(No) Beta Blues

From time to time, I beta test PS2 games that have online functionality. They send me invites. I click a button and sign up. Easy! This time, the invite was for the first PSP online game beta test. I was all excited about it, but had to update my PSP to the 2.0 firmware to sign up for it since using the PSP browser was a requirement for that. The update was actually pretty easy (once I found a USB cable with the right sort of end -- my cable box is organized now at least). I had to make a couple of folders on the memory card in the PSP, copy the update over, and then run it on the PSP. It took me a while to do, though, since it (oddly) required that the PSP be plugged into the AC while running the update and I didn't have the AC cord available at first. So, I finally got it plugged in, did the update, set up the wireless connection, and started up the web browser. It's a pretty smooth little application. Text entry is reminiscent of text messaging, but a little easier. (I'm looking forward to playing with it more tomorrow.) I pulled up the sign up site for the beta test, all excited... and for the first time ever, I was too late. The test was full. Ugh! Technorati Tags: Games PSP