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Ho Google,
"Now off to trace woodgrain lines!"
Been a while since you mentioned anything from the Ender series : )
Oh, right, a question. Why did I have a dream the other night in which
Imperial Mog turned out to be a kid living a few houses down from my mom?
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Googleshng:
A chilling vision of things to come?
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And on a (slightly) more serious note: do mass emailers get a lot of spam?
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Googleshng:
I'd imagine so. Telemarketers probably get their share of telemarketers too.
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Finally, a good question.
Is cheating in games okay if it's a manifestation of your desire to do
everything really well? I mean, who really has the time to fully power up
every character, max out their money, and get 99 of every item legitimately,
especially with things like Dragon Warrior VII's class system and
Final Fantasy X's sphere grid?
Bart, really wanting some beef barley soup
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Googleshng:
When this letter found it's way into Google's Secret Preview Forum, someone said "Cheating on an RPG is completely pointless, since the only person involved is yourself. If you need justification on why you need to trick yourself, then you need more mental help than I can give."
So since I can't that sort of thing, I'll just have to openly wonder. Since the only real reason
to max out everyone's levels is to brag about how much time you poured into the game, what do you stand
to gain by doing it through cheating?
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What's with all the praise lately?
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So what got me into rpgamer was an ad that I saw on gamepro's old
website. I don't even know if gamepro is still around. But anyway, your
columns and thoughts always chill me out when it's been a SMURF day. I've
got a nice comfort of coming home and reading your column. Bring me back
into the world of a roleplayer. So I just wanted to say thanks man, because
videogames are a pleasant part of my busy life. And sorry I come off as such
a jerk sometimes, or at least I feel like I do. How long have you been doing
this column anyway? I remeber I got into it a little before Brad's time. So
yeah. It's definately one of those staples in my little life. Thanks
Googleshng.
Ian
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Googleshng:
Thanks for the compliment. Is this Q&A appreciation week or something though? I've been getting a ton
of mail like this. Anyway, I've been doing this for close to 2 and a half years now, which is over twice
the next most prolific Q&A host around here, so even if I quit I'd hold that record for quite some time.
To put that in terms of guest hosts, I believe it went something like Brad-Ronnie, Me-Ronnie, Me-Brad,
Me-Gin, Me-Chesh. I have this horrible feeling I'm forgetting someone in there though who did a darn
good job and now has the right to punch me in the face.
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Math
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1. where did you get inspiration to play so many RPGs and then spend the rest
of day working on RPGamer with no day job?
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Googleshng:
Well, before working at RPGamer, I would spend all day playing RPGs and talking about'em anyway, so it's
not exactly like it's a chore.
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2. oh, and what was your first RPG and how old were u?
-mine was beating Chrono Trigger twice before I could read (i was like 4 or 5)
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Googleshng:
Well, the first RPG I ever played was the first RPG ever released in this country, Phantasy Star, when
it first came out. I wasn't all THAT young at the time of course, so if I want to brag I have to go back
to when I would play Pacman and Joust before I was even a year old.
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3. were you sad at the ending of FFX (just say yes or no cuz some of the
readers don't want it spoiled)
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Googleshng:
Why again do people have such a hard time remembering that I'm far too poor to afford a PS2?
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4. i just beat FFX and i'm bored stiff! what game should i play now? although
now that i've played FFX, i'm gonna think that every game without vocals
sucks (hopefully not)....but anyway, i need to know a good game with fun side
quests, an addictive story, and a decent battle system
Ian Brady
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Googleshng:
Hmm... want voice acting? Then go play Koudelka. Hopefully it'll cover everything else you mentioned
too.
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Out of Proportion.
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Haylo Goog,
Yesterday you had a question asking about FFXI's Xbox
possibilities, but I've heard a completely different
story from the one you replied with. I've heard from
numerous people in and out of the gaming industry
that, after the financial flop of FF:TSW (Final
Fantasy: The Spirit Within) that Sony bailed Square
out by buying 1/3 of them, and because of that Square
now must have all their FF's on the PS2.
Boy, was that a long sentence.
Anyway, is that true?
- Red643
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Googleshng:
There is a nugget of truth in there, but it's distorted quite a bit. Sony bought 19% of Square's stock,
not a third. There was no obligation placed on Square there to develop games exclusively for them, but
you can assume that there will be a PS2 version of any game Square makes for any other system anyway,
since Sony and Square have been in bed with each other for quite a while now and it's pretty much the
main thing keeping them afloat.
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Today's Hoshigami question
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Hi
What do the "Aid" skills do when equipped on
characters? I have a feeling that they might help
against coin attacks of that diety, but I'm not too
sure. Any insight?
-PonCho
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Googleshng:
They do a lot of little things. The main ones are giving you the bonuses to the stat and weapon associated
with that element. Not really worth it compared to fun skills.
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If it wasn't a slow news week...
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Hello Google!
This is to tell everyone I'm still alive. Well not entirely, but I might as well say it if I'm here. I'm still a Xenogears freak, prolly always will be... but as for my question:
In Final Fantasy X, inside Sin, do you know how to beat Jecht? I can get to where he rips his sword out of his chest, and then he does his mega +3,000 HP on everyone hits two times in a row and then gets his overdrive to finish off his fun little attack-fest on Auron... taking 2,000 or so HP from the poor guy who only has, like, 300 left (6300 something is Auron's HP). Can you give me any sort of advice on this? ::whimpers:: I want to be able to beat the game sometime soon before someone gets bored of waiting and just 'has' to tell me how it ends.
Thank you so much for everything ^.^ Take care!
-Xenochick
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Googleshng:
I checked with someone who's actually played the game on this, but it turns out I didn't really need to.
While I do get sick of the exact lists of spells and abilities being in so many games, it makes my job
easier. Use people who have a lot of HP to begin with, remember that in pretty much every RPG, not only
do defensive spells exist, but they have an amazing capacity to not suck, and if all else fails, there's
auto-life.
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