I agree completely. I played as a mage character so I finished the Mage College line of quests and did a few side quests that sounded interesting. I then returned to the main quest because the rest of the side quests I had picked up were not so exciting. I finished the main quest at about 45 hours played and all of…

Well the biggest thing is with AIM people actually signed on intentionally when they were ready to chat. Sure there were a few people who stayed online all day and you knew who those people were. Now you see people who just open the facebook app on their phone and they show as logged in to chat on facebook. The…

Yeah, I never understand people who are so obsessed with a new game they neglect their girlfriend. As much fun as Skyrim is, I will gladly shut it off when my boyfriend comes home from work and wants to spend time together. Sexy time > Skyrim!

Yeah, once you start making good coffee/tea at home, finding comparable coffee/tea while out and about can be difficult. I have found a few places that serve quality coffee with their breakfast but it is still rare. The burr grinder is totally worth it.

And for those of us with a boyfriend/girlfriend we could have designated rooms for quick lunch sex before going back to work.

Yeah, I use a gold tone filter that works great and lets more of the oils through that would otherwise not make it through the paper filter.

I have been saying this since FFXI came out, I ranted for months how they should have given it a different name, but somehow I ended up playing it anyway. By the time FFXIV came out, I was thoroughly burnt out on MMOs so I wasn't going to buy it but after how bad the launch was I think it would have been better to…

But you could always take available ebooks from the library and use a program like Calibre to convert them to a kindle format. The only difference is this makes things easier for the less savvy user who thinks thats too much work.

Some things you may want to buy in bulk though, so purchasing food on Amazon is sometimes great. Example - I eat the same cereal for breakfast every morning and I can get it a lot cheaper by buying six boxes at once, and because I create a schedule to send 12 boxes at specified intervals I get an even lower discount.…

You should just get on the 360 version of Vesperia and enjoy it while you wait for Xillia. Its so good that I've beaten it 3 times already. I haven't replayed any other PS3/360 RPGs.

The best use for a scale in my experience is measuring ounces of meat. I try to measure a serving of meat by weighing out 3 ounces. This lets me fill out the rest of the plate with a good size portion of grains (preferably whole grains such as brown rice or bulgur wheat) and vegetables. This way you can enjoy the…

I've played games with fan translations. Unless you can hack the game and place the translation over the Japanese text, it is not the most fun thing to do. I got the story well enough when I played a fan translation of Tales of Rebirth but I really wish I had a better way.

Well I am glad that they are re-using themes from earlier music. If you have a good theme in an earlier game, why not keep it around? But I am most glad that they have upgraded the samples they are using for the music to a listenable level after the horrible sounding Morrowind soundtrack. Maybe the next game they…

As much as I love Lost Odyssey, I found Tales of Vesperia to be more enjoyable. I replayed Tales of Vesperia two times while I have no desire to return to Lost Odyssey. Lost Odyssey does have the better soundtrack for sure, probably the best this generation.

I think the fanbase for Xenoblade has already declined sufficiently in the last few years as the general quality of JRPGs has declined. Many people, myself included, have essentially written off what used to be a favorite genre due to the terrible story or other problems with various games that have been released…

Exactly. If my friend tells me he isn't feeling up for hanging out, I don't get annoyed, I just go on with my life and accept that it wouldn't have been fun if he had showed up that night anyway.

I feel the same way, so I'm going to be renting Skyrim as well. My problem with Oblivion was the main plot was boring and the side quests weren't very well written or engaging. The balance of combat and exploration was what really held me back. I felt like each dungeon had the same basic possible loot because it…

So after spending hundreds of dollars for a new TV that can show 3D, consumers are really going to spend another $129 to get glasses that work with it? I just don't see it taking off. What a huge shift from when you got the TV, plugged it in and it just worked (provided you used the right cables).

This month is also my 25th birthday :) Cool to know I share something with Metroid.

I agree, this is much better.