Exactly what I was thinking. Hopefully Atlus will save the day.

I mained a Ranger and a Necro in the original GW, so I wanted to try something new.

I'm in the same boat. I draw, and I hoard art books like it's nobody's business. The preorder bonus book that came with Knight's in the Nightmare ranks amongst my most prized possessions.

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That is art from the game. Awesome no? There is an artbook too. Knock yourself out.

I love Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing! I'm happy to see someone liked it enough to Platinum it. Now you can get ready for the sequel that was announced today!

I've always been a Silent Hill fan, but I'll be the first to tell you that the games are an absolute mess mechanically. They always have been. And when a company makes strides to make the movement more intuitive, or the combat smoother and more responsive, all the "hardcore" series die-hards do is bitch because the…

So has anyone got their main characters planned out for Guild Wars 2 yet?

Fang is probably the game character that I find most attractive. She's always the head of my party.

I love shmups and play them religiously, but I hadn't bought a new one since I got married. Then Otomedius Excellent came out . . . I couldn't say no. Now I have to wait for my wife to be at work to play, 'cause otherwise I just get made fun of for like the "space boobies game."

I've been waiting for the right part of the list to drop this video . . . and I believe that Yes' Fragile and the mention of the great Roger Dean has made the time right to post my all time favorite Venture Bros. moment.

Download Tumble off of the PSN. It's blocks, on your PS3. Really great physics puzzles. It's fantastic.

I can't believe I never caught that. Awesome.

There are others who get. I've always considered the Final Fantasy series to be the quintessential RPG experiment lab.

I'm with you on that. I barely ever used her in my party (unless forced), so I had zero connection to her.

I never cried when Aeris died. But I did let the tears fly when Bugenhagen died. Variations on Red XIII's them still get me choked up to this day.

Hahah. I guess there's a reason I never went into marketing or diplomacy.

Oh, I agree that such a fusion is possible. Anything is possible in the hands of skilled developers. I just question the possibility of making such an undertaking marketable in any mainstream sense. It's the sort of sales pitch that would get laughed out of the building by any financial minded published house. I…

I think what Cliffy B said is really the best way to describe the inherent dichotomy that we're talking about. It's a genre that cant' help but be at odds with a more serious message. A game needs to be fun, pure and simple, for me to care about it or invest my scarce free time in it . . . but I like my war…

I agree that the overall lore and style of the Gears world is awesome. It's part of what I like about the series. And I'm super sure that the books and comics (which I have not had the privilege of reading yet) are very mature and very cool. I genuinely love Gears. I chose my words poorly/hastily. Let me elaborate…