ThunderPeel2001

Interesting or just wtf? http://gamingisstupid.com/2009/05/06/%20the-chair-story-revival/

Isn't it some sort of extension/post-modern take on a saying like "paint me red" (for being embarrassed?). Who knows, but it's been around for well over a decade... and probably longer than that.

You're Willi Chevalier? A legend in our midsts!

In my experience, their customer service has been absolutely stellar. Edit: Ah.

Spoilers = !

Well, I'd hope it was better than Zero Punctuation, but you're probably right: It'd amount to a very similar thing. It could be good, though. Brooker is generally excellent, but I'm not a fan of aimless ranting for the sheer hell of it (looking at you Yahtzee) -- If he can maintain a decent balance of quality commentary, it could be good? I doubt it'd ever have a large audience, though.

Thanks for the link! I really enjoyed that

Wow. Shame you can only buy it on import

Obviously ALT+ENT, but as Sergei said, it's unlikely you'll find a universal solution.

Of course!

Didn't mean to sound harsh, you just kept replying to my posts with arguments... and I couldn't understand why. I think we'll have to disagree with regards to its "problems", though. I DO think that the stories in the FF series ARE particularly strong. It doesn't matter to me that their themes and settings remain the same *shrugs* Originality != great storytelling

Failing to see point... As Rodi has already mentioned, he has never played through a FF game. As for assuming he meant the quality of the stories were sub-par... I can only direct you to his first post where his only complaint was that the story is "exactly the same", "cookie-cutter" and not "inventive" Any particular reason you're fighting windmills, Miffy?

Woop! Thanks for the link to the trailer... I'd not seen that before. That was awesome! Quick critique: I still think they need to play up the character comedy more. Also, the animation still doesn't suit Jack Black's delivery... They need to get some amazing facial animator in there who's worked with Pixar or something. Heck, even the techniques they used in GTAIV would work brilliantly. At the moment the delivery really doesn't suit the visuals... and it irks me. Overall though, it truly looks awesome!

Yes. That was my point... Rodi was the one who was complaining the similarities made the FF series a "cookie-cutter caricature" of itself. I was pointing out that those similarities are what make it part of a series and there's other aspects that change. Did you lose the thread of the discussion?

I wasn't really making a charge against it, I just meant to point out that there's things that stay the same in that series, too. On a personal level (and this is wholey OT) I just can't seem to get into Zelda. I can't bring myself to get further than ten minutes into Ocarina... and I've tried many times! I forced myself to play through Link's Awakening on my GameBoy Color and despised every single second of it. Don't know what I'm missing, but it just doesn't seem like it's for me

Ha! It's great that someone else has noticed that. The "shop till clique thing" sums it up, perfectly. Actually now I think about it I reckon they might just be afraid of strangers(?) Wicked! A bit far for me though

I think all comic shops have a weird feeling, but I suppose I'm used to it now. The Gosh guys are always pretty friendly when I go in there, but they still exude an uncomfortable "cliqueyness" that's hard to penetrate. Having a normal conversation with someone who works in a comicbook store seems to be nigh on impossible, in general, though. Makes you wonder if they feel insecure about knowing so much about comics?? Gosh is pretty decent, on the whole, though. So is Orbital. Forbidden Planet is the place to go if you don't have a clue and are new to comics, though. the staff vastly more unfriendly (there's some real twats), but at least you can pretend you're in a "normal" bookstore. There's a nice friendly place in St. Albans that Dave Gibbons is known to frequent, too.

Please don't ever change your avatar (I really hope that's an actual photo)

Picked up Rock Band 2 on the weekend. Man, it's SO much more fun touring than in Rock Band 1 Everyone who owns Rock Band 1 should upgrade immediately. To my surprise, it's definitely worth it.

Having never played through a Final Fantasy game and having only witnessed three of the 12, I think you could be considered a bit of a troll for posting: As I've already pointed out, the first five games featured the same MacGuffin: Four mystic crystals and a pseudo-medieval setting. The series has never really been "inventive" in the way you seem to imagine fans think of it. The things that actually change between the games are the mechanics (always different, always interesting) and the characters, their stories and the way the story is told. If it was the same characters with different names and the same events, (with the same battle mechanic) then yes, I'd agree with you. But they're not, they're always different. For me, it's like Zelda or Mario: There are certain things that must be present for it to be a Zelda or Mario game. The only difference with FF is that it changes the main characters, storyline and look (but not feel) of the main world with each incarnation, whereas Zelda changes... what exactly? (Honestly don't know.)

I hate celebrities, they're so neurotic. (Do you see what I did there? I sympathize, though.)

Brütal Legend due for release this Rocktober!

Doh! Based on comments in this thread I picked up what I thought was the first game in the series, Ace Attorney: Justice For All, for my girlfriend... Only to discover that it's actually the horrendous sub-par sequel that everyone is talking about... Now she's cursing how illogical it all is. Doh.

Which FFs have you played?

??? The games have always had decent reviews. It's not like they're shite??? Who says they're "shite"? Presumably you're not just expecting me to take your opinion as proof of something? Christ, 9 was so absolutely different from 7 and 8, too. The first five games had almost identical main storylines (four magical crystals), but the games themselves were very different. Characters, for one, the individual stories, for another. But, as has already been pointed out, the mechanics were drastically different and all added a lot to the gameplay. So that's 10, then? You didn't like 10. Twelve is apparently on of the best, if not THE best and 11 was an MMORPG. It does seem to me that there's a split in the RPG world: Zelda and FF. I despise Zelda *shrugs*