-Dragon

Cheshire Catalyst:
First, I should apologize for that title. I imagine if I was in the Navy, I'd hate that song.

Unless you're saving every penny for a car, house or pet monkey, I'd say grab yourself a dreamcast. Here's a lowdown on some of the more popular RPGs, (and others)

Skies of Arcadia: A really fun game. Beautiful graphics, nice music, fun characters. The story isn't anything new or revolutionary. (Heroes are after crystals and there's an evil empire against them.) The setting is fresh and innovative. A world of islands floating on air. Good stuff, my #1 suggestion.
Shenmue: It's the love child of an RPG, and a 3d fighting game. The graphics are amazing. Incredibly realistic. The game's major let down is the fact that the whole "game" is just the introduction to the Shenmue story. Two more sequels are on the way. Lots of great mini-games too.
Grandia II: The plot is a little more serious in this sequel. But just like the original, the game is a little too easy.
Other noteworthy non-rpg titles are Crazy Taxi, Jet Grind Radio, Capcom vs. SNK, and Sonic Adventure. The Dreamcast has lots of fun games. The system's finally become an excellent investment. Grab yourself a console!

- Lord "I rob from the rich and keep the gold!" Sephiroth

Evil Queen:
Muha ha ha! Look! I'm a Xenogears character! This letter contains, quite possibly, the most depressing video game simile ever written, and it warms my blackened heart. Not since the time I castrated Jadeite with my long, piercing claws have I felt such joy. Excellent job, reader. When I take over the world, you shall recieve a quick death.

Greetings.

Video game characters do indeed do strange things. Only in a video game can you carry on a conversation only using the words "Name," "Job" and "Bye." People just look at you funny if you try it in real life. Weirdoes.

And the problem with "Random Encounters" in real life is the fact that if you get caught, you get a bunch of officers (or "town guards," if you will) mobbing you. They generally have stronger weapons and more armor than the average adventurer can afford if (s)he has to rely on the money he gets from "monsters" to buy equipment, unless this adventurer has found the area where the elusive "Rich Person" can be found. And usually, the only Experience you get out of encounters like that is what it's like to be some bigger, stronger, higher-level inmate's, er, slave. Or to have a bullet tear through your chest (unlike most RPG bullets, these bullets are the equivalent of an Instant Death attack.) Either way, I think I'll pass. At least until I can leave the city limits, come back immediately and have no one remember anything about me. (Or until sleeping at an Inn can repair severed limbs, gunshot wounds and being run through with very large spikes, for that matter.)

As for the turtles, no comment. I'm still slightly upset that for some odd reason, my friend's pet lizard never wants to eat those turtle shell bits that I dyed blue (with non-toxic dye, of course) and stuck in his cage. Darn it, I want a flying lizard. Is that too much to ask!?

Note for the humorless: Practically nothing contained in the previous paragraphs was serious.

Er, it has to have questions? Ok...

• Who decided what games would be covered? Was it just the staff's favorite games and then some more submissions? I can think of many more RPGs that just aren't here, and I'm thinking of sending 'em in... do I have a snowball's chance in heck? (Most are pretty old. Wait, no, really old. Mid-80's, even.)

• What the heck were these decorators thinking!? (Ok, so that was rhetorical.)

Er, that would be all.

-Wallwalker
"Your GP or your HP!"

Cheshire Catalyst:
Hee hee. You so silly.

RPGamer originally only covered games made by Squaresoft. Currently, we do the entire RPGenre. ( <- Look, ma! I made a funny! )
It's tough enough keeping track of most current games, that we don't have a lot of time to do a lot of back tracking. Submit your stuff, though. A bored staff member (as in, "Not me") might just put it up!

Here's a little bit of info that may be helpful to the guy that wrote in yesterday, saying he bought the Xenogears music book (I got it for my b-day last year! ^_^)- if you have the OST (or all the songs), listen to them on the OST and finger through the melodies in the book to figure out what you're playing, hehehehe. It's actually quite easy to learn- "You Shall Be As Gods" may be rather "fun" if you're not good at rhythms, but it's not too difficult. Just takes practice.
Hope I could be of some help! ^_^

Xenochick, -the Xenogears Goddess-

Cheshire Catalyst:

The Last Laugh: