Recently I've had to start coping with one of the most difficult "life transitions" I've ever known. It came unexpectedly and I wasn't at all prepared for it, but so far I'm coping fairly well. I am of course referring to the fact that the "confirm" command on my new Asian PlayStation 3 is mapped to the circle button instead of the Western standard "X", which in turn is mapped to cancel out... jarring stuff.
For some this means nothing, but to me it's been a major change, one that's difficult to adjust to after more than a decade and a half of doing things the other way round. Commands I once performed using muscle memory alone have become labored exercises forcing me to stop-think-execute. It would be great to be able to carry this philosophy into my day to day. As Obadiah Stane put it, "no more of this ready, fire, aim nonsense".
I'm stealing time out from my lunch hour to post, I must confess I really feel like firing up my PS3 (brand new, courtesy of the bro) to play some Mass Effect 2, but I think I'll settle for preparing a ham sandwich and some music.
PS. Is the background of my blog a tiled image of a frog for anyone else?
2 comments:
It's weird that SCEA switched the button layout for Western territories. "X" is usually associated with 'cancel' or 'no', right? So why'd they change it? I believe Microsoft follows the same layout as well. So be persistent and work hard! I believe that one day you'll be a confirm/cancel master once more!
Hi [Redacted],
I appreciate your support, I shall persevere.
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