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It's only half way done. There's some whoppers coming in my next blog I assure you.

I love home. Honestly some of my best vacations were staycations, but I did love the last cruise I was on

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I've been hesitating on playing VLR, but having just finished 999 I can say with absolute certainty that I will be picking this game up! I didn't really enjoy the gameplay in 999 and thought the writing needed work, but the plot itself and the way it unfolded more than make up for what was lacking. 

LOL, yes, I am very happy with Etrian Odyssey IV (which I pre-ordered and paid for in full as soon as it was available) as well as the other games I've been playing recently which are 999 and Fire Emblem Awakening. Also, since all of them are Japanese in origin, I suppose I am somewhat of a Japanophile, although I love plenty of western games too like Dishonored and Halo.

This was actually the first Metroid game I ever beat. It's got issues for sure, but I do like it quite a bit, and I love the music that plays while you're in the central tunnel (the one with the lava that lowers as you kill off the metroid bosses.)

You know, I almost picked this up then put it back on the shelf based on reviews. I may give it a shot after all.

If my gesture for Silicon Knights would be a sigh, Sega's would be a facepalm.

Lunar 2 needs more love. I have no idea why more versions of Lunar 1 exist that 2 considering how much more polished the second game was. 

One thing I've never seen done as well in other games (that I've personally played mind you) is the level of charm they pulled off in the Lunar series. I wouldn't say I fell in love with any of the characters in any of the games, but I honestly enjoyed spending time with them and found them endearing. I could honestly say the same about the story itself, the gameplay mechanics, everything about the game could best be described as charming. The games really offer nothing radically new or innovative or groundbreaking (again, in my experience, since I'm sure someone experienced some of these things for the first time with Lunar) but they did make me smile an awful lot, and I absolutely enjoyed my time with them.

If they do make another Lunar game, I hope they realize that's what made the game great, and they don't really try to push things too far. Do they need to update the game mechanics, graphics, story, etc? Absolutely. Should they try new things? Sure! But if this ever happens, and I'm not sure it will, I hope they don't ever push Lunar out of it's comfort zone, since that's what made it work for me.