Just a quick answer to the guy yesterday that wanted to know about any Star Trek rpgs… There is actually one ST game this sorta RPGish. It’s the Star Trek 10th Anniversary Edition. It came out eons ago and is for the PC and NES only though, so good luck finding it.

A few questions now: Have you ever played any of the Harvest Moon games? Did you like them?

ANDREW If I said "no" and "Yes" in that order, would your brain explode? I'd really like to convince myself I have magical powers, so any help from you would be greatly appreciated.

Is it a sin to bomb a gaming company because they have a ‘Tradition’ of pushing their games back about 3-4 times in a 5 month span? *Cough* Natsume “Cough*

ANDREW That all depends upon what religion you subscribe to. For instance, if your high priest happens to be named "Lockheed Martin" then I would imagine any sort of bombing would be considered virtuous heroism.

What would be the easiest way to get a pass to get into E3? >.<

ANDREW Incorporate yourself a media outlet and apply for a pass. Failing that, get hired somewhere and suck up like you've never sucked before.

All Done now, must go eat.
Steve

ANDREW In Soviet Russia, columnist asks you! So what's for dinner, anyway?

Anyway, I rented FFX-2 about a week ago and beat in that week. It took about 15 hours. I didn't really like the story or the ending at all. I was very dissappointed. Then I read about all the stuff I missed. I knew that by only going to the "Hot Spots" (I don't have much time to play games anymore so I just went along with the main story) I wouldn't get much as far as side-quests go.

I foudn out I had missed a lot, and according to the guys that work at Game Stop I also missed out on about 7 or so endings... they claim there was about eight. But as far I had read, there was only one other alternate ending. How many endings, if at all, have you gotten? If there really are that many endings, I might just buy it instead of just renting it.

Thanks
Talora Flash

ANDREW Having managed to stave off FFX-2 with an injection of M&L, I have no idea. That said, our resident Eastern Bloc superpower Jakob Allekhov recently reviewed the game, and had this to say: "a lot of people say 3... which is true, in the sense that PSO has 6 endings." When pressed for further details, Jake became enraged and ordered a nuclear strike against Alaska, but was persuaded to call it off after being informed that it was no longer 1962. He then grudgingly offered this: "There's an extra 5 seconds of dialog tacked on if you waste 60 hours on every pointless subquest." So there you have it. "Multiple endings: not bloody likely".

Secondly I know you're a big advocate for FFX (10/10) so what are your thoughts about X-2 seeing how you didnt get to review it.

ANDREW I haven't played it yet, but since what I've heard isn't exactly encouraging me to drop 70 of my colorful dollars on it, I think it might just stay that way. Call me crazy, but it sounds like they amplified the parts of FFX I didn't like (Yuna) and took out the parts I did (Sphere grid). Still, I'll give it a chance eventually, and perhaps someday, a review, though not the uber-official-site's-opinion review, will appear under my name.

Thirdly, I thought I had answered this but isn't the quote from Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (which is a very good game by the way).

ANDREW Well, whether it was you or not, someone sure did. No tilde for you!

Finally I might as well ask a really real question it seems RPGamer is falling behind (with the lack of updates to the roundtable, japandemonium) Can this be contributed to the holiday season?

~Oh yeah, if you watch farscape, supposidly it's coming back as a miniseries I guess to patch up the unfinished business sci-fi caused~ Barieuph

ANDREW Never seen farscape. As to your questions, which seem to be just about as real as the first two, news hit a lull (although admittedly we could be posting more), nobody ever seems to stick around long enough for goog to pin them down and force a roundtable out of them, and Alex Wollenschlaeger is playing at being all British and cool, although he assures me he will return shortly. If you'd like a roundtable, find four other people and send google an email... Maybe he'll take you on as panelists.

I tend to make every game turn into a strategy RPG to the best of my ability. Now that i hate fighting games, somehow i was sucked into buying Soul Calibur 2. So i play someone and im constatly like, "move 3 squares to the right" when someone attacks me so i juke, and then attack like an archer with Link. Anywho, that game blows and there is waaaaaay to many glitches. So then i went to play gunbound, (download at http://gunbound.net) which is like the most addictive FREE game in the world. I picture that game as an SRPG to becuase of depending on what move you use, you get less delay and get your next turn faster for MASSIVE DESTRUCTION!!!! Every time im like, "RPG, MY turn" and then light the people up, bunge 'em, or other ways that i cuase massive destruction. I like to use the wind. Man, i just borrowed Front Mission 3 from a friend and it's a great game. Reminds me of what a Gundum game SHOULD be like, but all Gundum games suck, so there going nowhere. Hmmm, they should make another DBZ RPG besides that one on SNES that only came out in Japan, i had to figure out which command did what and play the story without knowing how to read japaneese AT ALL, that's kinda hard to do. If I could ramble on about more stuff i would, but i'm desperatly in need of a shower, and the keyboard is getting a little greesy. Remember to take my "How to juke red shells, 101" class in the near future, and soon ill open up my "Juking blue shells, 102" class, so sign up for that too.

Peace out and remember to eat bagles,

Adam "Strategical Master (with greesy fingers right now)" B

ANDREW Strategical master, eh? I will believe nothing until you either defeat Hoshigami or manage to organize yourself to the extent that you shower BEFORE greasy fingers become a problem. Seriously dude, that's just nasty ^^

ANDY ANDY ANDY! I know how you love that nickname. -_^

ANDREW Why do you crave pain and murderous stalkers?

ANYway, between the three GBA systems, it's pretty much a no-brainer. The GBA "classic" has horrid lighting, and the GBA:SP is... well... TINY. The GBA player is definately tops in my book. If someone wanted to buy a GBA console and they had a Gamecube, I'd recommend a Player as opposed to the hand-held.

The flaw, of course, is the lack of portability. My solution: Wait until they sell the GBA:MGSPHE (Game Boy Advanced Mega Great Special Happy Edition) that the accursed people of Nintendo will undoubtably unveil come April 2004 or so. It will possess not only a slightly larger, back-lit unit with comfortable buttons, it will also have a built-in battery adapter, which will cause your game to unexplainably go into extended periods of a canatonic state. Because you HAVE to have flaws. Flaws will work. Lots of flaws.

If you think I'm joking... just wait...

NeoCarbuncle
I am NOT bitter!

ANDREW I don't, since Nintendo has already announced a new portable (or at least, non-console) to be displayed at E3 2004. Nevertheless, I have to disagree on at least one point. The GBA may be small, but the GC controller cramps up my hand better than the SP ever could. You'd think today's obese youth could at least have the decency to sprout gorilla hands so that I don't have to struggle with these dainty little controllers... At any rate, let the quickies commence!