Caveat Rent-or

For Christmas, I got a PS2. More of a grad gift, but still, it's in the house, and it's great. Got the digital output hooked up to the amp, and we got some crazy sound pumping. I was also able to obtain a copy of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA, and it included a dance pad controller. One stupid thing I forgot.

The game is really noisy. If it's not the music, which you can turn down, it's the hoping around. I would think that was the tip off to my manager, who happens to reside in the apartment directly below me. Getting a knock on the door at 11pm is never a good thing. Being told that such activity is inappropriate at ANY time was also a good kick in the head. Furthermore, this comment about the anytime parameter for the noise factor (which is law, another kick to the head) is backed up in the lease as well, and recommended that I read it. For some odd reason, I cannot find the lease. I'll have to ask for another copy, because I was sure that I had it in my briefcase. The welcome package was there, as was the inspection sheet.

Caitlin agreed that I was a little loud with the game, since she called for me to turn it off and come to bed. Twice. I never responded. Next time that happens I hope Caitlin will take a bit more of a drastic or dramatic measure.

This really is not fun. For years I've had this dream of having a home version of DDR. Well, congrats to me, I have it. What sucks is that I may not be able to play it the way I want and still keep my apartment. And I was thinking that my biggest problem was keeping the dance pad from sliding out from under me.

Funny fact: When I bought DDR SuperNOVA, I was also given a Gilette Fusion razor, free. This perplexed me, because you usually don't find personal hygene supplies in a video game store, never mind free products sponsered by the manufacturer. Then again, this might be the start of something more. Next we'll have Nivea sponsering some facial cleansers, and then Old Spice sponsering to ensure that gamers a least have deoderant on hand.