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Googleshng - February 2 '99- 1:30 Eastern Standard Time
A few people whined at me for missing yesterday's column yesterday.
That's pretty darn rude! It's not like I was just sitting around instead of doing the column, I
spend the better part of yesterday packing so I couldn't really do a late night update and got
on a plane at 9 this morning, planning to put it up when I got here. Unfortunately the plane I
was on quite frankly BROKE, so I got to spend the majority of the day in the Baltimore airport.
I didn't get home until 7 PM, which is about an hour before I get going on the next day's column
so it was too late to get that one up. I think that's enough of an excuse isn't it?
On the brighter side of things, I once more have unlimited internet access, and a spacebar, so
I will no longer be making brief cranky columns. That and like 5 seconds after I put up Monday's
column I finally got tape 5 of Escaflowne. Yay!
Still, I am dead dead tired tonight, so if I start to nod off you know why.
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I forgot
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In the Genesis:
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Phantasy Star 2
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My cousin's copy of Pokemon
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Civilization
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A Boy and His Blob
Where IS my NES?
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I think nothing...
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Nothing
Took'em with me.
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I forgot
I just got home, OK?
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Enix
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hey Google,
hows life?... i am unfortunate of living up north where we get hardly
any rpgs... but the ones i got i am not complaining.. FFVIII....
FFT....etc.... anyway... i was wondering.... why they never released DQ
5&6 in America? did the frist ones not make great sales? cause i sure
as hell would buy them.. along with lots of my friends..... i mean
Dragon warrior 4 ranks up there with one of my favorite rpgs, despite
the simplicity..... oh and another thing.... what is your favorite rpg
on the NES?... really curious.... well thanks for your time.......
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"Theres no time to parade around sulking, i would rather laugh than
cry..."
-Greg G.
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Googleshng:
Hmm... there aren't many good NES RPGs... DW3? If I'm allowed
to include Action/RPGs though, Crystalis all the way! As for why we never got D65 or 6
is that, well, that was during the time when Enix was turning it's nose up at the US.
We also didn't get Terranigma, Star Ocean 1, 7th Saga 2 if that ever came out, and probably
a whole bunch of other stuff. Now Enix is finally bringing stuff over again though, so
if they ever rerelease those, we might get them then. Personally though, I don't care.
I don't really like Enix games.
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RPG Making
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Hi I heard that you are making a Rpg is this true?
If it is can you tell me a little bit about it? Me and a friend are making an
rpg to could you give us a little advice on how to make one. Also could you
tell me your icq number if you have one and BTW I dont care what your gender
is. If you want to know something about our rpg just ask.
Thanks,
Steven Barr
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Googleshng:
I have an ICQ number, but I never use ICQ so I don't have it
handy. 8) Anyway, I don't really want to talk about the game I'm making in the column
here (until it's done and I need to start plugging it) but I might put some stuff up
on my page of rantings soon. As for making an RPG, here's some simple tips: First, do
ALL the design work and plot writing before you even mention it to someone. Then find
a programmer, music/sound guy, and graphics guy who are actually compitent and don't
mind being bossed around. If one of those other jobs is your specialty, well, find someone
who has a completely designed game and generally has their act together. If you try to
put a team together and THEN do the design work, you're going to debate forever. At
least that's my experience.
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STARS.
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Oh great and exalted Google...
I was wondering if you (or anyone else) was rather annoyed with the break of
tradition in FF8's ending. I believe in all of the FFs in america since
FF4, the ending always ended with "The Prelude" while you were flying
through a starfield. ("The prelude" is the title given on the FF3/6
soundtrack...it's melody is a harp going up and down scales...I am rather
attached to it :( ). Without the starfield and the Prelude it just didn't
seem like the end.
(Scary side note...feel free to cut it google. My girlfriend and I just
started Lunar SSSC after playing through Xenogears. She keeps calling Ramus
Ramsus. )
-Nikolai
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Googleshng:
Yes, I was rather shocked at the lack of the star field. For
that matter I was surprised at the happy and unconfusing ending! Still, stars or not,
it's a darn good ending.
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Spoilers
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Hi, I kinda have a request. Could you PLEASE stop
printing stuff with spoilers!?!?!? Saying "SPOILER
ALERT!!!!!" just makes you wanna look more, and it's
really hard to scroll past something without reading a
couple words. And then once you read a couple words, it
sticks in the back of your mind, because you're wondering
what the heck they were there for, so you have to go look so
you'll stop thinking about it! GRRR! Okay, I know my
sentence structure sucks, but at least I got the point
across.... I think... I did, didn't I? Right? Hey! What are you
doing!? No! Not the Recycle Bin!!! Please!
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! *dies* *kshhheeeeooowuhhh*
I am the terror that flaps in the night,
EepWing Dong
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Googleshng:
Hey pal, you forget I use a Mac. The term is trash, not Recycling
Bin. Anyway, my theory is that some deep dark part of your mind WANTS to read spoilers.
You need to work on some self-control. 8)
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Let's get them out there
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On that whole issue of people complaining about games, well, I thought FF7 was
marginally OK (FF4 is my favorite, FF6 was only ok in my opinion too.) So I still
have yet to own FF8. I got Grandia instead, and had a blast with it. So that just goes
to show that people who complain about crappy FFs don't jsut go and buy them
again.
Anyhow, this is not the focus of my letter. Mine is much greater.
Remember all those people asking for programs to play PSX files on your
computer? Remember the program that only plays music files? Hahahaha! I have one
that plays Music AND Movie files! So there! It's called PlaySTR (str's are the PSX
movie files, though FF7 has .mov files that can only be played by this it seems.)
{Goog, the problem is, I can't remember where I got the file. It's a 243 K zip file,
which is quite large for an e-mail, so I don't know how to send it. It's possible I
could upload it somewhere, but it would be easier to just send it to you. I figure
asking is better than sending you an e-mail with a giant attachment. Plz k thx.}
Aren't I amazing? Can I guest host? Pleeeaaase! I like to write and have a lot of free
time! C'mon, at least think about it!
Dorico
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Googleshng:
That's nothing. I don't get annoyed until I start getting 5
meg files. Send it on over and I'll post it for the good people. Oh, and if anyone has
a Mac program that can play this stuff, lemme know please!
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Too many FFs
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I am overfilled with joy when hearing about Final Fantasy IX here. Four
characters in a party, midevil style setting..ah yes, sounds like another
GAMEPLAY-STORY RPG rather than movie, eye-candy filled carbon copy of FF8.
(Make no mistake..i still enjoyed FF8)Yes, Final Fantasy X looks great
too..although it's too early to tell. But let me tell you, if FFXI is online
only, not only will I not buy it, I will preach against it. And all my
friends who are dedicated Square fans will not buy an online only RPG.
Square is making a bad move. I mean, sure, they can make an online only
RPG..but FINAL FANTAST 11 SHOULD NOT BE AN ONLINE ONLY RPG! As we know, any
online RPG rips the game off plot. There can be virtually no plot- no main
characters, no real "enemy", no plot twists, no surprises..there is no plot.
It's all battling.
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Googleshng:
The whole FF9-11 thing is just right out of the blue here.
I'm still a tad shocked. FF9 looks like it should be pretty cool, I know next to nothing
on 10, and, well, I personally don't like online RPGs. Still, everything is too sketchy
to start seriously whining about or praising any of them. Let's just wait on this sort
of thing, eh?
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