PixlBit

Dragon Quest VIII, hands down. It is a magnificent RPG set in a wonderfully rendered world.

Viewtiful Joe is a great game as well, but I like the Gamecube version better.

I think laws and public backlash have curtailed food/snack based promotions aimed at kids somewhat.

I have played a few versions of Track and Field (Atari 8-bit, NES, and arcade). You really needed a Trak-Ball controller to play games like this and Activision Decathlon, since "running" required you to wiggle a joystick back and forth. But the home version of the Atari Trak-Ball controller had a "cheat" switch which broke both of these games and turned you into the video game equivalent of Usain Bolt. :)

I actually liked Other M. Although the execution was off, I'd rather have Metroid as a third-person game than as a first-person game. The Prime series had to neuter a lot of Metroid's classic power-ups to make them work in first person.

LOL, I remember Ecto-Cooler, and all those Ghostbusters toys with slime. Funny thing is, though, I never really cared much for Ghostbusters. It had a good cast, and Sigourney Weaver is my favorite movie actress (Katey Sagal is my favorite on TV), but I just could never get into it. All the furor over the remake never really registered with me other than the ridiculousness of it all.

The nearest Yogurtland to me is in Washington, PA. I live in Baltimore, and there appear to be no Yogurtlands in MD. That's a two hour drive. :(

I have Setsuna, and it is a nice game.I haven't gotten 7th Dragon yet, but I would like to do so. When Sega is good, they're awesome.

I doubt that will actually happen. i can't see VR being much more than a niche myself. I've seen a lot of gimmicks come and go in gaming, and it seems like people always return to flat screens and standard controllers. I think you're safe for some time to come.

Congratulations on 20 years in video game journalism, and making it this long at a time when journalism as a whole is getting hollowed out. You probably understand pretty well that it's not just gaming media that's getting its collective lunch eaten. :) I think you were one of my first friends on 1UP. And it's been almost 10 years now. Time flies, eh?

That game is brutal and punishing as hell, but I still loved it anyway, and still do. It singlehandedly turned me onto tactical RPGs.

Oh, not to jump too far ahead, but in Chapter 3, in a location called Yuguo Woods on PS1 (not sure what it's called on PSP, with the better translation, but I think it's probably something to do with Yggdrasil), make sure you do two or three separate save files before you move on. That's a good idea before going into any castle in this game, BTW, because it is entirely possible to get stuck in an unwinnable situation in this game.