Same here. Though I did favor Kain as a kid (probably because he was the "blue guy"). Ah childhood! I actually still like all the characters regardless of which version of the game I play.

I cannot speak for the English version of FFIV DS, but comparing the JP version of FFIV DS to the English version of FFIV for the SNES I was a little off on Cecil. He came off as a much... I want to say weaker, or emotional character... than he did to me in his silent, English version. On the flip side, Edward did…

Love that game! I actually have the speed run bookmarked at my favorite part of the game!

If you need a topic, maybe you could go over the significance of the addition of voice acting to JRPGs. Basically look at how the characteristics gamers projected onto the Eastern-designed characters when they were silent versus how gamers perceived JRPG characters after they had been given a voice. I know I was a…

I try to think of it this way: if there are too many good games coming out for you to play them all, it allows you to wait on purchasing a few of those games. You can buy those games later at a lower price (exception: limited print games) and save a lot of money... which can be used to buy more games! Or gasoline, or…

Suiko 4? What's that? I thought they went straight from 3 to 5!

I think the question right now is: "do we even want it?" I know other Suikoden fans, including myself, have been disappointed in the latest entries. They were not atrocious games or anything, they just did not have the same impact some of the earlier games had. To me the more recent Suikoden games have kind of been on…

When I think of Winter in video games two places immediately come to mind: the Frozen Palace in Brave Fencer Musashi and Ice Country from Secret of Mana.

Excellent news indeed. By far one of the best games to come out on any platform in recent years. Now if Konami would do something similar with the English version of Suikoden II, say put it on PSN/XBLA or whatever, so people do not have to shell out $400 bucks or pirate it.

I don't see why. She is not an in-your face loli, like you see in Tales of Vesperia. Never really does or says anything stupid either. Just seemed like a normal happy-kid character to me (maybe voice work would have changed my perception, but I am just going by how I read her lines). Plus, she is the most useful…

In case people missed it, Atlus is making more copies of Radiant Historia due to high demand. Copies were going for $70 just last week, so I would pick up a copy now if you have not already done so. The news has already dropped the prices on Amazon, but the new shipments are supposed to hit in March. It is by far one…

Before my eyes focused on the blade, I swear the generic shape I saw was John Travolta ala Saturday Night Fever.

Gotta pop a "Matthew" in front of that domestic violence charge Luke! My feeble, tired brain was making me see her as the abuser. I've been watching too many of those damn criminal cases they show on Discovery.

Have to go with number 3, as it is the flipped version of a piece of art from the game I saw months ago and wanted. There is one difference between the two though.

General buzz up here (MI) was positive for the Chrysler commercial, but not as high as it was for the Eminem spot. The only criticism here was that it was a bit of a downer commercial for the city of Detroit (I think some people were misunderstanding a few things). The main thing is that Chrysler will have to change…

I thought about it, but I figured I needed Mel so people would get the reference.

"... has given onto you these 15."

That's actually how I started watching it. I think I was watching a youtube video of some Bleach episode, which people were telling me to watch, and you know how youtube has those "related" videos on the side of it. I think what I clicked on was actually an AMV comparing Haruhi and Shana (for some reason), and the art…

Why, the pillar of J.C. Staff: Shakugan no Shana! Took a bit of a back step with season 2, but this final season is shaping up to be a good return to form (more action, zero melodrama like in season 2, and Shana is more focused and a bit cold like she was at the start of season 1).

Hey now! No mixing one of my favorite shows with politics!