Duke Togo

Doesn't really matter if they are first, second, or third party developers. EA games, for instance, has publicly been gushing over the Wii. The days of truly "exclusive" second party games is long behind us at this point. And no one can beat Nintendo at "first party" games.

Exactly.

And this is different from any other console launch? I wouldn't be so sure of that.

I'm kinda out of the whole console thing right now, but from everything I've read in the press (gaming and non-gaming), it sounds like the Wii is the big winner. May have to pick one up sometime next year.

Sounds like the release is a winner.

Blueray and HD, see "Laserdisc". Wake me up in 5 years or so.

I was a big Moebius Silver Surfer fan, but not a chance in hell I'll be seeing this turd.

I consider both HD and Blueray to be the new "Betamax". You can't just keep pumping out new formats because you can. DVD has yet to run out its lifespan (you could argue that its at its peak right now). Neither HD or Blueray will replace it.

I always wanted to own a movie on Betamax!

Reading alot of this threads makes me wonder how many people actually saw the original show.

Got the extended edition, and I still love this movie. Also, to add, Mann's commentary is fantastic.

Oh, now this isn't fair. Level 26, 3 Quickenings each, and Dragon Mail and the Deathbringer on Vaan and Basch. Can you say "zero damage"? Nevermind I put out about 1300 a hit!

The best thing that can be said about this game is that its just flat out fun to play. Besides the storyline, the music, the graphics, its just plain fun. I'm level 24, around 31 hours in, at the Dragon in Golmore Jungle.

Correct me if I am wrong, but the only "Loot" I should not sell are Teleport Stones, Gryshl grens, and the Great Serpentskin, right? I've also read that Black Orbs, Dark Stones, Arcana, and the Soul of Thamasa should be kept.

I've level 14, and I'm running with 2 teams currently. Vaan/Balthier/Ashe are Team 1, while Basch/Fran/Penelo are Team 2. I alternate between the two of them for leveling purposes. I have the characters split up along the lines of tanks/support/casters. Vaan and Basch are my tanks, and I load them up with offensive, defensive, and HP Licenses. Balthier and Fran are given White Magick Licenses for the purpose of dispelling status effects. I'll eventually give them some Green Magick Licenses for buffing. Otherwise they are ranged attackers. And, of course, we have Ashe and Penelo as my casters. Right now they are mostly White Magick with some Green, but eventually they will branch out to cover all Magicks (to add in offensive casting). Currently, they are all about the healing, while whacking stuff with their staffs now and then. Right now each character has 1 Mist Charge. Eventually, I see the License Board being filled out for everyone. I have fond memories of maxing out my guys in FFX, and watching Yuna do 99,999 damage with every hit. Ah, I do love overkill.

Yeah, I've been stealing from every mob I have faced since level 1. Gil flows like water in this game. I had something like 20,000 Gil at level 7.

Well, i'm just about 10 levels in now, and not really liking the License Board. I spend way too much time staring at it instead of playing the game. The only clear choice I've made at this point is not to put points into any weapons or armor until I have them or can buy them. I haven't put a single point into magic yet, and I haven't needed it. Between Fran's Cure, Balth's First Aid, and the never ending stream of Potions, I've done just fine. I end up sitting on chunks of LP for long stretches of time because I just don't know what to do with it. I really miss well defined characters.

The Orge/Tactics/Vagrant team is gold. My copy arrived this morning, and I've played an hour or so, and its everything I would want it to be.

Great news. It seems like I've been waiting for this release forever.

Roy shoots first, and has bigger hands.

The quality may be superior, but that's not saying much. Its still pretty bad. And the music makes me cringe

www.newegg.com Price through them, buy through them. Go with a single video card, double your RAM. OCZ and Corsair are the names you want to start looking at for RAM. Your power supply (I use Enermax, myself) is good for 2 video cards, but is overkill if you went go a single. As much as it pains me to say this, go with an Intel Core 2 Duo over the Athlon. Oh, and stay away from that case. Stay away from any case that is heavy on style, comes with lights, and doesn't have front and back 120mm fans. Chances are your tastes will change, the lights will get annoying, and the smaller fans are just too loud. And you really don't need that many of them. I'm not saying to go out and drop $200 on a Lian Li case (but they are SO worth it). The quality of a case is far more important that how it looks. I'm about ready to start planning a new build for next year. As things stand right now, this loyal AMD user will be moving no to an Intel Core 2 Duo.

I pulled a Keith, and watched it all in one sitting for the first time (as opposed to piece by piece stretched out over who knows how long). I like it, but don't love it. I like it better than I did on first impression. The animation is generally poor, the story does not flow, and it repeats too many of the same ideas over and over. Episode 4 is as good as episode 1 is bad. Episode 4 redeems the entire series for me. Overall, it was an average anime experience for me. Oh, by the way, I never before realized that it wasn't actually the cat talking to Lark in the first episode.

It was somewhat funny in parts, but they missed the real meat of the craziness and attitude that surrounds WoW. I didn't hear the whining, the lrn2play, and the cross faction bashing. The episode was fairly average, but I was surprised as to how much WoW lingo was in there. In other news, patch 5965 for the Burning Crusade Alpha popped up today, and the Hunter Talents are finally in it. There is some stuff I really like, but I can't say I am sold on it yet.

BAH! You can't quit before the Burning Crusade comes out.