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Googleshng - July 8 '02- 2:00 Eastern Standard Time
When I come back from the weekend to do a column, I'm often surprised
to realize how much I actually did over the last three days. Anyway, one of those things this week was
going to the movies, where I saw a preview for Terminator 3. Now, maybe it's just me, but the timing
there seems rather off. The point of making a sequel is to cash in on the popularity of previous movies.
In this case, what popularity? I haven't so much as heard one reference to those movies in at least 10
years, and I think it's pretty telling that upon realizing it was a preview for Terminator 3 instead of
the Matrix sequels, the entire audience gave a collective groan of displeasure. And none of that has anything
to do with this column, so I'll shut up now.
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I wanna cast MAGIC MISSLE!
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'Sup Googleshng...this be my first letter ever.
I dunno if you know this, but I'm hoping someone, ANYONE, could help me.
After the credits of Summoner, there's the FMV sequence with the characters playing D&D. I found later that it became a huge thing among gamers. Everyone has heard it, and some have the file on the computer. But it's only audio. So my question is, was the scene originally from Summoner, and created by the game developers, or did they take a previously created audio file and put an FMV sequence to it? For some reason, this thing is bothering me. I must know the truth!
Thanks!- Centaura Eblan
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Googleshng:
That was actually quite popular before Summoner came out. Anyway though, yes, the audio comes from The
Dead Alewives, and to this day makes it hard to play D&D without anyone mentioning Mountain Dew.
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Random Multiparter
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I'll ask questions right...........now.
1) Do you enjoy Orson Scott Card? What writers do you enjoy if in fact you read (which im sure you must)
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Googleshng:
Orson Scott Card is quite good. Other good authors include Roger Zelazny, Larry Niven, and many others
whose names evade me at the moment.
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2) What is your favorite movie and what could you recommend to myself?
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Googleshng:
Don't want to pick just one, but some darn good movies you probably haven't seen include: Dark City,
Labrynth, The Princess Bride, and Time Bandits.
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3) Concerning RPG's, in Breath of Fire 3 can you give me a strategy for making Peco a powerhouse in battle? I never use him but I hear he can actually be quite effective...
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Googleshng:
Well, I would imagine if you had him gain a whole mess of levels, he'd be good. I'm also told that with
the right master, he gets auto-regen, lots of HP, and a high counter attack rate, but otherwise he'll
just plain suck. Anyway, that's the sort of thing people write FAQs about, so you'd probably have more
luck digging around our BoF3 section.
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4) um what comics do you enjoy? I just got into the revamped X-Force (X-Statix now). Would you guys ever consider putting a comic section to your site with reviews and whatnot? That would be enjoyable.
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Googleshng:
Seeing as how RPGamer covers RPGs, and there's a world of difference between RPGs and comics, I can say
with quite a bit of confidence that that'll never happen. Anyway though, for me comics fall into that
pile of things I have very little experience with, but regard with respect due to their inherent nerdiness.
Also in that pile is the Harry Potter series and uh... stuff. Anyway though, assuming you're refering to
the type of comics that people like calling "graphic novels" as opposed to the comic strip variety, all
I've ever really read and really enjoyed is Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and its various spinoffs. Unless
I'm allowed to count manga, in which case the list expands quite a bit.
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5) I really don't know,,,, i'll think of something later.
And in conclusion, that dog Frank in MIB2 totally stole the spotlight...
-FlippaClops
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Googleshng:
According to the logo, the correct abreviation is actually MIIB, indicating that the sequel is ACTUALLY
called "Men in in Black" not "Men in Black 2". By similar logic, the film you call Independance Day is
really Independance Day 4.
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Linearc
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Hey there google, you probably don't know me but I'm a pretty avid RPG
player. Ever since I was 3 years old and my cousin gave me a copy of Final Fantasy for the NES I was hooked to the genre. Although I couldn't read back then that didn't stop me from playing the game, just had to call my mom in every time i saw a word in red and make her read it for me. Anyways, I believe the quote is from Final Fantasy 3(6) when you start Sabin's scenario and you talk to Gau's father in the hut. As far as my question goes, um... I just started playing Arc the Lad and I was wondering if the other 2 games are as linear as the first one. I'm not too far into the game but I figured you could atleast wander around and talk to the towns folk or something. Later
blinky
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Googleshng:
The only quote I'm ever concerned with is the one on top of the main page there, and that isn't it. Anyway
though, yes, Arc 2 and 3 pick up more traditional RPG elements like random townsfolk, and there's a good
number of sidequests that don't need to be done in a fixed order.
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