm/art/video_games/seiklus/seiklus17.zip

Chosen by the players in this thread: http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/the-next-project-bone-game-poll/256565/

Original Project Bone Post: http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/pazy/project-bone-a-community-based-indepth-look-at-a-single-game/30-30269/

Seiklus is an exploration/platform indie game for the PC. As of yet I personally dont know much about it and will be experiencing it for the first time, I expect, along with most of the people who want to get involved with Project Bone. For those that dont know Project Bone is where we all play a game, generally focussing on Free/indie games to allow as many people to play as possible, then discuss it with everyone else that played. To try and illustrate this game ive simply taken the promotional pictures from the games website as it seems to illustrate this game very well.

So have fun guys and when your done then come back here and post your thoughts on the game, its gameplay, its art style and anything else you want to talk about the game (in fact not just the game but if you want how about how does this game relate to a possibly progression of the genre or something else :)). And when you have posted up your thoughts remember and come back and see other peoples thoughts and discuss them.

Have fun :)

Project Bone! A community-based indepth look at a single game.

Game: Project Bone

Website: www.blendogames.com

Platform: PC

Size/Media: 24mb Direct Download

Free/Cost: Free

Time Frame: 30 Minutes Maximum

Link?: http://www.blendogames.com/files/gravitybone.zip

Since the "yesteryear" idea is apparently dead and since I was really idea into the idea im trying to cut down on the fat and make it a leaner and quicker thing to do. First of all most of the rules go away and the 2 days only of discussion. My plan is to post up a small game (probably indie or freeware) to play and then have a discussion about it with whoever turns out. As time goes on we can then work in longer games if its a success and also from week 2 (fingers crossed) onwards we can have people submit and vote on the game which we then play. This is open to those who have never played the game and also to those who have long ago.

If you are interested in this then lets play:

Gravity Bone is a first person adventure based on the Quake 2 engine. As such it will run on almost any computers (even netbooks I would assume) and it lasts at most half of an hour. Since its free and avalable from www.blendogames.com then everyone who wishes to join in should be able to. To quickly describe it the first level takes place in "Nuevos Aires" and have to do some espionage against some blockheads who have disgruntled your employer in some way.

So everyone who would like to have a good discussion about a game, including those who have already played and completed it, then heres you chance, head on over to www.blendogames.com and download the game. For those who have already completed it (in the past or just now) then keep anything that isnt the first level from the first few posts for those who are just hearing about this and going to download it.

If you intend to join it then please do not read further down this thread since it will contain spoliers and cloud your own view of the game.

Thanks for reading and thank you for anyone whos interested. Im off to replay Gravity Bone to make sure my discussions are as accurate as possible and to relive its awesomeness.