PS3 7.1 Surround Sound Wireless Stereo Headset

This is a review of my Sony PS3 wireless headset for playing multiplayer online Zombies.

Trying to hear what’s going on is incredibly important in any FPS game situation.  Sony did an amazing job with the 7.1 surround sound.  Everything is crisp and clear sounding.  I’ve been hearing new sounds that I didn’t even know were there because of these headphones.  It goes to show that Sony didn’t cut any corners releasing these awesome headphones to their dedicated players. 

Sound Quality: 10 out of 10

All of the controls are intuitively placed on the headset.  The controls are conveniently placed on the left.  Another smart feature Sony included is the ability to have control of more players (friends), Voice or more music Sound or 50/50 voice and sound half way between at the bumper. This Voice/Sound control is placed at front left and the master volume control is placed just opposite it back left.  The headset is equipped with a retractable mic streamlined for easy storage and usability.

User Experience Design: 9.5 out of 10

Battery life is always a concern when playing long hours of online games.  The headset gets a solid five and half hours of game play before it needs to be recharged.  It’s also nice that you can have it plugged in for charging and still be able to use it at the same time.

Battery Life: 8.5 out of 10

Connection stability, I noticed, can play a role in these types of devices.  While playing the headset cuts out and then re-establishes connection.  It doesn’t happen very often but can be annoying when there is a lot of conversation happening and you miss something.

Connection Stability: 8.0 out of 10

Price tag on a pair of headphones like this is in the range of $70-$130.  The PS3 headset is $99 which is a suitable price for what you get.  Anything you buy that has the Sony logo on it is going to be a little more expensive than everything else. What you pay up front you get in long lasting quality.  Sony could have tried to make these headphones a bit cheaper but a hundred bucks isn’t going to make you broke. 

Price Tag: 8.5 out of 10    

Overall 8.9 out of 10

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Zombies Rezurrection

Growing up my friends gave me the nickname “Kid Vid” because I played a lot of video games. Now that I’m older nothing has changed, I still love to play video games.

Everyone loves zombies and tomorrow is the release of one of the hottest zombie video games ever, Call of Duty: Black Ops – Zombies: Rezurrection DLC for PS3 September 22nd 2011. This is the last installment of Black Ops DLC until the release of Modern Warfare 3. My hope is that Treyarch will release an ALL Zombies version of the Call of Duty series, but one can only hope @Sony @Playstation @Treyarch @JD_2020

So let’s get to the review. Those of you who already have Rezurrection for Xbox 360 this will be old news but for us PS3 fans listen up. If you had purchased the Black Ops Hardened or Prestige editions you will get Rezurrection DLC for free which includes the 4 re-mastered original maps the 5th most anticipated zombie map, The Moon. I myself can’t wait to try them all; Nacht der Untoten, Verruckt, Shi No Numa, and Der Riese. For all intensive purposes I’ll only be talking about the Moon. First off wow we get to play on the moon, awesome! All your favorite guns will be there including the brand new Wave Gun and the Quantum Entanglement Device or simply QED. There will also be a brand new Perk which is probably my favorite “Mule Kick” which gives you the ability to carry three weapons. There are two new devices that are extremely useful, the “Hacker Device” and the “Space Suit”. I think you can figure out what the space suit is used for but the Hacker device can be a little trickier. Here is what I found so far:

1. Hack Drops to turn them into MAX Ammo
2. Hack the Pack-A-Punch to get cash back plus barricade yourself for a breather
3. Hack a door to open it (takes a very long time)
4. Hack windows to repair immediately and get 100 bucks 
5. Hack Perk machine to refund your money
6. Hack other players to give them some cash “All for One and One for All”
7. Hack wall gun to reverse ammo thus pack-a-punch ammo is 600 instead of 4500
8. Hack the Mystery Box to roll again then Hack it again to give gun away
9. Hack Device will also be crucial to completing the Easter Eggs

The Easter Eggs for this map will be one for the record books and worth to do every time you play. First and foremost you only need to accomplish it once for ALL 4 or 3 or 2 players to get all Perks permanently. Even if you die completely you will re-spawn the next round fully Perked up. Check out the following links Easter Egg tutorial and trailer.
 
There has been a lot of talk that there will be no more Zombies and I can tell you that this is a bunch of rubbish. Seeing how incredibly popular the game is Treyarch won’t let us down and there will be plenty more to come. So if you’re a Call of Duty: Black Ops – Zombie fan get online tomorrow and join me for some zombie killing action @Jay777420.

Finally check this out, the Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC list that spells F.E.A.R.

• F – First Strike
• E – Escalation
• A – Annihilation
• R – Rezurrection

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