the original role playing game, ps3 initiation... she should talk about something else.

Went to see a musical adaptation of A Journey to the West, called "Monkey King"...it's a very loose interpretation and story was somewhat lame, but it did remind me of the novel itself. Suddenly during the show, it occurred to me that it's basically an rpg story and the author's a nerd. Check this out, it has all the required basic elements of an rpg, precisely the following recipe:

- Some shit happens and world needs to be saved. (Usual chaos, monsters running wild)
- The legend says of a hero capable of doing so. That's our main guy (That wussy monk)
- The hero meets his companions along the way. (Monkey, Pig, and that dude with a beard)
- Hero even gets his ride (that white dragon horse!)
- Hero defeats monsters, and gets mega-magical item to save the woooorld.  (The demons, the scroll at the end)

See?

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So, invariably, this is what people say, in this exact order, when they learn you have a ps3.

- "oh cool"
- "what is your PSN name"
- "how many trophies do you have, let's compare"
- a short comment about their number of trophies (e.g. I have platinums / I have the most amongst my friends at 827 / most of my trophies are gold, numbers don't mean much / etc, etc.)

Notice that "what game you're playing" / "what games have you played" / "what games do you have" do not come into the conversation until later, in chitchat mode, as people aren't really that concerned about these topics as the top 4 comments above.

Smart move by Sony knowing their target demographic thrives on comparing "e-penises" from things such as TV screen size to post counts in forums, and providing exactly the tool to do so on Playstation...

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I feel fat.