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Not really. I didn't jump into the 7th gen until 2011, and to date I've only played a handful of its games. It seems that the high cost of making a game prevents developers from taking the risks involved with innovation (e.g., poss. not finding a sizable enough audience to turn a profit), and so we have, and I think we'll continue to see a lot of the stuff we've already seen (which is proven to sell). That doesn't really wet my whistle ...

Any of the first four Die Hards. John McClane is an awesome character and sort of atypical for an action hero. I haven't seen the fifth but I don't want to, the plot and the trailer looked like trash.

@zenmastah Wow, that's really dope. I'm definitely going to get those guys in my library. Thanks for the recommendation, duder!

I've been listening to cssc and their album The Lonely Robot. cssc is a post-rock instrumental band. I've been listening to more instrumental stuff lately, I kind of prefer it since it leaves so much to my imagination.

I've also dug Rustie, The Cinematic Orchestra, and Squarepusher, all of whom I discovered thru Sleeping Dogs. Out of the three, I think I'd recommend TCO the most. I really like the track All That You Give off of the album Every Day (this album also features Burn Out, from Sleeping Dogs).

P.S. Oh yea, you can download Lonely Robot from cssc's Bandcamp here. It's free so check it out!

P.P.S. Forgot ... chiptune has been another recent fascination of mine. For those who are not familiar, chiptune is a type of music you'll instantly recognize anyway, since it sounds like the music featured in retro consoles. I recommend Vurgon by Ario. It can be downloaded for free here, along with a ton of other chiptune albums. Look around. :)

Dreamcast - Shenmue

XBOX - Shenmue II

PS2 - Grand Theft Auto III

PSP - Final Fantasy: Crisis Core. (I sold my PSP shortly after finishing it, too).

PS3 - FFX HD. (Yes, an old game was the final kick in the tush for me to buy a seventh gen console; and I'm still waiting for it. =P).

GBC - Pokemon Yellow; GBA - Pokemon Sapphire/Ruby; DS - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. (Valuable franchise, eh?).

I'm a little surprised to have seen Xenogears mentioned multiple times already; I've yet to play it, too.

There are real issues like stigmas about the role of motherhood (viz: moms who are moms alone are looked at w. disrespect by some, bc. raising a child - just raising a child - is seen as a not-significant-enough contribution to society), and, for instance, infanticide: the killing of female infants in some cultures because, instead, males are wanted; a feminist would focus on those, a dumb fuck (male or female) focuses on a fucking statue.

One poster alluded to all of this as "pussy politics". It is, and it's bullshit masquerading as the real thing (feminism). If you want to get political, let your politics be about something.

I didn't read this bullshit. I just came to say: "Again?". *shakes head*

Now that's a fucking article. Nice job, Alex.