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Tim Schaefers is currently on call desertbus.org

Yeah, watch it too. Steven is a hella awesome dude. Only 1 hour till Schaefer.

If anyone watches the Livestream. They are just showing off the givaways/auctions. The Planescape Torment box looked hella sweet.

Speaking of PC Versions of Final Fantasy Games its always good to check out Qhimm for mods. The Mod Team Avalanche is making a complete update of VII there. (Though its a very slow process) http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?PHPSESSI...&board=15.0

The general idea behind it is not my issue with the protogaonist personality and his growth at all. To be honest though its also the part of FFVIIIs writing I have the least problems with. (though still quite a few)

I don't doubt it on that. I actually liked the overall animations already way better in Heavy Rain than in L.A Noire. I may hate his games for the writing but he the tech + "directing" of the cutscenes/sequences was always outstanding.

Wothplaying has a giveaway for the DLC on their twitter, by the way. http://twitter.com/#!/worthplaying

VIII is the best FF game, just FYI. It's the one and only thing that Volo is actually correct about. Thats really up for debate. For me its by far the worst to the point of hate.

ZTGD 7.6/10

On that note

Worthplaying 8.5/10

Having the complete opposite experience. Playing it and its beyond awesome.

Reviews GameDynamo 89% We got this covered 4/5 Destructoid 7.5/10 Saving Content 80% Plattformnation 7/10 Superiorrealities 6.9/10 Average = 77% Co-optimus, PS3attidude and Handheldheroes also reviewed scoreless. ClassicGameRoom has a video review

Finished Jurassic Park: The game. If you ever, even for a moment, loved JP, Dinosaurs or Action Movies. Play this, now!

Jurassic Park: The Game If you ever were a fan of JP. Buy this. Now. Scrap that. Buy this for all sorts of reasons. Never have seen QTE's as intense as in this game. And the death scenes are a sight to behold too if you fail.

Wow, its amazing how well Volourn knows the buisness side of things. I never knew that there is some pure rule that "820'000 just doesn't cut it for x developer in x year" exist. All those other things just aren't important compared to broad, general statements. Volourn Style!

You can't help but respect their endurance over all these years. Even if it took its toll.

I was following this thread on the codex. Its about Anthony Davis leaving from Obsidian. He himself posted in there and gave this answer to a question regarding DSIIIs success.

DS3 sets a lot of things plotrelated up for possible sequels. Lamasu's prophecy and the choice related to it beeing incredible obvious for a sequel. So I'd think they would adress all of that. I'm more interested in HOW they integrate all the different choices into a sequel as some of them are quite substantial.

Virginia still alive and kicking, I presume? What if I told you that Zane wasn't the project director of Virginia? OMG Change everything. Also kinda confusing.. Really confusing. From the Chris Avellone Interview back in August 2010 Josh Sawyer was Project Lead on F:NV Chris Avellone was on the DLCs Rich Taylor was DSIII and that leaves Zane Lyon with Virginia. Yet you suggest he isn't which would mean he was it on New York. Which in turn means that Cochey Cantus Resumee didn't really make sense as he still expected a release on Virginia. The only logical conclusion I can draw out of this is that he switched to New York later on. And he just isn't the project director on Virginia anymore. But even that: *Head explodes* Edit: Or maybe Chris Avellone was Project Director on it before he went to the DLC's? But, wasn't he already fully invested in F:NV?

Virginia still alive and kicking, I presume?

I think you have to recover your gamertag and earn them again. Why would I need to recover my GT when any other game and any other DLC achievements unlock and add to my gamer score just fine? No other game I've played does this. Yes, they do. It's a common issue when you earn achievments before they are up on xboxlive. http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/s...ad.php?t=336421

Yeah, all of THAT doesn't mean jack. (Also only a few titles are actually reaching a million within a month (which are hits by the way. This is not the standard. By far not.)) I'm not saying DSIII sold amazingly here. I'm saying it did well and I don't believe it was a flop either. We'll see anyway who's right here. Either by Square ignoring the brand or by dismissing it or by continuing the franchise. Fact is. Nobody here has Squares actual earnings of the title. Nobody knows how much they invested in it in the first place. I stated the reasons/arguments why I see these numbers in a positive light and why I don't agree with the arguments made.

It wouldn't really make sense if digital copies are included there since they are not actually "shipped". Only if every copy sold is automatically a shipped one.

About that expectation thing. In every buisness there is "expectation" and "EXPECTATION". I really have not much of an idea on the gaming industry side of things (or even how Square Enix sets it internally). But a product falling mildly under the expectation bar isn't really an uncommon thing. Furthermore. Don't forget that this is "just" 3 Months of sales/shipments. We have no idea in what timeframe the 1mil. should be reached. So, saying that it didn't reach expectations is quite far fetched in itself. We'll see in the coming months how it played out for Square and how interested they are now in continuning the franchise. Long-run sales have never meant anything in this industry, and it should be considered that the number is shipped. To actually clear out a lot of those shipped copies pretty much every retailer is offering huge discounts on Dungeon Siege III. So is Deus Ex. Both of those were overshipped (at least in the first few months). I haven't actually seen that many sales for DSIII recently so selling those seems to have went pretty well. (Compared to DX and Juli-Sept. DsIII). List price went down 10$ or so, which seems pretty normal.