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Starting out smaller is good. You'll get more experience writing, be able to do more in-depth, and won't get as frustrated if it doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to. Noe's been a blogging machine for at least eight years that I know of, so I wouldn't let not being able to immediately produce something as polished as what Noe writes get to you.

I'm looking forward to reading your series.

Part of the reason I bought the digital copy of Legend of Dragoon from PSN was because my PS3 didn't always like to load the physical discs after I switched them. I'm glad I sill have my PS1.

And some games don't support analog, like WIld Arms 2.

GH: Try four.

Sidd, that's like asking me to pick my favorite child!

Books: that's the really tough one. Today, I'd say Not For Glory by Joel Rosenberg. Ask me tomorrow and it might be something totally different, though. I've also always liked the Hammer's Slammers series by David Drake, and The Voyage of the Star Wolf by David Drake. And the Mageworlds series.

Movies: Star Wars had probably the most impact on me, I was eight when the first movie came out and it was like nothing I had ever seen before. I don't know if it's my favorite, though. I'll have to give this one some more thought.

TV shows: this is even harder than books. Firefly, the original Star Trek, Babylon 5, Space Above and Beyond, all are personal favorites.

Video game: The Xenosaga series, I think.

So I was just checking Facebook, and a good friend and fellow gamer had posted this on his wall. Goes right back to my statement: if you don't like it, change it.

My two cents, for what it's worth: We need to vote with our wallets here. If enough people say we've had enough and don't buy the stuff, they'll give up trying to force it on us. Problem is, there are always enough suckers who will undermine that approach for the rest of us.

I am old. My first encounter with video games was Pong. What hooked me on gaming was an old PC game called Wizardry, which was ported to NES, by the way.

You are most  welcome, Ben! You live in an area with a lot of really good folk music going on all around, by the way.