I spent my weekend playing Ar Tonelico, the charming yet slightly disturbing new highly Japanese PS2 RPG by Atelier Iris developer Gust, and enjoying myself completely after logging nearly 16 hours on the title. I was playing on my PS3 since I thought it looked lonely, and everything was going well until the last time I tried to save. First it told me it was loading save data from the (virtual) memory card, and then I got this:

I was on the verge of tears. In one fell swoop most of my weekend was rendered null and void, and my only option was to restart on the PS2 to make sure this doesn't happen again, as the save was irreversibly corrupted. My suggestion? Don't play this on your PS3. If you've already started, pick up PS2 memory card adapter and switch the save to your PS2, or just back it up constantly. Don't let this happen to you. Michael Fahey

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