Cyrael:
Well, I'm just some random guy from Colorado who had Rhapsody on hand when it was requested, so here I am for all of you today. So, why not pull out a game and send it to me? I want FFT, PS4, Skies or PS1. My favorite job skill in FF5 has to be Mimic. Get all your guys decked out with Mimic and have fun casting your best spell 4 times each round. Yay!

Googleshng:
FFT is too well balanced to pick just one skill. Master'em all and play with combinations! Today I used my magical power to pluck all the money I need for the upcoming cons out of thin air. The catch is I have to pay thin air back in June, but I'll find a way to get by.

Cyrael:
Now now... Don't go blaming MN's contest for your woes.... As to what you should do, I suggest you find your all time favorite RPG and play it all over again just to rekindle your love of the genre. Plus, even if there is a lack of gameplay you can visit RPGamer for Q&A and such. Or not...

Googleshng:
If you find your RPGs lacking in gameplay, there is a very simple solution. Play some RPGs that aren't by Square or GameArts. Those two companies tend to make stories that happen to be partly playable. Not that there's nessessarily anything wrong with that, but if you want some real meat, you should see some of the stuff Sega's done, or Enix, or Atlus, or random people without many games under their belts.

Cyrael:
Yay. Lets see here.....
1.) I highly enjoy Escaflowne (as does Goog as I am sure you have gathered...), Trigun, Ranma 1/2, Princess Mononoke, and Slayers. I am as well relatively new to Anime, so my list isn't that long yet. Oh, and watch all your anime subbed, for the love of god.
2.) Well, I use Flash for all my web page goodness. My Divine Comedy is being reworked in Flash to make it more fun and odd... I also use Dreamweaver sometimes too. After not coding pure HTML in a long time I am not the one to ask about such things. Bleah.
3.) Other sprite based games that recenty came out are the Lunars, Paper Mario (kinda), and (I think) Valkyrie Profile. Hurrah for sprites!

Googleshng:
You don't HAVE to watch everything subbed. It's only REALLY required for Slayers. Dubbed it's like a completely different (and unwatchably hideous) show. Anyway, this would be a really good time for me to plug my anime database, but I'm too dead to dig up the url, and it still lacks the reviews that would make it useful. Still, if you like Eva, check out Giant Robo. What Gainax made BEFORE going crazy! Beyond that, RPGamer is just a big pile of decent images, nasty table code, and the immensely convienient insert tags. Oh, and VP is most definately full of beautiful hand drawn sprites. Heck, it's even side scrolling!

Cyrael:
Well, I only got to play OB64 for 4 days before I had to take it back to work, I didn't get very far. I remember only being able to save after every mission. And I have no clue how long the levels in the original were, but of the battles in OB64 that I played they seemed either too short or too long. I didn't seem to find any happy medium. Oh, and Chocolate by far.

Googleshng:
Oooh! And Cyrael's perfect streak hits a bump. OB64 can in fact be saved mid battle, I seem to recall the fights aren't QUITE as taxing as the originals, but most importantly, they tweaked the heck out of the whole alignment/reputation bit. Much less punishment of competance. Then there's a few other new fun things, like how undead work. All in all, much cooler game in my opinion.

Cyrael:
So formal, but you forgot me. Oh well, seems all guest hosts are snubbed 90% of the time.
First of all I think it would be awesome if Game Arts developed for the GameCube. I like Super Metroid, it is my favorite of the series. But I wouldn't classify it as an RPG, but hey who am I to make that statement? And Metroid as a FPS doesn't sound too great to me, but I'll play it anyways just because I miss Metroid soooooo much. I think you should NOT drop out of school, as you can gain many EXP from it. And who doesn't need EXP? And I bought my Dreamcast for Samba De Amigo, and then got Grandia 2, PSO, and Lodoss War. There are more reasons to buy a Dreamcast than just those 2 games you mentioned. And I have heard nothing about Lunar 3 at all....

Googleshng:
Game Arts hasn't ANNOUNCED they're developing for Cubey, just said they're thinking about it. T'would be good though. I recently played Super Metroid again, and noticed the graphics were just as good as any 2D PSX game. Not an RPG though. Finally, at this point you'd have to be out of your mind not to buy a DC if you can afford it. Many many good games, and trust me, SoA's reason enough on it's own.

"I'm also making a very public display of actively not observing Daylight Savings Time. Who's with me!?!"
Dah, comrade.
-The Soviet Union

You said Xenosaga is probably going to be Episode 1 of the whole series of stories.... If Xenogears was the last episode, what number was that?

My god.. I think I'm blind.
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That's probably got to be one of the worst fates for an RPG fan, huh?
- J.Zulpes

Ach, my eyes! Ze googles do nah-sing!
~Bobo "Up and at them!" Fatt

is it me, or does that pic of Xenosaga "artwork" look suspiciously like a doctored Chrono Cross screenshot?

--Ats

Dear Goog,
I read somewhere that Squaresoft is nearly bankrupt! Is this true?
SquireThomas

We're with you too!!
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The Last Laugh: