P.S. I love Playstation

I'm not a very experimental person. I enjoy predictability and while Sony has made vast improvements in its different video game systems, the model remains relatively similar: disc games and the same incarnation of controllers. Playstations are my comfort food. It's hard to believe that two letters and a number (PS3) could bring so much happiness into one's life. The graphics are creepily realistic, game controls aren't overly impossible and the controllers are now wireless and extremely light. On the downside, the system itself is a beast. The size isn't a huge deal, as the system just sits on a shelf, although someday soon that shelf may break. To go along with its HD-capable clarity is the ability to play new BluRay DVDs, although with movies costing about $35, this feature will go unused until prices drop.\nUpon encountering the Nintendo Wii, I was expecting to be amazed by its motion-censor capabilities, but to be overly tired by the end of gameplay. To ask someone who's spent 19 years of video-gaming on a couch to get up and move around is asking a lot. But after playing "Wii Sports," I felt that perhaps I had purchased the wrong gaming system. The PS3 offers some motion-censored activity but not much (free throws in "NBA2K7" require the player to shoot in a throwing motion). It is so much fun to bowl realistically, plus I kicked ass at it. "Mario Tennis" is one of the greatest games ever, but Wii allows players to actually practice their backhand and have a Richie Tenenbaum-style meltdown if their game goes downhill. It doesn't take that much effort to move your arm back and forth. I didn't like playing baseball -- and here's why some younger kids might not enjoy Wii -- because it actually required some athletic skill, and well, I suck at baseball. All those unathletic 10-year-olds who escape sports through video games may soon be experiencing some temporary embarrassment when they strike out constantly.\nUnfortunately, the fun of Wii sports didn't transfer as much for regular games. In "Call of Duty 3" for Playstation 3, the battles are so frighteningly real I often have to pause to go shudder in a fetal position in the corner. On Wii, it was impossible to figure out how to actually play. I died as quickly as I would have if I were actually in a war. The graphics for Wii's "Duty" were nowhere near as impressive as those of the PS3. The cartoonish look might work for "Wii Sports" and any of the creepily super-happy fun type of games Nintendo releases, but not for action-packed titles.\nI've never been a huge X-Box fan for the sole reason that I've only played a few times. I'm extremely jealous of the large variety of games 360 offers, but PS3 is still brand new, so give it a few months and more titles will be available. Hopefully these new releases will include "Gears of War" and "Lost Planet." Both imagine a world that's been inhabited by giant bugs and are extremely entertaining.