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We've recently been playing Devil May Cry 4, which got me back into playing Devil May Cry 3.

You see, Xeno, with his shiny black colossus that he theoretically got to play MGS4 and then promptly ignored it, can play DMC4. See, I don't have an XBOX or a PS3, and don't feel like getting the PC version (DMC is the epitome of a CONSOLE game) so I'm stuck with my older DMC3SE. You know what, though? I don't mind.

I do want to start off by saying that I'm not really saying this would be a good idea. But the idea of being able to beat the stupid out of Yoshi with Sephiroth is just too good an idea to pass up.

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Citing considerable demand, Sony has announced that they will be offering in-shirt Cross-Media Bar in a new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles. The feature would, for the first time, allow people to access the cross-media bar while they are wearing a shirt. Currently using the Cross-Media Bar requires gamers to don a kimono. Sony has not yet set a timeline for when this feature will be available.

Sony remained silent when asked if they would also offer in-blouse and in-hoodie Cross-Media Bar support.

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I've been watching Rise of the Video Game on Discovery channel. It's somewhat interesting to see what they say and what they show.

In the second episode, they mention that "the era of the mustached plumber is over," talking about how Mario has become passé and "more realistic" games like Grand Theft Auto 3, Halo, The Godfather and the like have taken over.

So while picking up my copy of The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass from GameStop (a place I'm beginning to really despise) I noticed the Final Fantasy I and II remakes for PSP. I checked the back of the case and noticed that one of the features was "same great gameplay!"

For those that played the originals, one of the greatest features of the GameBoy Advance remake was that it changed the gameplay into something that can be considered fun today as opposed to when they were released.

Yeah, I loved Final Fantasy when I played it on the original NES, but let's be honest - the gameplay isn't up to today's standards. No, it's not that it's "too hard" as much as it's "too random" and involves too much grinding for levels. Especially Final Fantasy II, if they kept the original growth rates.

The release dates of some games I want to get:

August 28th

Metroid Prime 3

October 3rd

Final Fantasy Tactics: War of Lions

October 10th

The Orange Box (Half-Life 2)

October 23rd

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney 3: Trials and Tribulations

2008 February 10th

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Some quotes from Suleiman in Age of Empires III.

• It is a fine explorer that feeds his people! But beware the chokecherries. (Sule0294.mp3)
• Remember: Small keys unlock big doors. And cannon. Cannon work also. (Sule0303.mpg)
• Exotic food for my new colony! Did I warn you about chokecherries? (Sule0308.mp3)

The MP3s listed are found in the "Sound\Chats" folder inside the Age of Empire III install, in case you want to play them directly. (O

So I finally got Final Fantasy XII.

So far, I'm up to Episode 3 in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

I recently got Supreme Commander and have proven, several times, that despite meeting the minimum requires, my computer really can't play the game. (Among other things, it's crashed half the time I've tried to play it, and one of the only games that didn't crash fell to below 1 FPS when I was attacking the enemies main base.)

So, since I can't actually play the game, I can't exactly create a review for it. Instead, I'm going to compare it to Total Annihilation, since Supreme Commander is TA's "spiritual successor."

First off, unit types. TA had four unit types: KBots, vehicles (tanks), airplanes, and ships. (This was later expanded to include hovercraft.) SC simplifies this to three: land, air, and water. While there are no units called kbots, all three factions have large walking robots (excluding the Commander, of course). So there's a smaller collection of units to contend with, and most units take on roles similar to TA: anti-air, anti-land, anti-water, anti-base, and others.

Anyone else see the new Pepsi pinball ad and think "Katamari Peh-eppp-siii, ii, iiI, ba ba, baaa ba baba ba baaa ba, ba ba ba ba, baa ba, bum ba baba ba, bum baba ba!..."

...Anyone?