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Hey Zoltan, let me know which of those boss themes you aren't doing. I wanted to try a XG theme for BA3

the price on XB has halved recently; ebay copies are going for 50-60 bucks. The gamestop near me even has a copy that has remained untouched for several weeks. Re: Last Story, I think I'll probably still try it. But Pandora's Tower ( I still haven't played past the first dungeon) so far is a total joke. I'll put another 1-2 hours in it, but I'm not confident.

For all those Baltimore Based OCR folk: I'd go if it wasn't on a Thursday night. Too long of a drive for me.

My favorite variation is to throw myself at the ground, literally take my feet off the ground for the entire descent. It's probably not good for my shoulders or wrists.

Alright, I think I can do that. I played through the first dungeon already and it hasn't changed my opinion, but I'll give it 2 more. If not, I'm stuffing Pandora back in her box!

It is only when you don't really fit in pants anymore that you can wear them and have DA enjoy them.

So, I bought this game yesterday, and I've never been more turned off to a game in the first 30 seconds. I'm wondering if someone can open my mind to a reason why thousands of people petitioned to get it over to the US (or if it was just tacked on to Xenoblade). Like, I didn't know you could make games with plots that shallow anymore. The opening sequence didn't even have sound - it was just ripped off classical music while something blew up and three people ran away. You learn absolutely nothing about anyone or anything in the one minute sequence. Is this game going to get better, or is it just a poorly crafted hack-and-slash in which the core narrative conflict is that this chick is a vegetarian?

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Last week's parkour playground:

Nice to know that there are others that feel similarly. I just can't grind anymore...I want an awesome story, and I want getting through it to be fun. I just finished Assassin's Creed 3 at like 40% complete - but it feels 100% complete for me and I loved the game. There's no way I'm going to go around picking up small trinkets and stuff. I find myself unwilling to do things like beat Emerald Weapon, etc, though I still definitely replay the oldies.

So, um, I should probably delete the 12 Amazon profiles I just created?

Happah baddah!

There's gonna be tin whistle.

I actually practice parkour on playgrounds all the time. They're great.

Woo woo! I'm having crazy fun with Sir Jordanius on this track.

He's right - I had to throw away my spit swab after the recording session.

As a clarinet and sax player, I was really interested in this until I saw the bit about being charged $60/year to rehearse with no concert schedule to speak of yet (except the caveat of two per year). I love playing, and I love video game music, but getting charged to drive to Rockville once a week with nothing to show for it is a lot to ask musicians. All the community band/orchestras I've ever been in derive their funds from the community supporting them, not the artists who are already volunteering their time and talent to make the community better. I might consider submitting an arrangement, though. Gripes aside, best of luck with the group. I hope to catch a concert.

After struggling through tonal center exercises for the last 30 minutes on saxophone, I needed this

I had no clue about this place until like 2011. I typed "Nobuo Uematsu" into Last.FM and a couple of OCR people came up. When I dug deeper, I found the site and joined the forums in 2012.

Unrelated, but my 8-year-old self named the main character STIFFY in this game because I thought it was funny.

Thanks guys The VO clients have all been through a freelancing website; I was hoping to pull business independently like a real VO artist, but so far I've had no luck. Marketing is annoying

Small world! If he graduated in 04, then I probably never met him. I was a sophomore at the time and didn't take on any upper classmen because I wanted a group that would solidify for four years. The band is still there, too, though I'm not in contact with any of the members. Edit: I just realized that I started the band in the fall of 04, and if he's an 04 grad he graduated in May, so he never would have heard of it.