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That's pretty bad...

I think what put me off in the first episode is that we had multiple "confrontations" that involved what seemed like 5-10 minutes of mocking and banter than ended with rather unspectacular 10 second fights. Eli Wallach has a great line in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly": "When you have to shoot, shoot; don't talk." I'm totally game for well written dialog and work that is heavier on conversation that action, but damn if episode 1 didn't seem like overkill in the talking department. I haven't given up on the series, though, and plan to watch atleast a few more episodes.

Does Katanagatari get better after episode 1? It may be the most wordy anime I've ever seen; I felt like I was reading a book.

There are around 70 variables carried over from ME1 to ME2, though almost half of them have a matching opposite choice (for example one variable for killed NPC XYZ, one variable for having let them live). A large amount of these choices do little more than add flavor to the story and the universe. Some, which seemed to have little impact on ME2 (letting the Rachni live) may have a major payoff in ME3. ME3 is going to pick up some 1,000 variables from the first two games (ME2 only imports those 70 from ME1, so 900+ are coming from ME2). I think the major choices are going to see some payoff, while many will again do little more than add flavor or variance (though, really, they go a long way toward adding depth and characterization).

Is there a preferred release of Katanagatari?

I'm looking for some recommendations. I only have time to watch one anime from the past year or two right now, and I need some suggestions.

Which is all bullshit, of course. All of Gaff's figurines say something. The unicorn, originally, signified uniqueness; being rare and special. For me, the dream is just a dream. I ignore it.

DO NOT WANT Have you seen the Final Cut? It's flawless, and probably the best Bluray disc on the market.

Shadow Broker was fantastic as well. I wish I had gotten around to playing these months ago. And we still have one more DLC coming!

Finally got around to playing again. LOVED the Overlord DLC, going to work on Shadowbroker tonight.

Back to ME2 after almost a year. Finally picked up Overlord and Shadow Broker, and three other armor/weapon DLC packs I didn't have (I have every single DLC besides the digital download pre-order sniper rifle). Will get to playing it in a few days, start prepping for ME3!

Neither? It's not the best (or worst) CoD game, and it's certainly not the most hyped game ever.

Besides the achievement? No, not at all.

Yeah, I was really let down by where the series went. It had so much promise.

I tried to explain this to him two years ago, Keith, he just doesn't listen.

So, I've been playing The Force Unleashed II. Yes, I love Star Wars, and yes, I love killing things with lightsabers and Force powers. Doesn't mean I can't be unbiased. It's nowhere near as bad as reviews are making it out to be. Is it shorter? Yes, I think so, but I can't say by how much. I am expecting them to tack on alot of DLC because they know Star Wars fans will pay. Sucks, but it is what it is. Is the gameplay better? Yes. Are the graphics better? Yes. Loading, menus, switching gear, all vastly improved. Where is it weak? The story is almost non-existent for half of the game, and it's not as strong as the first game's story. Two of the zones are overly long, and really needed to have that content take place elsewhere. All of that said, I have a blast playing it. I didn't play through both releases of JKII dozens of times because I was desperately in love with their stories; it's that I get to play as a Jedi, and all that it entails. Same with TFUI&II. My feelings on the ending (both of them):

Color be disappointed.

Mass Effect 2 out on PS3 January 2011

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Long overdue.

Basically, for your crew and the ship's crew to survive, you want to have all of the loyalty missions done before getting Legion, do his mission, and then move directly to the end game. If you don't, you'll start losing the Normandy's crew after a mission or two.

QFT. I'm a big fan of David Fincher and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, but the 3rd and 4th movies were flat out not good. At all.

Pretty sure he's on the record saying he passed this game off to another team.

Gaming press previews are saying that the actual in-game graphics on the alpha builds they were shown were higher quality and higher resolution than what we have been shown in screen shots.

It would have been a horrible movie, I am not sure I'd call this one a "bummer."