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I haven't kept up with Jeremy Parish's personal writings, which is sad because he's my favorite writer in games journalism. I also have delusions of buying the book versions of his GameSpite stuff but it quickly becomes too much (I'm actually reading through the GameSpite Quarterly on the SNES right now). The Game Boy Kid Icarus, Of Myths and Monsters, is really good, by the way.

I'm playing through El Shaddai right now for Backloggers too. It's fun but very strange lol. After listening to the introductory BA podcast, I decided to take the advice of the special guest and play it on Easy and I'm glad I did. The combat feels about right. I imagine the bad guys probably have too much health on higher difficulties.

Snee pretty much summed it up about Foundation. The original Foundation trilogy is absolutely superb. I've never heard of Philip Jose Farmer though. I'll keep an eye out for his books.

I should probably make a list but I'd have a super hard time rating them on what priority to get them in. And price plays such a big role for me right now since money is tight. I picked up Alpha Protocol not long ago, which is not a "must play" game for me, but I got it for $3. I do hope I can fill out my collections in the coming year or two as the old systems are phased out.

Much better 

I hear you about lack of enthusiasm for the coming generation of consoles. The jump in graphics isn't significant enough to wow me and nothing else seems that exciting. I'm pretty happy with the current gen. Heck, I was happy with the GameCube lol

I'm off today, which is unusual for the middle of the week, and though we have errands to run that will probably take most of the afternoon, I did get a little time in with El Shaddai this morning. Fun but a strange game, that one.

Please do!

Yes, indeed! Hope you get a chance to play it 

The problem is that you might know where you're supposed to go, as in the location name, but you don't know where that is, and the map is useless. But if you use the strategy guide (and later the internet) to find out where places are, you can cut down the playtime signicantly. Otherwise it's really not too difficult.

I want to play an Elder Scrolls game eventually, even if just to say that I have played one. There are just so many other games I'd rather play lol. Maybe when I'm retired  But I stand corrected about the goals. Guess I just like a linear structure.