HE CAME FOR A PS2 AND LEFT WITH A NINTENDO 64!! A great reward for a polite kid, or does a gift like this undercut saving up? A boy is at a retro game store buying a PlayStation 2, with plans to get a Nintendo 64 at Christmas. The owner says a company sent over a new console for the next kid who wanted one, and sends him home with it and Mario 64. I'll take the spoiling argument seriously for about two seconds. He was already buying a console. He wasn't demanding a free one, and he said thank you more than once. That's the generosity I like best. Somebody gets a chance to help, and the person receiving it appreciates what just happened. As a dad, I'd be proud of the thank-you even without the gift. Good manners aren't a trick for getting free stuff. But it's nice to see an adult notice them. He came in excited about one console. He left with a story he'll be telling for years.

After getting PS2 discs working on jailbroken PS5 consoles, developers are now testing RPSSS3, a project that aims to get original PS3 discs running on the console too. It’s still early, but if they can get it working properly, you could play more of your old PlayStation games on one console instead of digging out your old hardware. Sony is cooked