Editor's Comments: The RPG world has had its share of tough-guy male protagonists strutting and fretting their hour on the stage. But now, it's the ladies' turn! Dallas bears witness to the small but growing number of strong female leads in RPGs.

Editor's Comments: Have you had enough of things like "Hot Stuff, Coming your way!" ruining your favorite RPG? JuMeSyn sure has, and he wishes subtitles were more prevalent in today's games. Here, he shows us a few (brutal!) reasons why.

Hey RPGamers, welcome to another week of insights and opinions! And speaking of weeks, was the last one crazy or what? PS3s going for over two grand on EBay, and people lining up and camping out around building for the next-gen systems. Then there are stories like that one in Connecticut about the people being robbed while waiting to buy a PS3. It's amazing what people will do for a new hot gizmo. Kind of sad, really. I still don't have a PS3, and don't expect to have one until I win the lottery or they go down in price. As for the Wii and the 360, neither really has done much to catch my attention so far. Maybe I'll get a Wii eventually, for the new Zelda title, but that's all that's really caught my eye.

On a totally unrelated note, what is it about some songs that make other bands cover them? I pondered this on the way in to work Sunday morning, as I listened to Disturbed's take on Genesis' "Land of Confusion." I'm a big Disturbed fan and I like old school Genesis/Phil Collins, so I'll rock out to that song any day. But it makes me wonder how a band just stops one day and says, "Guys, we're a loud screamy thrash alternative band. Let's go redo an old pop/rock song no one remembers by a band completely different from ours." I wonder at the thought process inherent in a decision like that. Of course, it's hardly as strange as a haunting piano rendition of "Smells like Teen Spirit," a creepy industrial/goth versio of "Sweet Dreams," or a goofy punk band doing Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal." So all of this got me to thinking of a really great conversation question: If you were a musician, what song would you cover? I've got so many great ones, but I think I'd settle for the Cheap Trick's "I want you to want me." It's such a fun, bouncy, "sing along in the car" type song.

So anyway, this week we have two great editorials, and I personally certify none of these articles are covers of other artists! Dallas is back this week, singing us a tune about female protagonists, and the lack thereof. And JuMeSyn samples a few interesting sound clips, explaining the need for subtitles in voice-acted games.

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