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I never thought I would say this, but I may have too many games. Or at least, too many games that I haven’t finished. So what’s the current rundown?

Dead Rising
Killing zombies for fun and profit? This game is really really well done. I have been enjoying it, but it’s not the kind of game I can sit and play mindlessly. I’m moving through it, but I seem to do it in spurts. I definitely plan finishing this one up at least once (it’s made to be played through a bunch of times), but I doubt it will happen before the end of the year. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it’s just different. (I tend to play through games till I finish)

N3: Ninety-Nine Nights
It’s like the game Dynasty Warriors. In fact, it might as well be that game. They put thousands of enemies on the screen and allow you to just fell them. It’s mindless, it’s just button mashing, and I literally spent most of last weekend playing it happily. A lot of people have gone on about how it’s game play isn’t good enough, but for my company store price and the amount of relaxation it has brought me, it was worth it. Of course, I’m currently stuck at a part and I have a bit to go, but at least I’m closer to finishing.

So for those playing along at home, that’s two unfinished games.

Enchanted Arms
So just when I think it’s just some action games to get through…an rpg. And a Japanese one at that. I just picked this up but haven’t been able to start it yet. But it should be pretty good, and substantial in length. Not much to say as of yet, as I haven’t started this journey.

So that’s three games for the 360 I’m going to be having to complete. Thankfully there’s a lot of game, since it looks like there isn’t going to be anything coming out in the next month I’m too excited for.

As for my DS, well, it’s been sitting pretty idle these past couple of weeks. I picked up Trauma Center, but it’s not a particularly good for the T so I have really only played it when traveling to St. Louis. Other than that, I’m kind of waiting for some games to finally be released state-side to jump on. It also seems that a lot of the DS games I’m waiting on are all coming out in October. Looks like the month of my birth will be fun.

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Wow, this is a really video heavy posting day. But when work requirres me to do a lot of installing and waiting for them to finish, it’s to be expected.

Anyway, this one is for the game, Blue Dragon, due out some time in the next year for the XBox 360. Here’s the demo video that was shown at E3:

Now what I’m most impressed with is the music. Sure the graphics look awesome. And the character design grows on me more and more as I see it. But the music. This is looking like it will be a complete package Japanese RPG. For the XBox 360 no less. It’s just too good. Man, this system is really looking to be a worthwhile one. Much more so than the previous incarnation.

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So this is why I will continue to wake up butt-early to get to work. Simply put, the amount of video gaming I want to do in the next year requires that I find time to play all of my ds games that won’t conflict with my XBox 360 (and eventually Wii) time. (Plus there’s that whole girlfriend, friends, and family thing) See that list? It’s huge.

And the best part?

The announced RPG’s. Seriously. I’m going to be playing RPG’s on the train possibly through the entire release of the next version of Office (not 2007). Square, Nameco, hell, even Konami is making an RPG for the thing. Plus there are rumors that Earthbound will be coming to the DS; which is awesome because I didn’t play it when it was on the SNES. Oh man. Oh man.

Hello, my name is Stan. I’m a DS fanboy.

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This is an awesome site. It explains very well why I left WoW for a second time. I shouldn’t have even started back up.

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So after years of being strong, I gave in and bought a Playstation 2. Mind you, I bought a used one, with a 60 dollar trade in for my XBox (original). Still, I bought one. What was my ultimate reason? I wanted to play Dragon Warrior 8. Seriously. With the summer video game lull in full affect (nothing interesting is coming out till the very end of July), I gave into my RPG cravings.

So what do I think of it so far? To be honest, I’m not totally impressed right now. It’s kind of sad, because I have high hopes. It’s just not totally sitting right. Mainly, I’m taking issue with what Sqaure-Enix feels is appropriate for difficulty in the game. There seems to be no correlation between the bosses and the random enemies. Right now, I see no reason for having bosses that are so much more powerful. I wouldn’t mind if I were further in the game, but I’m already finding myself doing more grinding than I want to be doing. At least in the first 6 hours of the game.

It is also possible I just haven’t played a J-RPG in a long time, but something just seems not as good with this one. *Shrugs* I guess I’ll figure it out as time goes along.

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