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Rob Hamilton - August 22 '02 - 5:00 Eastern Standard Time
As late in the day as it is, I expected to have a bit of mail in my Inbox, but it seems unnaturally empty! Oddly enough, there isn't even any spam in there, today. Then I realized it's because nothing is pointing there. For those of you who want to write into tomrorow's column, there's certainly still time.
Since there's relatively little of said time, I may end up with an unusually short column, or I may delay it until Saturday--depends on what comes in.
--Chimerasame
Googleshng - August 20 '02- 2:00 Eastern Standard Time
There. My computer is working properly, my medical crisis is averted,
and it's even cool outside. It's a good day.
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This letter covers a lot of stuff you probably don't care about.
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Just a few random comments here. I don't like the
whole [Q&A person]'s mailbox thing. It's Q&A, not a
public message board. RPGamer already has those. Chim
doesn't know a single thing about RPGs and that's
probably why he starting printing random/miscellaneous
mail. Seriously though, the strict adherence to an
actual question and answer format is what seperates
RPGamer Q&A from all of the others. Well, that's just
my two cents. Also, your current story is very
interesting. You really have a talent with this stuff.
I'd even consider throwing a few dollars your way,
except those said dollars sadly don't exist. We're all
in the same boat here, and I'm a firm believer that
the rich nerds should help the poor nerds. ^_^ I'll
get back to you when I make it to rich nerd.
Dave
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Googleshng:
Actually, Chim is quite capable of answering questions. He just didn't have many to print, so he printed
other random stuff and felt guilty about having it say "Ask" at the top. I've had a perfectly healthy
letter supply for a good while now, and don't need to do this. Also, addressing the concerns of a few
people yesterday, I've never HAD a policy against printing letters that aren't about RPGs, aren't questions,
or make little sense. I usually print one or two of them again. I'm just a whole lot more likely to print
questions about RPGs than, say, 3 page essays on why you hate people who don't worship Xenogears, because
A- more people care about the question, B- we have an editorials section which is always low on submissions,
and C- Quite frankly, I don't have time to read 3 page essays at 4 AM while I'm trying to finish a column.
Moving on, praise is always good. Also, I would doubt the existance of rich nerds if there weren't so
many companies that cater specifically to nerds.
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Another Clarification
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Goog,
It's my understanding that in Japan, the online adapter and the hard drive
for the PlayStation 2 are part of the same unit. As the online adapter is
currently planning to be sold without the hard drive, it's certainly
possible that Square would retool FFXI to not require it (Have
everything server side, or something similar). If this is an
effective model, it's feasible that Sony not go to the trouble and expense
of releasing the hard drive outside of Japan, as console add-ons have
always been met with apathy and poor comparative sales.
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Googleshng:
So, to clarify that letter from Saturday, my statement about Sony being unlikely to bring over the hard
drive to the US was in fact, based on reality, not weird fictitious biases. Besides, I was quoting our
resident expert on that sort of thing.
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A good question.
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Greetings (chim sings) Googleshng
Now how are they going to resolve the naming conflicts for Tales of
Destiny 2?
Also I got a silly fan participation thing where I'll list everything and
everyone you might be so I need people to reply for that.
Imperial Mog
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Googleshng:
Hmm... maybe they'll just call the U.S. version Tales of Destiny 2 Turbo?
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TRPG Recommendations
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What are some of the best strategy rpgs for Playstation besides Final Fantasy
Tactics, Arc the Lad, and Vandal Hearts?
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Googleshng:
Vanguard Bandits is a pretty darn spiffy game that slipped under most people's radar. Kartia is pretty
darn cool since spells have a dramatic effect on the terrain. If I didn't mention Front Mission 3 people
would kill me, but fair warning, it gets a bit tiresome halfway through.
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Odd comment.
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hey goog,
i'm almost afraid to ask, but assuming you've played FF9, there's an enemy
in the game that looks like a black cat, and says
"GIMME DIAMONDS!" or something like that. whenever he says that, he
motions toward his...pelvis. have you seen this? i really just wrote in
because one of the letters yesterday mentioned mature themes in games, and
if that wasn't a mature theme, i don't know what was. there are some
serious pervs in the squaresoft development room.
-illegal allen
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Googleshng:
If you want to point out sickos at Square, traditionally you should be pointing at Wall Market from FF7.
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