PSP, I Love You

The hottest thing to hit videogaming since, well, ever, Sony’s PSP is flying off store shelves nationwide, inspiring iPod-esque levels of gadget-cult devotion in the process. When Blender asked Roc-A-Fella artist Memphis Bleek to test drive the PSP, the gameaholic rapper jumped at the chance. “I would call my grandmother for a loan to get this,” he drools when we hand him the sleek, handheld game/ movie/MP3 player. And he predicts that the American educational system will be no match for the PSP’s addictive charms: “Kids is gonna have a lot of detention!”

Need for Speed Underground: Rivals
EA

Blender says: High-speed illegal auto racing, with hot cars and a bumping soundtrack. Bleek says: “The whip skills is nice, like I’m running from the police! I ain’t gonna lie; I won’t play it on a regular basis, but if I’m waiting on a flight or something, this would definitely keep my attention.”

Spider-Man 2
Activision

Blender says: An adaptation of last summer’s hit movie about the buggy superhero. Bleek says: “This is why Spider-Man’s the dude. I think I need this. Let me buy this from you. I’d definitely rock with this.”

NBA
Sony

Blender says: Professional hoops simulation featuring your favorite seven-foot millionaires.
Bleek says: “I ain’t feeling this. They way they have the buttons, the way you shoot ain’t good. And the men are too little. It don’t look like I’m on parquet, it looks like I’m in the nosebleed seats. C’mon, let me get another game, ’cause this is not it.”

Twisted Metal: Head-On
Sony

Blender says: Heavily armed vehicles square off in deadly destruction derbies. Bleek says: “I’d play this game all day. When we in traffic, there’s some people, I just want to blow their car up. Twist their metal. Word up, man. This joint is hot, you can’t front on it. Everybody loves destruction!”