Tag: sony

  • PlayStation Network to Finally Allow Name Changes

    If it hasn’t been hijacked yet, PSN is finally going to allow you to change your username. Sid Shuman says it’ll be free the first time, and $10 or $5 (for PlayStation Plus subscribers) after that, and the feature has some odd limitations: When you change your online ID, you will have the option to…

  • PSN Account Hijackers

    Patrick Klepek has a terrific read up on Waypoint about his investigation into Sony’s incompetent security practices around user accounts, and the social engineering crews that steal them: $1,200. That’s how much someone is asking for a PlayStation Network account I’ve been investigating for the past few weeks. “Secure,” the person calls it, claiming the…

  • PlayStation E3 2018 Showcase Notes

    We’re onto Sony’s E3 2018 event, it’s the PlayStation Showcase. Somewhere in a parallel universe there’s a bunch of executives watching a video stream of a writer in Honolulu and writing down what he’s talking about.

  • Surprise, Shadow of the Colossus is Still Great

    Shadow of the Colossus is one of my favorite games. It is from a unique moment in time before independent developers had found the ability to publish their novel ideas widely. Instead, we had this deep series of boss fights from Team Ico that turns out to work just as well today as it did…

  • PlayStation E3 2017 Media Showcase Notes

    Sony has a Sid Shuman pre-game before the press event this year, so you can skip to about one hour in if you want to get to the event. One of the trailers they opened the show with features a hideous gold PlayStation 4 that’s $249 for a few days. Get it while it’s tacky…