This is all so true. I remember finding out about DLC for certain Xbox games, such as Super Street Fighter IV and Raiden IV, where the extra data was on the disc, yet the game indicated you had to pay $1-$5 for each extra add-on already on the disc? That would be like if back when the SNES was being sold you went and bought Street Fighter II Turbo for $90 and then had the sale's clerk tell you that to get the extra characters on the game you would have to pay $5 for each character to have them unlock it on the cart. Back then I didn't know of anybody(other than rich brats) who would have put up with anything like that, yet now it's considered normal.

Dragon Warrior, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, E.V.O. Search For Eden, Star Ocean, Wonder Project J, and so forth. Enix didn't just stick to your common RPG where you had menus and went around finding enemies to level up, but instead took a more creative approach to change how you played the game. Many of their games were never seen outside of Japan, yet since being fan translated many are considered just as appealing. Since their merger though I've yet to see anything creative come out of the company. Even before the merger it still felt like Square was trying to milk all they could out of the already perfectly received gameplay and story basis used in the FF series. And then when they were being creative(like with The World Ends With You) it felt like FFVII all over again with different artwork and themes involved.

I did that with The Odyssey. All the theatrical representations made it come across as a really interesting story. After reading the book though, even if I knew the ending, it felt so much more enjoyable with all the extra back story and the fact that the final battle was described more vividly. It's amazing how much they shorten that final battle in film adaptations.

AnD WoMeN TeNd To TyPe LiKe ThIs. OMG!

VVVVVV was definitely worth buying this bundle in my opinion. Awesome game.

If the game is successful and people like it, companies sell more of the same thing. If it's not selling as well they create a variation to gather some more appeal. That's sorta how any form of product marketing works.

Maybe the southeast coast is different, but where I live you don't have all night diners because they don't feel like being robbed. The only 24-hour store for food here is a Wal-Mart, which after 12:00 A.M. isn't exactly a place you want to be visiting. I do agree though -- what is stopping somebody from making their own lunch? Being too lazy to go to the store and buy your regular, easily prepared ingredients to make lunch/dinner isn't exactly a good excuse.

This is how Battletoads came about. *nods*

I've actually read a lot of these labels mentioned before and always laugh at how stupid every warning can be. The funniest ones to me are when the warning label is placed in such a way that you break the warning it says not to do. Such as when a product says "DO NOT TURN UPSIDE DOWN" yet the warning is on the bottom. Supreme logic at work, or poor warning placement.

Maniac Mansion was always a fun adventure/mystery game for me when I was little. It's more fun when you have multiple people pointing out objects and giving suggestions on what to do with them. The second game, Day of the Tentacle was a bit more adventure-like, but it was also a bit harder.

Some areas I've been to feel just like walking into a scene from Shadowgate. I'd say it can still be pretty scary.

They said, "God would be providing such natural pressures." -- I said, "Eureka! So, you agree -- Evolution exists, and may be the very tool your God used to make the variety of species, and that He was smart enough to give his creatures adaptability so they could survive environmental changes!"

That is kinda the idea behind I.D. If all the variants for survival are already in the species' genetic coding they would adapt to their surroundings to survive based on what they're eating, what sort of terrain they have to deal with, what climate it is, etc. and the offspring eventually take on those qualities. It's like breeding dogs and cats for their specific traits or growing crops to gain a different flavor or quality to them. It's not like saying a frog will evolve into a bird or something.

I believe the main complaint the fundamentalists have is that evolution teaches that everything came from a theory that says the world started from a single cell that advanced its lifecycle to become more and more creatures until humans eventually came about. It is a theory, but so is I.D. according to many people as well. Better things could be done if people would stop trying to argue over where we came from or how all the different species were formed during the big bang or whichever idea is popular now.

Generally will fix whatever anti-piracy gimmicks they impliment. The same thing was done to Chrono Trigger on the DS where when you made it to the first time warp it would repeat that scene infinitely. As soon as somebody found out the trigger for what makes it repeat that they released the cheat codes to put onto your cart and you could play the game just fine.

I personally wouldn't "give" a four year old a computer. They should learn to use one at an early age as it helps with advancing into how to properly use it, but you wouldn't want to get them into a bad habit of never getting up and going places. Myself, I didn't actually get to use computers till I was around six because a friend had a 486 with DOS running on it. We used to play some games on it, and in most cases we fooled around with ZZT to try creating our own games. Relating to the post, I would install apps and games that allow creation and modifcation of what is on screen. Such as Roller Coaster Tycoon or something like Lego Creator(because sometimes REAL Legos are just too expensive.)