As interesting (read: sarcasm) as it is that Square Enix actually made an announcement that people are pirating the fan service...er, film, I fail to see how this is news to anybody. It's FFVII, of course it's going to be pirated like crazy. It's because of rabid fanboys that the *ahem* "film" was even made in the…

This was a great year for gaming. A few disappointments and one god awful mistake, but the majority of games I played this year were great.

@Creampope: Ditto here. True, it's pretty bad when compared to other movies of the day, but it's still fun to watch as a fan of the series. Honestly, what do people expect from a movie based on a game about hitting boxes for coins and stomping on goomba heads? If you want to ridicule celebrities for making bad…

The survival-horror genre is usually on my "hell no" list, although I have sampled a few titles before in the past. Dead Space is the first game in the genre that I've thoroughly enjoyed, and with good reason. The setting and story were creepy enough, especially considering all the influences from classic sci-fi…

Tales of Vesperia, Twilight Princess, maybe some FFIV if I have the time.

I passed up the original Mercenaries, mostly because there were other games that interested me more at the time, but I think I might check this one out, at least as a rental. GTAIV has reminded me that blowing shit up with RPGs, bombs, attack choppers, etc. never gets old, and there's a whole lot of that in…

I agree with the majority of people here that Okami doesn't really need a sequel. Yes, there's the "cliffhanger" at the end (which isn't really a cliffhanger for me because it doesn't raise suspense about what is going to happen next), but almost everything in the game was wrapped up so perfectly that I'm not sure I'd…

Unfortunately, I won't be able to join in on this one as I've got a night class on Tuesday. But I'll catch up on the chat when I get home and be ready for next week's meet (that is assuming the schedule goes back to normal and we meet on Monday again).

That goofy smile on his face in the third shot kind of ruins the effect of the photoshop job. Snake smirks; he doesn't grin like an idiot. That first shot, though, is a dead ringer for Snake at the end of MGS4.

You know, I never once stepped into a police box when I was in Kyoto for my Junior year abroad. Mostly, it was because it always looked so quiet (and cramped) and I didn't want to do anything that would light up a sign over my head saying "stupid gaijin"...that is, besides being American. :)

Something that occurred to me after our discussion of propaganda that I should have brought up is the game's opening. Given that we know something of the game's premise from the blurbs on the back of the game case, instruction manual, etc., I wonder now if the HTV newscast at the very beginning is meant to make you…

That was fun. :D Although I honestly had difficulty keeping up with the discussion at times 'cause I tend to take my time when writing. I don't have much experience in live chats outside of IM, so I'm a little rusty. I'll have to practice for our next meeting. :)