Well they had it but it was in a generic case with no manual, so I passed on it 
But I did get Alpha Protocol (PS3) and Homefront (360) from a 50% off bin. Got both for $7, so I am happy with that purchase 
I'll have to find some time to listen to this since I actually played Mirror's Edge this month. And I have a copy of El Shaddai already, so I guess I'll be playing that sometime soon too
I'm surprised there is so much difference between the two versions of the game, though I'm pretty sure there is a code to unlock the boy and maybe the old man in the SNES version. Shaq Fu is a terrible game, no doubt, but I think it gets so much hate because it was a high profile game. It's got Shaq in it, after all. Personally, I think there are plenty of games that are far less fun to play (terrible movie tie-ins like Dennis the Menace for SNES, for instance). At the same time, I definitely won't be going back to play Shaq Fu any time soon.
Chrono Cross is probably my second favorite soundtrack after FFVI. As for the game itself, people hated it because it's different than Chrono Trigger and to a degree they have a point. As a sequel it's not very good. But as a game it's excellent. I just wish more people would judge it on its own merits rather than on what they wanted it to be.
People are idiots. That is all.
I'm not one to wax philosophical about this stuff but it occurred to me while I was reading your piece that the sexualization of women probably isn't the goal (usually). They're being idealized too...but by men. So yeah, sexism and whatever lol.
Ikaruga is fantastic. I got it as soon as it came out for the GameCube. Yeah, no ground bad guys. No power ups either, which actually works out really well. Just you a the polarity system. Well, and and friend, hopefully. That's the best way to play
Yo ho ho and a bottle of...potion?
That's too bad. The ending is great. One of my all-time favorites!
You really need to read Game Over by David Sheff. It's covers how Nintendo got into games and came to dominance, especially in America, as well as interesting things like the origin of Tetris. That's where I learned all about Yamauchi.
