Square’s Vagrant Story, a game described by Play as “one of the most sublime gaming experiences you’re likely to encounter on the PlayStation”, just went up on the Japanese PlayStation Store. Now, we don’t care that we’re still only halfway through Final Fantasy VII – a game we’ve been favouring over many a shiny, new PS3 title – we want Vagrant Story on our Store now. It’s beautiful and deep and the ...

First things first: if you haven’t read part 1 and part 2 of Hardships From PlayStation History then we suggest you do before you dive into this one. Apart from anything else, it’s about a fictional character called Edwyn Collins and we don’t want you to get confused about that. Generally though, these stories will make more sense if read in order, although they are fairly nonsensical anyway. Right. So. Edwyn has braved the elements and got himself some games and a memory card to go with ...

As you might remember from Part 1 of Hardships From PlayStation History, we left you with a bit of a cliffhanger. Our intrepid twentieth century gamer had ventured behind his massive television, daring to walk among a huge tangle of wires, all because he wanted to watch a bit of TV and needed to switch the RF plugs around. You’ve probably been wondering whether he made it out alive. Well, the good news is that he did. There was a minor incident after Eastenders when he went to swap ...

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in the olden days? I don’t just mean, like, last year. I mean long, long ago, in an ancient era before the PlayStation 3 was out – not even in Japan! Back in those days many of the comforts and conveniences that you and I take for granted just didn’t exist, and daily gaming life was filled with hardship. Play has teamed up with a group of historians, university professors and men with beards to bring you this three-part account ...