After 5 Hours of Multiplayer in Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition...
My brother-in-law, Johnny, picked up Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition after playing it for 20 minutes on mine. On Sunday, we played multiplayer in MC3: DUB for over five hours while Vicky and Mom watched TFC in our home theatre.

While we played Capture the Flag, Ordered Race, Track Race, and Tag in multiplayer, our favorite has to be Capture the Flag hands-down. We alternated between Split and BaseWar in San Diego, Atlanta, and Detroit...

...Johnny's driving a Volkswagen Jetta while I'm driving a tuned Dodge SRT4. As you can see from the stats, I've now played 7 hours and 58 minutes in MC3:DUB. I've driven 326 miles, and 260 of those have been in my Dodge SRT4.

I can sell the Dodge SRT4 and buy something better, but I'm still pretty happy with it. I can dust an Eclipse off-the-line, I've got it fairly well tuned, and I like my rims, color, and vinyls. I'm sure by this week's end, I'll have upgraded to a sport bike or hummer to go with it.

I agree with reviews that say the load times in Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition border on ridiculous. I often have time to refill my glass, have a short conversation, or take a bathroom break between races. During multiplayer, it isn't too noticeable since I end up "shooting the shit" anyways. During career, the 70-second load times can be a bit tedious. The gameplay, graphics, and soundtrack still reward you for the wait... you just have to wait.

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is now my favorite game on the PSP, followed by Ridge Racer, Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee, Lumines and Mercury as my "must carry". My three UMD movies are Hero, House of Flying Daggers, and Spider-Man 2.

I'm looking forward to getting Coded Arms this week as well as Appleseed as a UMD movie. Next week, I hope to *finally* get my NYKO Theatre Experience for PSP that I pre-ordered back in April.

Final Fantasy: Advent Children, Daxter, and Advent Shadow are all movies/games I'm looking forward to later this year.

Have a happy Fourth of July! ...I am. Vicky, Johnny, Mom, and I have been eating well, watching movies, and gaming!
Ken Foreman 3:18 PM