Have you ever seen "Tru Calling"? It's so bad that anyone involved with it should die a long slow death.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364817/
And that's an awful picture.
It does have a modern feel to it, however you should brush up on your history, as Marie Antoinette has, of course, precisely bugger all to do with Victorian times.
Oh, and watch out for the All Star!
It's the story of a teenage girl who's forced to live with another family in a foreign country, and deal with problems that are above and beyond anything anyone should ask of such a young girl.
And Kirsten Dunst is a pretty great actress. I've never really understood why some people dislike her so much.
But in the second paragraph he says that NWN2 lacks storytelling and character development because of D&D, and I assume that when referring to "better alternatives" he's talking about this two specific areas. Oblivion, however is kind of lacking precisely in those two areas. It makes no sense.
Actually, FFT is a pretty superficial game compared to Tactics Ogre. In fact, it probably was designed specifically as a dumbed down Tactics Ogre to appeal to the bigger FF crowd.
The Pillows - Ride On Shooting Star
Double Nickels on the Dime is awesome.
Hey, Baley, how's your movie watching? (feel free to answer in the appropriate thread)