PixlBit

You know, I figured I'd list my ideas for video game conversions too, just for fun

1: Shakespere's Julius Caesar.  Come on, am I the only one who loves this play?  It's got one of the best monologues in theater history, and it certainly could make for a great game.  The game, like the play, could take place in two parts, with the first casting you as a member of the senate in a Heavy Rain style choice centered game, and the second could be a strategy game that changes based on your decisions in the first half of the game!  Make it happen!

2: Not so much a specific story as an author, but Kurt Vonnegut's writing is very unique.  I'd love to see a game inspired by his writing.  It could be bat crap crazy and still be true to it's souce.  Seriously, with that as your base, you can go just about anywhere.

3: Ok, here's my "lowbrow" pick:  I'd like to see a game based on Stephen King's "The Tommyknockers."  Think Deadly Premonition / Silent Hill hybrid.  Focus more on the horror and less on the campyness.  This is probably my favorite Stephen King novel, mostly because the source of the terror is actually downright freaky in concept.  I'd love to see this happen.

I love that artwork too.  I'm so happy we're getting The Last Story.  As far as I'm concerned, Rainfall is now a success.  I couldn't care less about Pandora's Tower, but I WILL pre order this and Xenoblade to support the titles.

I'll second that.  This is one of only 3 games I'll be pre-ordering this year.

So here's a moment that got me, but more in a "Holy crap what the hell?!" way.  

In Phantasy Star 2, the first series of quests revolve around a man blocking access to the rest of the overworld.  You find out that he's murdering and robbing people to get money to pay the ransom on his daughter. There's several dungeons you have to play through in order to progress to the point where you find out all of this and rescue the man's daughter.  If you've never played Phantasy Star 2, the dungeon layouts are the most brutally hardcore of any game I have ever played.  

Once you rescue her, she hides her face to keep from being noticed by her kidnappers.  Your party tells her about her father.  Eventually you get to the tunnel where her father is and they are re-united, but not in the way you'd expect.  The girl approaches her father in disguise.  Her father attempts to rob her, assuming she's just another passer by.  She resists, and he kills her in a disturbingly bloody way.  While dying, she pulls off her mask and uses her dying breath to relay her disgust of her father's behavior to him. The woman's  father then kills himself in his grief.  It was a pretty crazy scene for it's time.

(If you want to watch the youtube link, mute it and skip to 4:50.  The guy doing the let's play is really annoying.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9eJOhmNqCk

The coolest thing about this I think is the way it was distributed.  Nintendo really seems to be getting the hang of this internet thing finally.

I dig the case.  Those specs should keep you for a while.  Mind if I ask how much it set you back?

That's one view, I'm a little more worried about this though.  Remember Vanquish?  They didn't handle that very well, and their idea to release Resonance of Fate at the same time as Final Fantasy XIII was pretty dumb too.  

We'll see how this ends up I guess.

I think that was an EU only release, but I'm not sure.  

Honestly, the game seems like it needed a little more work before it was released anyway.  They probably pulled the plug on it before they really got down to polishing the thing up.  Sure it looks playable, but honestly it does not really seem fun to me.  That's just my opinion though...

I used to help a friend out over there with both of those issues by mailing them games from the US.  Would you beleive it cost less to buy it here and ship it over there than for them to pay retail?  How crazy is that!

With the possible exception of Syndicate, I doubt Aussies will really see any of the other banned titles.  People who really wanted to play them have either imported or pirated them by now, and publishers probably don't stand to make much money by finally releasing them.