Obama won; who didn't see that coming? I'll tell you what I didn't see coming: an episode of South Park about the election a day after the election was over. They must have thrown that together mighty quick, I tell you what. Not much going on game-wise for me. I just beat Mercenaries 2. I've been hearing it getting a lot of flak from reviewers and gamers alike, but I actually found it to be a blast. A flawed blast albeit, but still great fun. I've been rereading George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones as of late. The way I figure it, by the time I reread the entire series, the April release date of the next book will have arrived. That is unless, of course, Mr. Martin decides to push it back further. He just better not die before finishing the series, or so help me God, I will be angry!

We have two staff editorials this week: one from myself and a second from Macstorm. I discuss the effect that Final Fantasy Tactics has had on SRPGs, while Macstorm talks a little about how spoiled we gamers are nowadays and how nice things were way back when. It's good stuff, and I recommend giving them both a whirl and commenting on our lovely forums. Now if one of them really inspires you, feel free to write in. We can always use the material! Cheers everyone!

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