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Googleshng - December 1 '99- 1:30 Eastern Standard Time
Today I got a whole bunch of pictures of me. I was paticularly
amused by the Star Wars spoof one. Anyway, go check those out. I have however noticed that all
pictures of me have been of a rather abstract nature. That's not very fair. I mean, all the
other Q&A people get bright shiny anime style pictures, but I don't. It's because they gave you
pictures of themselves, isn't it. Well, I'm not about to put a picture up now while everyone's
playing guess the gender, the camp that figured wrong would just thing it was a picture of someone
else and jump down my throat. Anyway, since that whole issue seems to be dying down finally,
here's what I'll do instead. If you feel like drawing a male picture of me and need one to go by,
pretend I look like Magus from Chrono Trigger. If you feel like drawing a female picture of me
and need one to go by, pretend I look like Alys from PS4, but with green hair.
Oh, for those of you who are curious, today's polls say I'm female again. I wonder if this will
keep switching every day. 8)
Anyway, this column isn't about ME it's about RPG questions, and for a change, a lot of you have
finally remembered that it seems, so I'm looking forward to it.
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In the PSX:
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Grandia
I didn't get to play it today!
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In the Genesis:
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Phantasy Star 2
I miss farmers too.
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In the Gameboy:
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My cousin's copy of Pokemon
That's it, I'm just going to get the money.
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In the SNES:
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Pokémon
My SNES is dusty!
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In the SMS:
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Phantasy Star
Always.
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In the NES:
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Punch Out
Gathering dust.
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In the Saturn:
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Nothing
Wait, not nothing, there's air!
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In the N64:
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Smash Bros.
Nobody ever uses Yoshi...
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This question really oppened my eyes
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Hi oh wonderful Google,
I'm not going to inquire upon your gender in the hope that you will print this.
I looked at the list of theaters where Princess Mononoke is playing, and found that none were in
South Carolina (where I happen to live), so needless to say I was pretty mad. But then I noticeed
that it starts showing in an Orlando theater on the 3rd. I was glad beacause my family is going to
Orlando the day after Christmas. So now I have four questions. 1. Do you think it will still be
playing there by then? 2.What do you think the likeleyhood(can't spell) is of a widespread release
anytime soon? 3.If you don't print this, would you at least send me a reply? 4. Paper or Plastic?
Look! Up in the sky! Its a bird! Its a plane! Its a tonberry! NO! Its MALO DUENDE!!
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Googleshng:
Well, I believe the first 4 theaters showing Mononoke still have it, so it
should last that long. Also, since so many otaku have been blitzing the theaters, there's
a chance it will eventually get to everywhere. As for paper or plastic, I thought I was
the only one who called console RPGs "plastic". Anyway, I like both. 8)
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It's alive!
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Google, haven't you figured it out yet? Everyone keeps talking about the
changes made to Summons/GF's in the FF games, and the reason is obvious!
Square is making a Frankenstien-esque monster in the basement of one of
their offices! It all makes perfect sense! You have the two legs from Odin's
Horse (whose name I can't remember off hand, don't hunt me down!) and two of
Shiva's arms. What else would you do with it except make a monster? What
other well-known characters have more than likely been used in this mad
scheme? Here's a couple possibiliteis:
Final Fantasy VI:
GOGO's gender (part of which may have been given to Shiva, explaining the
*Ahem*)
SETZER's face (what else would all the scars come from?)
GAU's grammar
Final Fantasy VII:
Vincent's left hand
Hojo's sanity
The other wing from the One-Winged-Angel
Jenova's head
Barret and Dyne's Hands
Dio's clothes (which may have gone to GOGO)
Rude's hair
Palmer's intelligence (which he probably traded to survive being hit by a
truck!)
Cloud's personality
Final Fantasy VIII:
Fujin's eye (which may have gone to Odin, wasn't he supposed to have
traded one eye for wisdom or something?)
Fujin's vocabulary
Ramuh (who is GONE and replaced with what appears to be an inflatable
bird)
What could Square possibly want with all these body parts? Only time will
tell, but you'll probably know it when you see it.
--The Kamaka_Z, Future Tabloid Writer
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Googleshng:
Hehehe, that's an interesting theory. I COULD correct you
on a couple of mythological issues, but I'll let them slide this time.
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Merchandising Merchandising!
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I can't think of a suitably witty opening, so...Dear Googleshng,
I am hoping you actually asnwer this question....i asked that..uhh, guy before you, and he didnt.
oh well. I was wondering: IN a section of the RPGamer site, ythere are pictures of squalls ring, an
ff8 zippo lighter, amonsgt other stuff. Umm, where can this be procured? I think having squalls ring
would be pretty nifty, but maybe it's just me.
Chris "Theoretically, Slepinir could have 6 legs. His father was Loki, a shapeshifter, so maybe sleipnir inherited those traits. Or maybe square just screwed up" Martin
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Googleshng:
I seem to recall that also. Well, they probably have it at
Square's new online store. Check there.
Also see if they have FF8 the Flame Thrower!
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EVIL!
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You have the same name as my favorite search engine, so you HAVE to be good, Mr.
Google. (http://www.google.com.)
So anyway...
What do YOU think is the most important kind of antagonist in an RPG? The crazy kind (like
Kefka, FF6) the generic pure-evil kind (Zeromus, FF2), the bastardly-manipulative kind
(Krellian, Xenogears) or the "Let's blow up the world, 'cause I CAN." (Sephiroth, FF7).
Thanks. Hope you enjoyed my little invasion into your life.
Dell.
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Googleshng:
I rather like Kefka. Pure evil is a bit overdone,
being rational kind of rules out destroying the world. Just give me a good
old fashioned lunatic. Although, pure evil is great if well executed like in
the Phantasy Star series.
Oh yeah! This reminds me! Try searching for "More evil than Satan" on the search
engine named after me! 8)
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Flame Retardant
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Well, boycott all you want, since Sony recently announced that the U.S. price
release will be $250-200, it will be the king, once again. Also, why
boycott? The 2 ports are so insignificant, studies show that about 15% of
all gamers only use 4 controller games in a week, and 20% only play with 3.
So why waste valuable time, and space, on 2 more ports, when you can add a
cable modem and play 16 people on the internet??? I like my DreamCast fine,
but I can't WAIT till September 2, 2000.
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Googleshng:
Where did you find that price? I've been hearing $300-$400.
Anyway, at $200 I MIGHT be tempted to pick one up far down the line. It depends on
whether or not I get enough money from these strange things my boss refers to as
"pay check". Still though, lately people make a LOT of 4 player games on the N64 and
the DC, you'd think the PSX2 would want in on that.
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FF8 Spoiler Backlash (Yes, that means big spoilers)
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I have a question. How could Laguna be Squall's father if his last name is Loire and Squall's
last name is Leonhart? Unless that's Raine's last name, wouldn't that be kind of strange?
-Katie, a schoolgirl who's not Japanese
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Googleshng:
Well, that would seem odd, but there's plenty of other
stuff like that in FF8 alone. Like Rinoa! Shouldn't her last name be the same as her dad's?
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