Problem:
I have spring break this week.

I'm grounded from my car, stranded at my Mom's because its her year and to top it off, all of my friends over here don't have break til next week.

sucky huh?

The good news:
I have a PS2. not to mention a bunch of PS2 & PS1 games that I have beaten like a red-headed step child.

Your part:
Videogames are my only way to stay sane. Over the past 5 years I've beaten Xenogears, FFVII, FFVIII, both Lunar games, Wild Arms 1 & 2, FFT, Suikoden 1 & 2, Alundra 1 & 2, Summoner, SagaFrontier I & II, and Chronocross.

Reviews praise FFIX, but friends say it sucks. Anyway, I have like 70ish bucks. I can get one game. What should i get? On PS1 or 2, I'm not a big graphics whore.

-Brad
If any other readers have any ideas - B_Ranko@yahoo.com

Cheshire Catalyst:
FFIX isn't too bad. It's a distinctly average (Oxymoron? YOU be the judge!) game produced by Square. It's an enjoyable game, graphics are well-detailed and the music is fairly well done. The plot is standard Final Fantasy fare. (Evil empire wants to take over the world...and stuff.)

Front Mission 3 is a nice long, cheap TRPG for the Playstation. Valkrie Profile is a fan favorite. Vagrant Story is loved by some, and reviled by others. Basically, if you want to play it safe - get FFIX. You know what you're getting. If you want to take a chance on something different, take a shot at VP or VH.

And as a side note, yes. It does suck. All of my friends get out for Spring Break two weeks before me. Sucks.

Cheshire Catalyst:
When I signed on to work here, I expected some odd questions. One of the oddest questions that I regularly recieve is (like this one and the one above) "I have money! What should I spend it on?" I understand and sympathize with your desire not to blow it on some non-l33t game, but in the end, a lot of this just boils down to personal preference. In short, take anything I say with a grain of salt remembering that it's just some guy's moderatly educated opinion.

Disclaimer out of the way, here's tbe lowdown. DC games are still very much in the $45-$50 range. I bought a used dreamcast, saving me mucho dinero. I believe Sega is still producing DC's w/o the Smash pack included. If you want a good RPG, pick up Skies of Arcadia or Shenmue. Any ISP, in theory, SHOULD work with your Dreamcast.(Modem or Broadband) AOL doesn't seem to work, neither does Netzero (a popular "free" ISP).
http://www.sega.com/sega/index.jhtml
Any more specific technical questions? Ask the Sega boyz themselves.

Cheshire Catalyst:
1. Yeah, sadly, it does. George Lucas, what's wrong with your head? The Ewoks, I could let them slide. But Jar-Jar Binks? Really. What the HELL is wrong with you. Not only was he annoying as hell, but you managed to insult about seven different ethnic groups just by creating him. Get ready for Star Wars Episode 2, kids! It's where Lucas will try to even things out. Featuring a lame, line-dancing, bow-tie wearing, uptight alien! It's name? Honky McCracker! Xenosaga, if you know what's good for you, watch and learn.
2. You just need to practice more. "Got better at piano!"
3. Toonami, what hast thou wrought upon the world. Fair warning, keep an eye out for Dragonball (yes, the original series) and a couple more Gundam series to make their way to a toonami near you. Yeah, boyyyyyyyy.
4. It is to laugh! The joke is on YOU, gentle reader. "The Big O!" IS Japanese Animation. It was made by the same guy that made "Serial Experiments: Lain". Though, I'll admit, the whole thing just smacks of "Bruce Timm" artwork. (Ie: The guy who did the animated Batman and Superman series). It should be noted that Toonami never claimed to be "Anime-Exclusive", just the fact that it's made up entirely of "action cartoons" Speaking of which, Toonami is also going to get 26 episodes of the latest DC comics cartoon "JLA". Sounds cool...
5. Yeah. Heero, Trowa, and Wufei are all the same person with different hair. Here's the joke, folks. Gundam Wing's original target audience was 12-year-old girls. Why else do you think that the heroes are all bishounen boys with slight homosexual characteristics? Hell, look at the theme song! Just Communication
6. FYI, the most common romanization is "Quatre". Paying homage to the fact that his name means, "4".
7. For God's sake, JimMesaana! They're Engineers, not plastic surgeons! They canna hold much longa!
8. Before the rabid Sailor Moon fans attack you, Fish Eye is a "he". So's Zoicite. And, yes, the SuperS season is terrible. (Largely because Rini/Chibi-Usa is the focus, me thinks)
9. The leprechaun in my dreams tells me to burn things.

Seeing as how Xenogears had a fan-base consisted of people who didn't like it ("them") and people who worship it on a mini-alter (Me and Xenochick at the least,) I feel it would be appropriate to invade Namco's USA HQ and hold them hostage, force them to begin translation of Xenosaga NOW, and make them not work on the next Tekken installment. Because XenoFanatics want faster text speeds damn it!

-Radrisol (no, i am not intaking any misc. illegal substances)-

Cheshire Catalyst:

-PEN PEN

Why, oh why haven't we seen any "Command" jokes lately? Please, kick this dead horse and do something wacky and funny!

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