The Nerd Is The Word

For all the popularity and success webcomics have had over the years it is surprising how split the readership is with many people not reading “the big ones” or those who exclusively read them. Personally I read a mixture of both with more of a swing towards the larger ones. Still I’m always up for trying new things so if you have any suggestions please feel free to tell me.

This list is of my top picks so don’t think of it as any kind of definitive list. More of a set of recommendations. These are the webcomics I gleefully enjoy on a regular basis and I feel many would like them too.

The list gets started after the jump!

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So this fancy PlayStation Vita thing hits UK stores on Wednesday and I have been saving up for the past few months to ensure I have the best launch experience possible.

I will hopefully be grabbing a handful of good games across a variety of genres. It may not be the best line up of games (only a few favourably reviewed ones so far) but it is certainly the strongest launch line up I have ever seen, if you get what I mean. There is something for everybody and in this early stage of the console’s lifecycle it is surprising that there is so much on offer already.

Here’s my final list for Wednesday:

• PS Vita Wi-Fi & 3G (I’m going for the full whack because the Near and on the go stuff interests me greatly)
• 16GB Memory Card (the price may be stupidly expensive but I have no choice! 16GB is better than 4GB and will last me a lot longer)
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss (required purchase for every Vita owner!)
• Escape Plan (I fell in love with this game at the PS Access Event and with the £5 PSN discount I’ve got for preordering it is a must buy)
• Little Deviants (I managed to get it really cheap on Amazon before they increased the price! Whether or not I get it on launch day remains to be seen…)
• Wipeout (depending on the final T&Cs for Vodafone which for now seem good. £5 for a game and 30-days of 3G access an’t a bad deal!)
• MotorStorm RC (depending on how much money I have in my PSN wallet it’s like MicroMachines and is so simple even I can play it!)
• Dungeon Hunter: Alliance (depending on if it is on offer and/or final in store price because I have a hankering for an isometric hack’n’slash game but £39.99 is a bit too much for what it is)

I’m also getting Frobisher Says & the AR Card games for free and a bunch of compatible digital PSP games I never got round to finishing when I had one of those. OOO! I also just remembered I have a load of untouched PSN Minis I’ve gathered as part of my PSN+ Membership that should hopefully work with the Vita. So come Wednesday I should have plenty to be getting on with :)

I knew the pre-order process was to easy and trouble free for a Sony product!

When I got home this afternoon I received an email from Sony saying I could choose which game I would like my £5 discount on as part of the pre-order pack stuff for the PS Vita. All I had to do was hit the “Select Game” button at the bottom of the email and I would be taken to the relevant page to pick my game. I would then receive my code from the 21st onwards. Yay for discounted PS Vita gaming goodness!

So I clicked the button and I was taken to a Playstation webpage.

I was told I needed to log in with my PSN-ID so I did.

I was then told I needed to enter my PS Vita pre-order code which I within reach because I’ve been keeping all my pre-order receipts, Game gift cards, etc. in the pre-order pack box.

So I entered my code and hit enter.

I then received the following error message,

“There was an error with the pre-order code.”

So I tried again, and again and again. It failed every time. So dutifully headed to the Playstation Forums to find out what the situation is. Basically Sony have broken things by making them overcomplicated! No official word or fix for the issue has been given but people are finding that they can access the game discount selection page by clicking a link in a previous confirmation of email address email from when they first registered their pre-order. Sadly I have long since deleted this email and so have many others with no way to get it back!

The annoying thing is that the code has worked in the past for redeeming my codes for the PS Home items and exclusive PSN avatar.

Goddamn it! I want Escape Plan at a discounted price :(