Game developers/publishers that do that because they see that pre-orders are way below expectations or they’re afraid bad reviews will cause “sensible” people not to pick the game up. I would expect publishers like Activision or EA to do that, but Bethesda? Not sure if this is a first. Damage control at it’s finest…

True Story: I had just bought my own 2010 Nissan GTR and my brother wanted to take it out for a spin (no pun intended). 10 minutes later I get a call from him saying he had an accident and was in shock. The first thing I asked him was if was OK and if he needed an ambulance. But he was alright. I drive over with the…

The modern translation of star in Arabic is Najma (نجمة). As I said before, they could not differentiate between celestial objects so they were all called Kawkab or Kawakeb (plural) which is the old translation for star. It’s simply using Qur’anic language.

Hey Andrew,

P.S.: I met someone in university all because he set up his PC menu sounds to Final Fantasy VII’s menu sound (it’s a very unique menu selection sound; like a high frequency chirp sound). I heard this from way back in the classroom. I go up to him to introduce myself and thank him for making my day. We’ve been best…

I still remember the day I bought Final Fantasy VII, or the events that led to it. Final Fantasy had released in the US around September 1997 unbeknownst to me since I live in Lebanon (That’s in the Middle East). The only way you’d find out about new game releases was through Video Game magazines at the time, and…