Yeah, except that Republicans had cut the security budget to the State department for years, which meant that the likelihood of an event like this increased. I mean, you don't hear people screaming out about how it was a conspiracy when all of these embassies were attacked under Obama's predecessor. It's almost like certain people have an animus against him. Hm...
Strange examples. Dune is somewhat flawed but a truly incredible movie. Among the greatest sci-fi films ever made imho.
Unless you've read the book, that is. Weirding modules? Rain? Please.
That movie looked good. That's the only part it got right. That's it. Period.
The LOTR films represents a complete and utter betrayal of the books - very few people i know who were seriously into the books approved.
I said 'watchable'. Not faithful to the original. Because it absolutely isn't.
Again, I could do a three page dissertation on what PJ got wrong. But I'm not in the mood for the karma hit.
Come on, considering Frank Herbert narrated the opening introduction to the movie, and liked it... you should give the Lynch version a lot more leeway.
Plus, how do you feel about the Dune Encyclopedia? Herbert said that what happened in those entries happened in a parallel universe. Just think of the Lynch movie happening in a parallel universe.
A handful of games does not constitute "lost". Plus, developing and publishing are two different things. Sony still has Squeenix making games for the PS3.
Unfortunately, negative news always outweighs positive news. So while Shiggy might be looking for the silver lining around the clouds, most people are going to focus on the clouds.
...wrong. The mainstream has been noticing video games for quite some time now. Hence why all these juvenile violent crimes are being blamed on video games. The Wii had nothing to do with it. Jack Thompson put video games more under the spotlight than the Wii.
Actually, both emulators now have full support for the SDD-1. ZSNES just came out with a new release yesterday or the 24th, if I'm not mistaken. There are other chips and add-ons that need to be emulated as well.
You said: "Finally, where was all the missing stuff? No mention of Final Fantasy Tactics, Crystal Chronicles or Kingdom Hearts? It's a bit hard to see how you can do a complete history of the series withot touching on these. Sure, none of them appeal to quite the same audience as the "numbered" Final Fantasy games, but Square has a habit of using them to test ideas that later appear in the main series."
First off, I'd like to point out that I did work on one of the pieces of the whole article. However, I am not a huge "fanboy" of the Final Fantasy series, in fact, I find the series from the PSX on forward to be bloated and not fun at all.
Secondly, we weren't writing it just for the typical videogame nut audience, like Nerezza has stated before. This was meant for all audiences, be they Final Fantasy fan or not.
Lastly, the missing stuff. I actually mentioned this to Nerezza, about why we were not discussing these games. This is what we decided on. One, there was not enough time to have coordinate everything to fit perfectly with in the timeframe alotted. Plus, FFT, FF:CC, and Kingdom Hearts are not technically "canon"ical. FFT doesn't, at this time, have to do with the rest of the numbered FF's. The same could be said about Crystal Chronicles. However, what the heck does Kingdom Hearts have to with Final Fantasy, other than having X characters in it? It doesn't.
It's funny just for the points outlined above. A lot of people assume that the GB games were actually part of the Final Fantasy series when, in fact, they are not.
Have you actually played those games? I have, and they are rather sub-par. And considering that Final Fantasy came after those three games, makes the case for bankruptcy even better.
To quote that article that you stated, about one of those games, King's Field, they had to say this: "It's sad to say, but this is Square's worst US release." That came one year before the release of Final Fantasy
While Rad Racer and 3-D Worldrunner were popular, they came three years before Final Fantasy was released. So it is more than possible that they were going bankrupt between 1987 and 1990.
You said: Google for "Gaia". This is exactly what ssome environmentalists say.
Isn't this the same mentality that Issac Asimov had in Foundtation's Edge and Foundation and Earth of the planet Gaia? Only that the parts were more interconnected?
Actually, you're wrong. The reason that the Final Fantasy series shyed away from Nintendo's consoles is because of the lack of storage capacity, texture memory, and etc. that the N64 had. (Squaresoft did come up with a technical demo in which the user moved the mouse around in geometric patterns to cast certain spells.)
Plus, your comments about the SNES CD are also half-wrong. The PSX (which the prototype of the Playstation was called) would have played SNES cartridges as well as Sony's own propritary discs. Nintendo then sued Sony for breach of contract and the SNES feature was scrapped. Nintendo then went on to file for an injunction barring the release of the Playstation (due once again to the breach of contract), which ultimately failed.
The SNES CD had nothing to do with the souring between Square and Nintendo. It all had to do with how "poor" the N64 performed compared to the PlayStation in Square's eyes.
Too bad the DVD was flawed with ghosting (no pun intended) and other problems with the transfer. None the less, it is a great movie that I recommend to anyone who watches anime. Music was great, Ryuichi Sakamoto composed it all.
Just so you know, the anime version is a VERY VERY pared down version of the manga which is much much much more superior version of the whole story.
It's not an Urban Legend. The guy used to live in the town I'm in now. (Waynesboro, VA) I've talked to people who had known him quite well and saw the injuries. Funny thing is, the way he was "died", couldn't have been a self-inflicting gunshot.
Actually they thought that the SMB2j too difficult for us "stupid" Americans. Same goes for why Final Fantasy Mystic Quest was released here. (It's called Final Fantasy USA in Japan)
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Except the concept of the Great Flood was adapted from the story of Gilgamesh.
Yeah, except that Republicans had cut the security budget to the State department for years, which meant that the likelihood of an event like this increased. I mean, you don't hear people screaming out about how it was a conspiracy when all of these embassies were attacked under Obama's predecessor. It's almost like certain people have an animus against him. Hm...
Strange examples. Dune is somewhat flawed but a truly incredible movie. Among the greatest sci-fi films ever made imho.
Unless you've read the book, that is. Weirding modules? Rain? Please.
That movie looked good. That's the only part it got right. That's it. Period.
The LOTR films represents a complete and utter betrayal of the books - very few people i know who were seriously into the books approved.
I said 'watchable'. Not faithful to the original. Because it absolutely isn't.
Again, I could do a three page dissertation on what PJ got wrong. But I'm not in the mood for the karma hit.
Come on, considering Frank Herbert narrated the opening introduction to the movie, and liked it... you should give the Lynch version a lot more leeway.
Plus, how do you feel about the Dune Encyclopedia? Herbert said that what happened in those entries happened in a parallel universe. Just think of the Lynch movie happening in a parallel universe.
A handful of games does not constitute "lost". Plus, developing and publishing are two different things. Sony still has Squeenix making games for the PS3.
Can you provide proof of Sony losing Squeenix to the 360?
Unfortunately, negative news always outweighs positive news. So while Shiggy might be looking for the silver lining around the clouds, most people are going to focus on the clouds.
I'm sure Jack Thompson would try to get onto the BBC or Al Jazeera if he could.
...wrong. The mainstream has been noticing video games for quite some time now. Hence why all these juvenile violent crimes are being blamed on video games. The Wii had nothing to do with it. Jack Thompson put video games more under the spotlight than the Wii.
So, we're using twice as much bandwidth right now since we don't have the whole tiered structure in place?
Actually, both emulators now have full support for the SDD-1. ZSNES just came out with a new release yesterday or the 24th, if I'm not mistaken. There are other chips and add-ons that need to be emulated as well.
I'll definitely suggest that to Nerezza. Considering Phantasy Star is awesome.
You said: "Finally, where was all the missing stuff? No mention of Final Fantasy Tactics, Crystal Chronicles or Kingdom Hearts? It's a bit hard to see how you can do a complete history of the series withot touching on these. Sure, none of them appeal to quite the same audience as the "numbered" Final Fantasy games, but Square has a habit of using them to test ideas that later appear in the main series."
First off, I'd like to point out that I did work on one of the pieces of the whole article. However, I am not a huge "fanboy" of the Final Fantasy series, in fact, I find the series from the PSX on forward to be bloated and not fun at all.
Secondly, we weren't writing it just for the typical videogame nut audience, like Nerezza has stated before. This was meant for all audiences, be they Final Fantasy fan or not.
Lastly, the missing stuff. I actually mentioned this to Nerezza, about why we were not discussing these games. This is what we decided on. One, there was not enough time to have coordinate everything to fit perfectly with in the timeframe alotted. Plus, FFT, FF:CC, and Kingdom Hearts are not technically "canon"ical. FFT doesn't, at this time, have to do with the rest of the numbered FF's. The same could be said about Crystal Chronicles. However, what the heck does Kingdom Hearts have to with Final Fantasy, other than having X characters in it? It doesn't.
It's funny just for the points outlined above. A lot of people assume that the GB games were actually part of the Final Fantasy series when, in fact, they are not.
Have you actually played those games? I have, and they are rather sub-par. And considering that Final Fantasy came after those three games, makes the case for bankruptcy even better.
To quote that article that you stated, about one of those games, King's Field, they had to say this: "It's sad to say, but this is Square's worst US release." That came one year before the release of Final Fantasy
While Rad Racer and 3-D Worldrunner were popular, they came three years before Final Fantasy was released. So it is more than possible that they were going bankrupt between 1987 and 1990.
You said: Google for "Gaia". This is exactly what ssome environmentalists say.
Isn't this the same mentality that Issac Asimov had in Foundtation's Edge and Foundation and Earth of the planet Gaia? Only that the parts were more interconnected?
Actually, it was Bandai that released the Wonderswan. Not Sony.
Stand Alone Complex is set in an alternate universe, in which the Major never met the Puppetmaster.
Actually, you're wrong. The reason that the Final Fantasy series shyed away from Nintendo's consoles is because of the lack of storage capacity, texture memory, and etc. that the N64 had. (Squaresoft did come up with a technical demo in which the user moved the mouse around in geometric patterns to cast certain spells.)
Plus, your comments about the SNES CD are also half-wrong. The PSX (which the prototype of the Playstation was called) would have played SNES cartridges as well as Sony's own propritary discs. Nintendo then sued Sony for breach of contract and the SNES feature was scrapped. Nintendo then went on to file for an injunction barring the release of the Playstation (due once again to the breach of contract), which ultimately failed.
The SNES CD had nothing to do with the souring between Square and Nintendo. It all had to do with how "poor" the N64 performed compared to the PlayStation in Square's eyes.
I just installed it this morning and it installed flawlessly over 0.9
Too bad the DVD was flawed with ghosting (no pun intended) and other problems with the transfer. None the less, it is a great movie that I recommend to anyone who watches anime. Music was great, Ryuichi Sakamoto composed it all.
Just so you know, the anime version is a VERY VERY pared down version of the manga which is much much much more superior version of the whole story.
It's not an Urban Legend. The guy used to live in the town I'm in now. (Waynesboro, VA) I've talked to people who had known him quite well and saw the injuries. Funny thing is, the way he was "died", couldn't have been a self-inflicting gunshot.
Is there any way to get Space Hulk other than Ebay? Sounds like a really good game to get into.
Im quite sure that the new Zelda game is going to be for the GameCube, not the DS.
Actually they thought that the SMB2j too difficult for us "stupid" Americans. Same goes for why Final Fantasy Mystic Quest was released here. (It's called Final Fantasy USA in Japan)
Butt load? is that like an "ass tonne"?