I'm not gonna bore you with the story of how I'm a long-time reader, first-time writer, or how I discovered this site oh so many years ago, or some long-winded tale of why it is that $#@D0\/\/ r0x0rS, etc...

Just wanted to say that one of your nitpicky writers, lambasted a couple other people for using the words "then" and "than" interchangeably. Just wanted to point out that he used the word "linguistical."
Linguistical is one of those words that, um... ain't. Seriously, look it up and find it not there.

Oh, and in response to next week's topic... Edgar had the kEwLeSt TeNt CuZ 3Dg@r RoXoRs.

(Apologies to your eyes for reading that, I just like mocking the dreaded "|_33+-$p33|<3r$.")

Ugh, now I feel dirty.

Cosmic Janitor, Nitpickier Reader

Dear Andrew, Let me get some things straight first. I am a guy and I had the nickname Tron WAY before that robot girl. And anyways, the thing about seeing the nude Rinoa chibi, it wouldn't corrupt you memory card as much as your mind. Rinoa is a disgrace to FF women. (Wow, I sound very feministic.) FFVIII is just messed up in general, you got Autism-Boy (Squall) and really stupid ditz who is supposed to be working with a resistance organization, which in reality she does nothing. (Rinoa, ATLEAST TIFA CONTRIBUTED TO AVALANCHE! Her bar not only served as a hideout but as a source of alcoholic beverages.)

Sorry for the rant.

That really sucks about not getting Lunar Legend. Well when you do get it, review on the changes please. The changes aren't bad, just different

Yo, rabid rabbit bunny bastard!

Your avatar deeply disturbs me. It only lends proof to my theory that rabbits are actually alien killing machines awaiting the time when they'll rise up and decimate humanity. I offer, as proof, three of the most famous bunnies:

1.The killer rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Obviously an efficient and scary killing machine. Only heavy explosives are capable of taking it out. Once its evil(er) twin begins interbreeding with the sleeper bunny cells, the only thing that will save us is a rain of grenades.

2.Max the rabbit, who shows the psychopathic instincts residing in all of our furry white friends' subconscious.

3.The Easter Rabbit, who has spent hundreds of years teaching kids to take Easter eggs from him, in preparation of the day that he places killer rabbit embryos inside the eggs. Once the unsuspecting kids swallow the "harmless" Easter eggs, the embryos inside will mature inside their stomachs, eventually bursting out and devouring all nearby Easter chocolate to go on a sugar-fueled rampage. This will pave the way for the main rabbit attack force.

Given the rabbits' absurd rate of reproduction, humanity is surely doomed.

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You know, I always thought that the whole "Booster's Wedding" part of Super Mario RPG was pretty weird. You chase him up a hill, you barge into the ceremony, and then you have to defeat a carnivorous cake. And to top it all off, Bowser is helping Mario! Talk about your signs of the apocalypse.

Of course, if you really wanted to get weird, I'd try plopping FF characters into whacked-out genres. What if Kefka tried to summon Cthulhu? Or what if the original wasmade into an old gumshoe story? ("What had started out as a simple missing princess had turned into a conspiracy spanning the globe. It had something to do with these orbs. Of course, we'd have to put a little extra on the fee...")

-Mike Lemmer

Ho there Q&A guy!

The feature topic is O_o moments in RPGs and no one has even mentioned a Sega CD game yet? Or even a Working Designs game? Or better yet a Working Designs game for the Sega CD, those were the best...

Two words Popful Mail. Let's see, some of the characters dying words; Mail - "Ow, I biffed it." Tato - "Thou hast besquirted me." Gaw - "I'm dead, and hungry, and that's not a very good combination, gaw." And don't forget that green haired kid's best line "With this paperclip, used gum, tin foil, and bat droppings, I've constructed a bomb that will blow this blockage to bits!" Or what about Sven T. Uncommon and "This time you will feel nothing but pain as I pummel you into puddles of pulsating poundage." Or Otto von Whats-His-Face with the really long name. Man that game was fun. I could do a lot from Lunar 1 & 2, and Vay as well, but I think I'll just give the two stupidest monster names ever. Lunar's "Nipple Yanker," and Vay's "Retardotaur," seriously, "Retardotaur"...what the hell were they thinking? Oh and while it's not an RPG, the game "Wild Woody"...don't tell me Sega CD didn't have some messed up stuff.

Maybe I should have a question...So uh, did you think Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts was as hard as everyone said? I mean, I beat him on level 65, easily too.

Ever notice how most mainstream RPGs include a main character armed with a sword? You've got basically all the Squaresoft guys, the two Grandia games, the two Lunar games, ect. It's become a necessity to me. A sword is a noble weapon after all. Guns are such cowardly weapons. And who would dare wield a sword in a time period where machine guns are everywhere? That's right, only the bad-ass that you control. Oh yeah. What is your opinion on this?

-Little John

PS: He-Man and Lion-O both had swords. I rest my case.

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