Look at it!

It just oozes cool. Ugh, I need to find mine in storage.

Funny how, in the PSP's hayday, staring at a little glowing rectangle in public felt so awkward. And now it's digital detox.

So I've started carrying this little guy around in public, as my “phone detox”:

And strangers approach me and ask “ohhh, what is that, a camera?" Like it's alien technology they didn't even know was an option. Same thing happens with my relative’s iPod, and I imagine a PSP would evoke a similar response.

I posit that people want dumb electronics. They want to be liberated from addictive smartphone slop. They just don’t realize it until they see it exists.

Native hardware gaming is great and the PSP was a solid device, but if anyone is new to this and interested in a gaming console for PSP, then just pick up a Mangmi Air X (or if you're rich then go for a Retroid Pocket 5 for AMOLED awesomeness).

I sold my modded PSP 1000 seven years ago and think I maybe should have held onto it now that I'm back into retro games and PSP had a game library that holds up so well today.

What I miss about this era of portable gaming was that it was:

1. Portable

2. Fun, pocket games had a different design ethos around it. Longer play sessions were allowed since you can play it everywhere. But it never made you feel like you couldn't put it down since you might have to drop what you were doing to make your next connection. It's why I think Pokemon has been so successful. Outside of the elite 4, you could pause at any time and moment with no penalties in your game.

My recommendations for unique games for those who want them.

Pixel Junk Monsters - Tower Defence

The Sims 2 - Seriously a fun adventure game in the theme of the Sims.

Patapon 1 or 2 - Rythem adventure game

EveryDay Shooter - Twin stick shooter

Oh what a lovely thing to see, this is my article!

I've still got a couple other PSP articles on the go (it has become an obsession of mine)

Primary of which is my attempts to get an interview with someone from the original hardware design team. I've chatted a couple times to him, but the momentum seems to have stalled a little (though I'm not giving up on that idea!), I really want to share that story.

I've also chatted to one of the developers of Daxter, who said he's not at all interested in a interview, since he has well and truly moved on. But he did show me a preproduction PSP the team got to work on Daxter, and he kept!

I just baugth a pspi6 to finally finish that psp project with the broken one i have.

I still have one and a vita. they are on a coffee table just sitting there. None of the original psp games were particularly memorable to me but on vita I wish I could play gravity rush for the first time again. except for the lava area, fuck that shit.

I still have mine. Fully modded, tbh didn't like many PSP games and it's way better for emulation

The only thing I tend to use my PSP for anymore is for irShell to control the TV. Our generic universal remote doesn't have an Info button to see the title of the show we're watching, but the remote profile for the PSP has it 👍

Because it's the next retroconsole craze and people are jumping on the bandwagon.

can just get a psp emulator on the steam deck, gg

Maybe Nintendo is suing you if you sing the Mario tune during their movies?....

Shut up!!!!!

Go on Mario, sing it!

...actually, it's a tune, there's no singing....

okay humm it! Tan..tarara ra ran. Tan . ta ta ta, Tara tararara. Tantan tan....