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Square Enix Standalone TV Sword Mayhem
Sodakar writes "Square Enix announced today that they will be releasing the latest game in their popular Dragon Quest series in Japan on September 19th, for 6,980 yen (around $50). Not only are you required to swing a sword controller at the screen in order to defeat the enemy, the game doesn't require a console - the sword plugs directly into the TV via A/V cables. Here's some photos of the system, and the official news page. I'll be looking forward to a news blurb about some kid stabbing his TV."
Mom: Quit playing that game and go do your homework
Kid (using sword attached to TV): n0 w4y! SuX0r! ph34r m3!! (Kid begins swinging sword violently at mother)
Alternate scenario: mom grabs sword attached to TV and whips kid's monkey a$$ with it
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Who knows, maybe Square will throw in some lame characters and a bad love story, then retitle it "Final Fantasy XII".
sigs are dumb.
Hey, its another game system, lets put linux on that!!! I'll give you 100,000 to do it :)
Hah! That's not a sword! This is a sword!!
"That's not a knife! That's a spoon."
"Oh, I see you've played knifey spoony before"
--Like I really need to cite my source, if you don't know this one, get out...
"I cast magic missile!"
"At what?? There's nothing there!"
"At the darkness!"
Am I drunk yet?
A geek (by some amazing act of god) gets a hot chick to come home with him. They head straight for his mom's basement.
Hottie: Oooo... baby! It's so.. dark.. in here. Um, I just stepped on an action figure.
Geek: (add slupping braces lisp) Carded or loose?!? Ah shit! It was Boba Fett with the closed circle!!!
Geek takes a moment to dry to tears from his freshly taped glasses)
Hottie: [awkward silence] Sorry. Um, there's your sofa. (coyly) Maybe we could watch something romantic on TV!!!
Geek: Oh yeah!!! And I could show you my sword!!
Hottie: What the Fuck!?! You assume a lot!
Geek: No wait! Let me get it out! I'll teach you how to handle it!!!
Hottie: You sick little shit! I'm leaving.
Geek: No wait! I've got it on now! You should come play with it!!!
The amazing babe leaves, the geek and his videogame sword stand alone in silence
Geek: Fuck. So I guess she's not gonna chat with me in everquest anymore. [pause] Oh well, guess I'll jerk off now!