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So I have been following the blogs of those of you who have been playing the beta tests for FFXIV and I really like what I'm hearing. I missed out on FFXI because I was broke and didn't have internet back then. I have never played an MMO before but with some of the mostly good expirences I have had playing Borderlands 2 online I kind of have an idea of what to expect. I haven't been getting the most out of my subcription to Gamefly so moving that money over to a subscrition for FFXIV seems like an obvious fix. In other words when this thing comes out for real I do beleive I will have to take the dive. Despite all the shit I talk about modern Final Fantasy games I'm desperate for a good FF fix, lol. In the meantime I'll be keeping up with ya'lls impressions and opinions on what could be my last hope for a good Final Fantasy game.

 I have had some Borderlands blogs on the back burner covering weapons and character classes that I will eventually put out. But today I thought it might be cool to offer up some tricks that could be handy for new & semi-veteran players.

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I was thrilled to find out that Namco Bandai  will be releasing a Tales of Symphonia HD collection. It includes the original  game and the sequal Dawn of a New World. It will have the original Japanese voice tracks for both games along with skits and bonus content that were part of the Japanese PS2 version that never made it to the states. The bad news is it won't be out till the first quarter of 2014. But with Tales of Xillia just a month away that could be a good thing.

So I figure most have heard that Microsoft has finaly figured out that there current strategy with the Xbone was doomed and gave up their used games and internet policies. I did not hear anything about the mandatory kinect issue though. So on the one hand this is good for Microsoft and the most hardcore Xbox fans. But the rub is I personaly have never liked their buisness practices and I think their hardware is junk. And even if I had been a fan of their consoles up to this point, the fact that they WERE going to do this would keep me from buying one as a matter of principle. The damage is done, they have shown their true colors and there is no going back.

So I'm sure I will be getting a lot of comments about all the great JRPG's that have retained the classic standard for combat on the DS and PS handhelds. But I personally thinks its BS that these games are not being supported on the console plugged into my TV. And yes this "rant" is aimed at FF15 more or less. I suppose that after 13 years I should accept the fact that this series is dead and over. The overly effeminent, feathered haired, glam-goth protagonists really don't appeal to me. But more than anything was seeing that they are not even trying to stay within the genre that gave birth to these games. 

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Yeah I guesse that title was kind of a strange combo but they are the topics for this blog. So first I got some interesting new tid bits about Borderlands 2 DLC. As we all know the final season pass campaign is titled Tina Tina's Assault on Dragons Keep and it will be letting the player play through the events of Tiny Tina's Bunkers and Baddasses game. Tina will be the dungeon master narrating the events along with Lilth, Mordicai, and Brick who are playing the game. Like the other installments there will be some fun knew unique weapons and gear that go along with the theme. Like a gun that shoots exploding swords, grenade mods that behave like magic spells ( your charaters will yell out spell names when chunking the nades) and guns that regenerate amo.

Ray Manzarek co-founder and Keyboardist of The Doors passed away monday, he was 74. His unique style allowed them to forego a bass player and added boogy woogy, jazz , and blues influences to their sound. He later went on to produce the progressive punk band X and wrote several  books about his expiriences with the Doors.