Some unfortunate news. My PS3 Slim, which I got brand new for Christmas in 2008 has finally bit the dust; the disc drive which was rock solid without any signs of wearing out just decided to stop reading discs completely the other day. I've tried pretty much everything I can short of replacing the drive, and it still won't read any discs. What makes this so sad is my relationship with this specific console.
I know that might sound silly, but my PS3 Slim is the consoles I've owned the second longest (my N64 is the longest I've owned a console, and after 24-years it still works). I've had countless amazing experiences on it, my fiancee got back into gaming on it thanks to Demon's Souls and Oblivion, and just all the memories I have around it make it breaking like this all the more sad.
I'm entertaining the idea of replacing the drive, but I'm almost wondering if it would be wiser just to get a new PS3. I guess I'll think about it some more, but overall it's a real shame since the next game I was going to play was on it, hence how I found out the disc drive went to shit.
PS. I still plan on doing a game room tour. I've been fairly busy the last week and haven't had time to put the finishing touches on my game room for the tour. I actually shot a 95% complete version of the room just for fun, and if I'm unable to get the room to a 100% finished state I'll probably end up just posting that. Only problem is the quality of that video isn't the best since it was shot at night and also I didn't intend on it being the final cut. I guess we'll see.
