Googleshng:
Thanks for the compliment. Anyway, the only reason I can think of for AD&D games not to contain dragons is that, well, in AD&D, Dragons are VERY VERY VERY GOOD. The only new game like that coming out to my knowledge are Neverwinter Nights, Pools of Radiance, and Baldur's Gate 2. Finally, Mime can be a very very useful class when used correctly. They're basically useless when you're relying on long ranged attacks, but for global stuff they rock. Try this some time: 2 dancers, and 3 mimes. That gives you effectively 8 dancers, plus the mimes still get to attack when their turns come along. The chances of anything being a threat after taking 8 Nameless Dances in a row is next to nothing. Granted, it's not the BEST way to play the game, but it's pretty darn fun... especially if it's all important characters. Then you can defy gender bias and have Beowulf dance and stuff. Oh, and I flat out won't print anything FFT wise tomorrow just so you know. 8)

Googleshng:
You know, since < and > are what denote HTML tags, that was a REALLY bad way to number your questions. In fact, as a general rule could you not stick < or > in letters. If you have to, use &lt; and &gt; to save me the trouble. Ooh, now THIS is some ugly source! 8)

Googleshng:
Well... I honestly wouldn't be surprised if you could find that sort of thing in the Suikoden series. Not making any cheap Gremio jokes here mind you, but with 108 characters, there's room for an awful lot. Plus I seem to recall hearing specific mention of certain characters being gay... or was that just speculation? I haven't really played'em much. Instead I'll switch focus to something I know a bit more about. When you get right down to it, most of the relationships in RPGs are pretty darn platonic. With few exceptions, most of the romantic relationships in RPGs are just a question of character X having to rescue character Y. Really gender doesn't factor into that much at all. I mean, I'm sure if Rosa was brainwashed and Kain was the one about to be executed, Cecil would still want to rescue him. Come to think of it, you do have something of a valid point. I'd also still like to see an RPG where you DON'T have to save the world. Occassionally a game comes along that starts down those lines (avenge your father, rescue someone, etc.) but invariably, by the end, this goal ends up coinciding with having to save the world. So how about it developers! I dare you to make a game where the main character has to save their significant other of the same gender WITHOUT the fate of the world hanging in the balance! 8)

Googleshng:
This letter seems to imply that I'm a fictional character, possibly run by a commitee... that's really disturbing honestly. Seriously though, between this letter and what Paws said over the weekend makes the whole What's My Gender? think seem like some political statement. It's not really... and if not for some weird glitch eating my first few columns, I'd show you this, but, well, you all started it. I just ignore it because people keep demonstrating to me how much fun they have finding evidence pointing to my gender. Some of those are pretty entertaining... especially ones that make a solid case for the wrong answer. 8) Oh, and isn't this issue long dead? What gives?

Googleshng:
That's an interesting question actually. There was a time long ago when if a game had a ton of characters, I felt obligated to keep all of them on the exact same level. Lately though I've dropped this habit and just started using my favorites of those. Also, Suikoden bothers me quite a bit since it has so many characters with so little variation. Chrono Cross doesn't seem to suffer from that. I suppose in the end it all boils down to how they implement it, but from what I've seen they leave room for an AWFUL lot of variety in any case.

Googleshng:
Listen to me when I hack people's columns to say stuff people. 8)

Google,
I have attached a screen shot of the secret Cow level from Diablo 2. Very fun to play, and also very challenging. The Moos are very funny, but don't let that fool you, cause you'll get your booty whooped with those axes. Moo.

Coydaddy

Goog,

What do you think of the political situation in FFT and how they affected the plot?

-Radrisol *evil smile*

Man, i sure wanna be like sephiroth. He is so cool... Any tips on being sephiroth-ish?

No Lieberman rants? BAH!

~ Striferoth

Straight from the cat's mouth:

Saturday - "...been away since Tuesday visintg another staff - Scarmilgion, actually."
Monday - "I'm dating the big demidemon thing in the corner."

The RPGamer rumor wheel goes round and round..

-Nova

Is your name pat?

-Xenoguy

I like politics and FFT

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