Love the Hyrule Historia. I've loved reading through all the old Zelda history. Reminds me of when those games first came out back in the 80s and 90s. Now they're coming out with a new Final Fantasy artbook in June that I want.
The Hyrule Historia is quite meaty. It has interesting insights from Miyamoto, Aonuma, and others as to what went into the design of the Zelda games, as well as art and design documents from throughout the series.
I don't mind Netflix/AIV, and I don't mind sharing my experiences with my gaming friends over the Internet, as long as all of that is optional. Where I draw the line: forced online play and having control of my playing in the hands of MS/Sony/EA/Ubisoft/whoever.
The Daily Disappointment (The Daily Oklahoman) is just as bad about this kind of bullshit.
30 degrees and freezing rain in my neck of the woods. It was 80 yesterday.
I spend a lot of time on Netflix when I'm just too tired to do anything else. Sorry to hear you've been sick.
Yeah, I find myself gladder and gladder that I pre-ordered Xenoblade, and I kind of wish I'd bought three copies so I could flip the other two on eBay like a good little scalper and keep one for myself. :)
I just don't want my console to have to be online all the time just so Microsoft can supervise me and make sure I'm not stocking my game library from The Pirate Bay. I resent being treated like a thief, for one. You want my money, you'd better not treat me like a thief or my wallet remains in my pocket, closed. The other thing is the connection. I don't live in Dry Hump, North Dakota or some other backwater. That's the problem. My Internet is better than Microsoft's. When Xbox Live is down for me, it's almost always a problem on MS's end, not mine. I remember the Xbox Live outage of 2007 and how pissed people got over that. At least they could still play offline. If I couldn't play at all because MS didn't have its shit together on keeping things open, I'd be super-pissed, and so would lots of other people. Online-only worked wonders for SimCity and everything Ubisoft makes, didn't it?
My favorite system is a toss-up between the PS1 (RPGs, RPGs, and more RPGs. That baby spoiled me!) and the PS2, which had a broader library but not as many memorable RPGs. The Gamecube is my favorite Nintendo console, however.
I'm sure some of that is the sheer volume of users and applicants they get there. It's probably a combination of crowd control and simply not having enough resources to vet everyone who wants to post there. However, I've read NeoGAF, and it's nothing special and certainly not worth waiting four years for approval to post there. I guess it's cool that it's well-known enough to attract industry insiders. Famously, Denis Dyack of Silicon Knights got NeoGAF's notorious banhammer upside his head. :)
