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    Volition Dev Vs. Pre-Owned Games

    I too loved Saints Row 2. Bought it used and played through it 3x. Based on my previous experience, I pre-ordered Saints Row 3. I felt Saints Row 3 was not a substantial improvement over Saints Row 2 and I paid 2x as much for it. After that, I swore off buying any game new. The problem is...
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    Volition Dev Vs. Pre-Owned Games

    As long as the video game industry's philosophy is "make bigger, more expensive games and then figure out how to turn a profit" it will fall apart. Devs are getting like dinosaurs, bigger and dumber. The 2nd video game crash is coming.
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    Help me resolve my deep-seated Final Fantasy problems

    my 2 cents FFVI (SNES FFIII) - Excellent choice if you can get past the 16-bit graphics. I've never played the remakes so someone else will have to weigh in on whether they're a better or worse choice FFVII - I must agree with everyone who said that FFVII hasn't aged well. Great game, but...
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    Zero Punctuation: Bayonetta

    How Yahtzee continually keeps these feeling fresh and original blows my mind. Speaking of other things I can't fathom; I can't figure out why I dislike Bayonetta's appearance so much. It's not just the legs, the whole character looks odd, and I generally like odd which makes it that much more...
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    236: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

    It seems to me that there is the growing thought that stories = anecdotes. It is true that an anecdote is a type of story, but I don't think anecdotes can replace the level of development and characterizations achieved in books, movies, theater, etc. In an anecdote, where's the mystery? The...