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by Imperial Knight
Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:42 am
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: Localization: Was WD too free with EB?
Replies: 27
Views: 55860

I can't comment too specifically since I haven't played the Sega CD version (on account of never having owned a Sega CD). For what it's worth, while I consider much criticism of WD in general to be overblown, I do tend to agree with the criticism of their use of real world references. While I don't ...
by Imperial Knight
Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:30 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy VII
Replies: 49
Views: 53487

Thanks for the scans, G1. Looks like I'd forgotten that Shadow was in the demo as well. I did have this nagging sense that I'd forgotten a character. I remember my anticipation for an N64 Final Fantasy game, and my later shock when the news broke that Square was jumping ship to the PlayStation. It's...
by Imperial Knight
Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:30 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Grandia III
Replies: 7
Views: 9837

I'll probably pick it up eventually, but perhaps not until a price drop. I did enjoy previous Grandia games, so I figure I'll want to give it a shot at some point, but for now I still have quite a backlog to work through.
by Imperial Knight
Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:58 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy VII
Replies: 49
Views: 53487

Yeah, I remember when those screens came out and they were touted as being from "Square's new Final Fantasy game for the Ultra 64." One thing I didn't realize back when I first saw them was that they used characters from Final Fantasy VI (aka FFIII) (I recall both Locke and Celes being used, I can't...
by Imperial Knight
Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:02 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy VII
Replies: 49
Views: 53487

I dunno, my brother keeps IMing me about some redone version of FFVII being made, I keep telling him it's a FPS with Vincent but he says otherwise. He may have seen something about the PS3 Final Fantasy VII tech demo. It has led to some confusion among people, with many thinking that this is footag...
by Imperial Knight
Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:20 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Dragon Quest VIII
Replies: 31
Views: 35473

I played the Dragon Quest VIII demo and came away with mixed feelings about the game. On the one hand, I really liked the way the developers handled the world map. Because it was done to scale and was largely open ended (i.e. it did not constrain the player to a largely linear path) the sense of exp...
by Imperial Knight
Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:24 am
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Lunar 2 EBC Japanese PSX Guide $15
Replies: 13
Views: 11768

localflick wrote:Odd sidenote, I just found out that Zach Meston, one of the authors of the Sega CD EB guide, works at Atlus now.


Yeah, I noticed his name on their Yggdra Union press release alongside Gail Salamanca's. BTW, he also authored the PSX guides for both Lunar games.
by Imperial Knight
Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:31 am
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Lunar 2 EBC Japanese PSX Guide $15
Replies: 13
Views: 11768

My understanding is that the high price of the American Lunar 2 strategy guide has to do with its rarity. I seem recall Zach Meston (the author) once stating that only a few thousand were ever made. The issue was that the guide came out so late (well after the release of the game) that retailers did...
by Imperial Knight
Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:14 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Olympics
Replies: 9
Views: 10336

I didn't even realize that Olympics were about to be played (or where they would be held) until last week. I suppose I should've realized they would be held because they were due this year.
by Imperial Knight
Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:32 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Getting a job after college
Replies: 30
Views: 27736

Well, I'll be graduating at the end of this semester, but I can't say much about the whole issue of getting a job because I've decided to go to grad school. While the process of applying has its own stresses and whatnot, it's different enough from looking for a job that they can't be considered the ...
by Imperial Knight
Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:48 pm
Forum: Lunar: Silver Star Story (Complete)
Topic: Dyne and Althena (Spoilers)
Replies: 87
Views: 83009

As Alun said, it may be that the scene was rewritten after the guide was made. There are several screenshots in the guide that include different dialogue than what's found in the game itself. What might be interesting would be to know if there's anything suggesting that in the Japanese version of SS...
by Imperial Knight
Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:20 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy VII
Replies: 49
Views: 53487

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children isn't a game; it's a movie. Were you thinking of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII?
by Imperial Knight
Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:12 am
Forum: Polls
Topic: Mississippi/Mississippians
Replies: 31
Views: 38800

Though I'm not from Massachusetts, most of my extended family is, so it annoys me when I hear people (especially politicians) say that people from Massachusetts "aren't really Americans" or things to that effect. Why would anyone say people from Massachusetts aren't Americans? I've never heard that...
by Imperial Knight
Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:34 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Science fair
Replies: 15
Views: 15793

I don't think anyone was condemning you. It's just that projects involving human subjects are really hard to properly pull off. Even something as seemingly simple as a survey requires a lot of knowledge and effort to get unbiased results. It would be more realistic to try something else.
by Imperial Knight
Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:05 am
Forum: Polls
Topic: Mississippi/Mississippians
Replies: 31
Views: 38800

People from every region have their biases. This means that just about every region has some (largely unfair) label attached to it, not just the South. Though I'm not from Massachusetts, most of my extended family is, so it annoys me when I hear people (especially politicians) say that people from M...
by Imperial Knight
Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:07 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: I'm dumbfounded...
Replies: 8
Views: 8900

Seems like it could very well be more of a publicity stunt than anything else. At any rate, it's nice (though unsurprising) to see that the judge tossed the case.
by Imperial Knight
Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:01 pm
Forum: Lunar: Silver Star Story (Complete)
Topic: Dyne and Althena (Spoilers)
Replies: 87
Views: 83009

I don't either, but I'm almost certain the SSSC guide summarizes a scene that way. Can someone check? I can't find my open copy. It may be that the scene was changed after the guide was written, if I'm remembering the guide correctly. I've got it right here. At the top of page 155 it says "As you e...
by Imperial Knight
Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:28 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Science fair
Replies: 15
Views: 15793

I suggest something about the weather like: Why do toilets fluch clockwise, while, below the equator, they flush the opposite. That's actually a myth. See here . Anyways, I agree with others that video game violence is not such a good idea for a project, largely because trying to carry out any mean...
by Imperial Knight
Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:34 am
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Science fair
Replies: 15
Views: 15793

Yeah, now that I think about it, my first post went a little too far. It certainly is possible to have a good science fair project. However, I would argue that the presence of any good science fair projects is mostly due to the individual talents of the students who carry out such projects, and I st...
by Imperial Knight
Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:53 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Science fair
Replies: 15
Views: 15793

Re: Science fair

I am looking for a decent science fair project, Unfortunately, "decent science fair project" is, for all intents and purposes, an oxymoron. Science fairs are horrible for science education for a number of reasons. They give students a really skewed version of how scientific research works, almost a...