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FINALLY updated. sorry, guys.

dhsu - Vagrant Story sounds very interesting. i really enjoyed the storyline of other Ivalice-based games, so i think that i'll give that a try on my PSP. i thought i heard about a port being released...? luhnny - played CT like seven times. loved it. not interested in playing again, though. rozo - are you talking about SD3? nick - never got into the DQ games. thought about picking them up, never got around to it. is there a specific progression that you should/need to do? or is it more like the FF games where it's a general direction instead of a direct sequel? bardic - i've played all of the FF games. wasn't as big of a fan of IX, though, mainly because of the idiocy of some of the characters. the storyline not making much sense at all - like the final few hours are insanely strange - didn't help. dhsu - i'll look into grandia II as well. malaki - i'm planning on trying tactics ogre when it comes out on PSP later this year. played XIII and really enjoyed the battle system and graphics - too bad that vanille and the kid were annoying as hell. lightning and fang were a refreshing change of pace, though, and snow wasn't as bad as he could have been. gario - Bowser's Inside Story is a jrpg? emperor - played the fire emblem series - LOVED it. i've played every single game, gotten through every battle without losing a character what i've seen of phantasy star doesn't interest me, though. as for lost odyssey, that's the 360 game with 80hrs of storyline gameplay, right? i'm just afraid to go into that one =) i've got knights in the nightmare sitting around on my flashcart for my DS, so i'll check that out too. jonnas - i should point out that while FFT is one of my favorite games, the advance versions drive me INSANE. the added element of rules per battle drive me batty, and the main character - particularly in the second one - is an imbecile. i finally got to the point where i said, "this isn't fun...why am i playing it?" i tried covenant of the plume, but i died like a hundred times in the second major battle, about an hour in. is that supposed to happen? was i missing something? hawkwing - actually, i've never played SoM. so there i've got those two SO remakes on my PSP and just never got around to playing them. i'll take a look when i get a chance...with the sound off. guro/emperor - ok, super mario RPG emulated, here i come. coop - actually, i loved DA:O, DA:O:A, and all of the DLC. can't not play bioware games. legion303 - i hated disgaea, actually. i don't like it when writers write people to be stupid. people don't act like that - where did that convention come from? it drives me bonkers. brushfire - i herd u liek mudkips whew! thanks for all the input so far, people. you all are awesome. edit: i tried playing the GBA rom of Golden Sun on my PSP's emulator, and it hard-crashes within five minutes of starting the game. so i put it down and never touched it again. not sure why it crashed so much.

so i don't like jrpgs, on the whole. i hate the ridiculous and convoluted storylines, i don't like grinding, and i don't like anime or anime-inspired cliches (15-year-old protagonists with crazy hair, every girl being 12 and cutesy and annoying, loud and overdone gasps at the dumbest things, generally terrible voice acting). however, one of my top games of all time is FFX, and i remember enjoying FFXII in college as well. so there has to be some redeeming qualities. i should note that i'm not talking about action RPGs here. i've never found a japanese-style action RPG that wasn't a mindless hack-n-slash game, so i'm saving my interest in the ARPG genre for when Hunted: Demon Forge, Dungeon Siege III, and Diablo III come out. so i'm primarily talking about traditional JRPG games, although i love strategy RPGs as well. i enjoy a complex battle system, well-developed characters that aren't one-dimensional story props, and a story that is complex without being idiodic. the better the voice acting, the more i'll like it, as well. if there's no voice acting (for the handhelds), even better. i also rarely give games more than an hour or two to capture me before i throw them away because i hate them, so there's gotta be something right there to get me in or i'll just return the game. so...any ideas? please don't just jump in here and state a thirty-item list of games - tell me WHY i would like it. i've got a 360, PS3, PSP, DS, and a computer.

i wasn't a big fan of resistance, but the uncharted games are excellent (although they got hyped up a lot since both were among paltry competition for GOTY on the ps3). GT, as a racer, is incredible - but if you don't want an ultrarealistic racer, well, of course you're not going to like it RoF got terrible reviews as being derivitave, not fun, and a mega-grind. i was under the impression that people didn't like it.

you're really trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. why not buy, say, a set of Logitech Z5500s? that supports coax, optical, 3x 1/8", and represents a set of high-quality speakers with good bass response. the woofer's got 275w on it, too, and the other five speakers bring the total to 505w. got mine two years ago for 275$ with free shipping. there's always a deal somewhere for them. if you want to do music production, and you want to use speakers, use a 2.1 setup (surround sound is a waste of time unless you're doing foley audio). but then you've gotta think about room noise and the acoustics of the space you're in. use discrete systems for discrete applications. if you're REALLY desperate about getting audiophile sound in a 5.1 setup, then you can't use pre-amplified speakers unless they've got a way to switch to passive. you'd be looking for something like the NHT M-00 monitors, but they're stupid expensive and need an expensive amp to run the way you want them to run.

it's all audio crap, and some movies. surprising, but if you're into backing up your blu-rays, that's 50gb a disc.

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i probably wouldn't want to help. could i make a big dickjoke monument right near your question-thingie?

yeah, you're allowed to be a lot more flexible with your project tracks, as i showed with LA.

i lolled...

i hear that, man. just build a new music pc and had to transfer six and a half terabytes of data from one machine to the other. i wound up just plugging a hard drive in, transferring over the internal connectors, and then physically transferring the drive over.

!!! when did this happen? i had no idea. congrats!

understood. however, there is no song without your playing. i'd understand if it was just a small part of it, and i would have had to cover with robo-guitar without you. since the song's a duet, you kind of have to get credit no matter what. it's the same as if i'd written the parts and you played them.

i might build a tweener with my dad, similar in size and design to the smaller one but with the storage down the right side and a bit more overall desk space. and a keyboard rack.

a 200$ mobo is way more than you need =) the 1366 processors are pretty much solely for people who are overclocking. there's a lot of cheaper equivalencies available for normal use.

nice. where'd you get the mounts for in the rack bays? it's awesome that they're 4U, since that's what my new computer is =) this would be a perfect music desk for what I need. just would need a keyboard tray and i'd be set. edit: holy mix-station batman!

shaggy, what desk is that with your monitors and mac and sound equipment? did it come with the racks? because it looks exactly like what i want with mine =)

see, i thought this was hilarious. best part of dod at mag every year is the one really random song with more games than it has instruments.

an update would be nice. my name's not my name, greg's married, and several other names on there need to be shifted around.

for those who didn't see the build pictures from bobby's machine, check them out at the thread: here. in more recent news, i just got the payment for a computer for greg michalec (sole signal). we'll be using the brand-new Sandy Bridge processors for his system, which is primarily a music and video editing machine. i'm also talking with josh whelchel of indie music fame to build two systems - a primary DAW with 4tb of storage and a monster processor, and a server box with 6.5tb of storage. it's still in the works, but promises to be pretty awesome =)

uh, who is that? reviewers? itt it's cool to trash squeenix

ben, i had no idea that was you on the other side of the phone =) good to know. would have been cool to talk to you. next year, man!

you know that page 3 has about fifteen pictures on it, right?

all of the new updates - particularly to spiders - appear to have really changed the gameplay. my houue is likely infested =( so i'm probably not going to be living there anymore.

...which one?