At some point I'm probably going to sign up, but I'm curious about how the free game thing works.

The one month there were like 3 (or more) free retail games. Can you only play these if your keep your membership? Because it seems too good to be true that you could buy a month of plus and get 3 or more retail games for free.

Is it just me or does Zach Johnson look just like Joaquin Phoenix? And Ian Poulter looks kind of like Jeremy Renner?

I don't really care about the list, except for the fact that Lost Odyssey isn't on their. I don't have a history going back as far as some people: I didn't really start (wasn't old enough) for rpgs til psx era, but I would probably put it in my top 5-10 of all-time and would 100% put it in my top 5 of this gen which seemed to be heavily represented on this list. So basically it's fucked that it's not on there. Did they just not play it over there or what?

Edit: Now that I think about it Fable II was by far my least favorite of the series, and I would say the first was significantly better.

But I actually just posted this for myself really to see what games I should look into getting eventually.

Bold = games I finished, italics = games I own (I also own all the ones I beat): Games beat 20 games owned 32? in hindsight it's kind of hard to pick out the italics.

100 - Ys Book I & II

99 - Lunar: Eternal Blue

98 - Shadow Hearts: Covenant

97 - Final Fantasy VIII

96 - Phantasy Star

95 - The Legend of Dragoon

94 - Vagrant Story

93 - Tales of Phatansia

92 - Diablo III

91 - Fable II

90 - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

89 - Fallout: New Vegas

88 - Final Fantasy IX

87 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

86 - Shadowrun

85 - Breath of Fire III

84 - Kingdom Hearts

83 - Fire Emblem

82 - Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

81 - Dragon Warrior VII

80 - Dungeon Master

79 - Icewind Dale 2

78 - The Witcher 2

77 - Tales of Symphonia

76 - Illusion of Gaia

75 - Front Mission 3

74 - Wizardry 8

73 - Final Fantasy

72 - Grandia 2

71 - The Bard's Tale

70 - Demon's Souls

69 - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

68 - Kingdom Hearts 2

67 - Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

66 - Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

65 - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

64 - Final Fantasy X

63 - Skies of Arcadia

62 - The World Ends With You

61 - Chrono Cross

60 - EVE Online

59 - Phantasy Star IV

58 - Freedom Force

57 - Mass Effect 2

56 - Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

55 - Monster Hunter Tri

54 - Neverwinter Nights 2

53 - Ultima VII

52 - Odin Sphere

51 - Wild Arms

50 - Golden Sun

49 - Dragon Quest V

48 - Tales of Destiny

47 - Xenogears

46 - Pool of Radiance

45 - Disgaea

44 - Suikoden II

43 - Valkyria Chronicles

42 - Lunar: Silver Star Story

41 - Xenoblade Chronicles

40 - Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen

39 - Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

38 - Phantasy Star II

37 - Guild Wars

36 - Shining Force II

35 - Pokemon Black/White

34 - Fallout

33 - Ultima Online

32 - The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind

31 - Neverwinter Nights

30 - Jade Empire

29 - Dragon Warrior

28 - Fallout 2

27 - Dragon Quest VIII

26 - Ultima IV

25 - Deus Ex

24 - Baldur's Gate

23 - Phantasy Star Online

22 - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

21 - Super Mario RPG

20 - Everquest

19 - System Shock 2

18 - Dark Souls

17 - Earthbound

16 - Diablo

15 - Secret of Mana

14 - Final Fantasy Tactics

13 - Planescape Torment

12 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

11 - Final Fantasy VII

10 - Fallout 3

9 - Mass Effect 1

8 - World of Warcraft

7 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

6 - Diablo 2

5 - Final Fantasy IV

4 - Pokemon Red/Blue

3 - Baldur's Gate 2

2 - Chrono Trigger

1 - Final Fantasy VI

I'm not going to get into specifics here, feel free to read my two other posts about the subject.

So, I now have a functioning (for now) PS3, but it's not a BC model which kind of pisses me off. Even with all the hassle I went through I was offered nothing at the store when I had to get my third console in as many weeks. So I sent a very accurate, but still nice (even though I should've been a dick about it) email to gamestop corporate. So what did they do? Well, instead of actually replying back to me and taking at least some responsibility for the lack of quality (testing) of their shitty refurbished models, they had an employee from the store I go to (and the employees are all great it's not their fault they get janky ass shit to sell) call and offer me $25 in store credit.

It's better than nothing I guess, but I probably spent 10+ hours just on game installs and updates alone, and don't get me started on the dozens of gameplay hours I lost to copy-protected saves.

I wish to know.

To see my previous issues read last blog post.

So I'm on my 3rd PS3 refurbished, and it seems like the fan is almost always running on high. I mean it's fucking loud, I thought my 360 was running loud, but that is silent compared to the fans on this SOB.

This would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that it's running that loud on like netflix, watching a movie off of a usb, etc. The BR drive isn't being used at all. I'm used to it when I'm actually playing games or watching discs, but I don't see how it can be running so hot off of an app.

The original console I had rarely had the fan kick in like this even when I was playing a game (demon's souls which had no install) or watching a BR disc for hours.

Should I be worried?

So I bought one and it got killed by a power surge (I think). It was still under warranty so I got a new one. It broke within a week. Also, they gave me a terrible non-dualshock controller with rubber caps on the analog sticks because one of them was falling apart. Anyone else have this bullshit happen to them.

Also, I've gotten a Oblivion GOTY (360) that had all kinds of water damage to the cover and got no discount. But since it was the "only copy" they had at the time I said fuck it.