Tantai Jin Apologist

Traded in my PSVR2 because there weren't enough games for me to justify keeping it around. Job Simulator & Vacation Simulator are fun (being able to throw fireworks at customers in the retail simulation makes justifies the purchase alone), but there's limited replayability. I was pretty much only playing Beat Saber, & that's a short bursts gaming thing. What's wild is I sold my PSVR1 because I felt like I wasn't getting enough use out of it, & I had more games I could play on that. TBH I was just going through a gaming slump, & if I hadn't needed money for something I'd probably have picked it up again eventually. In a way the PSVR1 is the root of my frustrations with PSVR2, because there are VR games I'd love to replay, but they're not on PSVR2. Catch & Release, Esper, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, & while I can still play Bound in flatscreen, it was amazing in VR. There's just nowt I'm interested in on PSVR2.

So what do I do with the credit I got for trading it in at CEX? Bought a PS Vita of course. Renowned for how many games it got released for it! But the games I played on it are fun, & it's not like it takes up a lot of space, & I can play it while I'm out. I only sold mine so I could pre-order Ghost of Tsushima & I've missed having one. Already looking forward to replaying Tearaway.

Had plenty of credit left over, so also picked up a Pulse Elite headset (the fancier version of Sony's wireless overear headphones, with an extendable microphone), because I could do with a proper gaming headset.

Annoyance of the day: My train was delayed so popped into the branch of Pumpkin in Darlington Station. Asked for a pumpkin spice, but was told they didn't have any. Even though everyone else had theirs out & the place is literally called Pumpkin, but ok. I prefer flavoured coffees, so asked what options were available, & she just gestures at a cluster of syrup bottles shoved into a corner behind the counter, looking annoyed. What ones are there? She won't tell me. Just pick one! There were maybe 15 bottles - surely listing them real quick would be quicker than having me try to guess what ones you have (especially given we've already established that a super obvious one that every other coffee shop has isn't available here, & I'm sure if I ask for something else they don't have its gonna be a sign of me being difficult or something). Vaguely remembering the glory that was Starbucks' dark cherry mocha (every year I hope they bring it back, & every year I am disappointed), I ask if there is anything with cherry. Score! There was sour cherry. Cool, I'll have that as a mocha. No problem right? No! Once again I am bad & wrong because I'm not psychic. 'Ugh that would be better with black forest flavour syrup'. Why the fuck didn't you list that as an option when I asked for fucking cherry flavoured syrups then??! And then of course she grabs a regular cup to make it before I can tell her what size I want (I'm gonna be waiting while), & stomps back to grab a large with an expression more sour than the cherry syrup when I stop her before she can make the size she thinks I want.

I sure hope when the upgrades to the station are done there are more options for coffee.

It's a Sony CFS-W301L, late 80s (funnily enough I guessed 1987-ish & some googling of the model number tells me Radio Museum agrees with me & I was able to find the manual which also suggests I'm correct so, like, yes!)

It only cost me £5!

Look at these beautiful tactile buttons!

It's a bit scraped on the front, but eh whatever if I decide I fancy listening to a long or medium wave station, I can still figure out tuning the radio even without being able to see the frequencies properly

They say they tested the tape player working in the shop, but I don't have any tapes atm, so I'll have to get some. Considering it needed a bit of cleaning externally, the tape heads will probably need cleaning, so I'll see if I can get a cleaning cassette as well

Bonus photo: Old Sony & new Sony

Hey!

Okay fair question, but still...