Bad puns aside, we noticed some people on Sony's PlayStation boards discussing the arrival of a PS3-specific cooling system. Needless to say, they're not impressed.

Thanks to a tip from Deric, we learned that GameStop was taking pre-release orders for Pelican Accessories' PS3 Pro Cooler. As the name implies, it's supposed to keep your unit from overheating, leaving you with a worry-free gaming experience.

They just picked a very bad time to market something like this. Reports of defective Nyko intercoolers and lack of confidence from Microsoft really didn't help the sales of Nyko's Xbox 360 cooling system. It also didn't make the idea of third-party cooling accessories very popular among gamers in the know.

Some members of Sony's PlayStation forums held the same view about Pelican's move to sell the Pro Cooler. In this case, their assertion for why the PS3's vents get hot is because the console's cooling system is doing its job and dissipating heat.

As a parting shot, Ninja-Matic probably had the best comment there, applying scientific concepts to game consoles:

I'd worry if you felt NO heat coming from your vents and it was still inside the system. Remember folks, heat rises - there are no vents on the "top" of the playstation - so turn that biznatch on it's side so the vents are up.