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GTA IV isn't that great, but it was ok at the time. However, one of the funniest parts of all those games happened to me once when I was on a rampage and killing people and the cops were chasing me and Nico (I think that's the main character's name) shouts out "But I didn't do ANYTHING!"  I still crack up about that, and it's funny cause my brother was there too and we sometimes reminisce about it. 

I can't really concentrate on movies or TV, but if I could I would watch daredevil, etc.  Daredevil is one of my favorite marvel characters, and I grew up reading the comics. 

your kids better learn that book or you're gonna have to lay the smack down! 

I'm playing Wasteland 2 and Banner Saga mostly. 

hey man, nice to hear from you! But six kids, wow!  You're a lucky man.  Big families are the best.  My parents had four kids, so I have three siblings, which is nice. 

I'm also very excited for the DQ re-releases.  Never played VII, and VIII is one of my favorites, but I never beat the last boss. 

You know, BaD is coming up.  You could at least do..."CaD" -- comment a day.   

That would be great. I saw they are letting some more people into the beta. Still just the xbone though.  

It would be nostalgic for me to play a game set in Nyc.  

I love fft and tactics ogre. I can play those games endlessly.  They just don't make games like that anymore.  Glad u r finally enjoying them.  

I will say that though Wiki is a good place to get ideas on where to investigate, there's nothing like old fashioned nonfiction history books.  Since I was researching on the time after the civil war up to WW1, I read a bunch, and it was really nice.  

I'll bet a lot is left out.  But oh well.  I heard those games aren't bad.  I played my share of Pirates! 
Why are you studying the 17th century? 

That Maui Mallard game looks interesting.  I never knew they releases a Pinnochio game.  I'm gonna have to check that out.  

JRPG's might not have been the pinnacle, but they were obviously a pinnacle. I didn't consider adventure games, but for my money, I've always enjoyed the epic nature of the JRPG. But I've always leaned more towards "epic" storytelling than stuff that's more brief.  

But you have to admit, story was such a secondary thing back then compared to now.  Every game has a "story" now, with cut scenes and whatnot whereas back then -- especially for the 16 bit era, that was not the case. Sure, that's the nature of tech, but it is what it is. I think my main point though, that storytelling in those PSONE games -- predominantly great -- has just kind of devolved in JRPG's now. 

I don't complain about the genre as much as some people do, but I do have to admit that it isn't what it used to be....

I understand, Cary.  I can see why those SNES titles are so important.