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That's kind of scary, Cary, but you must also be a very happy person lol

Oh, the rapid-fire pause trick for slo-mo? Yeah, doubt that will work on the PSP lol

Melee is my favorite in the series, though my wife and I have a used copy of Brawl we picked up a while ago that has hardly been played 

Yeah, there were a lot of rhythm games for the PS2 but I didn't have my own till a couple years, so I missed out on those. Now I just keep an eye out for games like that when I go to used game stores.

HarmoKnight just came out on the 3DS eShop. It sounds really good, so you should try it if you have a 3DS.

That'd be cool. I don't have a shortage of games to keep me busy till then

Yeah, and we're moving next month. Nothing huge, just across town, but there's always extra expenses when moving.

Great write up! I never had an original Xbox and so never played Jade Empire but I've heard lots of good things. The world they built sounds like the most intriguing part, really, and it'd be cool if BioWare could make a more action-oriented RPG without having to piss off a segment of their fanbase to to do (Dragon Age 2). At the very least an HD port on XBLA and PSN would be a good way to gauge player interest.

I'm thinking of making friends with a walkthrough lol at least for the first area. The game doesn't tell you anything. Nick suggested I try Dark Souls first because it eases you into the experience better. I'd like to do that but I don't want to spend the money right now. Well, can't spend it more like

Demon's Souls doesn't tell you jack diddly squat. Maybe that's part of the appeal for some but man, I don't know what's going on, like you said. I don't know how the upgrade system works or about that weird item/armor burden thing or even how to change the equipped items (there are no options or buttons to change those!). I'm hesitant to buy Dark Souls right now because we're trying to save money for our move next month and I was playing Demon's Souls because it was free on PS+ (though I've wanted to try it for a long time). So I don't know. Maybe I just need to follow a detailed walkthrough for the first area so I'll have someone to tell to go back to the Nexus and talk to so-and-so to upgrade such-and-such and don't try the next part till you can afford whatever-it-is. But I wouldn't mind putting it off for the moment lol. When do you think you'll be starting?