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Meh, thats better than most practices in the videogame industry. Starcraft 2 had trailers released 2-3 years before it came out. Of course, a lot of the stuff in those early gameplay trailers didn't make it into the final version. The movie industry is a lot more disciplined in comparison.

I would suggest the Tale of the Heike. It is an account of the Genpei War, the war between the Minamoto (the Genji) and Taira (the Heike) clans for control over Japan in the twelfth century. It is somewhat famous for having passed down the centuries by generations of blind storytellers. The...

I saw an half-hour long documentary on TSR and D&D on the Sci-Fi channel years ago. I thought it was a board game at the time. Since I was already into fantasy and was a big fan of videogames and console RPGs, I decided to give it a go. A couple years later, I got a really late 2E box set that...

I'm going to wait and see what the finished game looks like. I am not too keen on some of the changes that have been mentioned. While archers shooting two squares doesn't bother me, many of the possible changes to religion and so on are making me wary. So, I am curious, but skeptical and undecided.

If I really had to choose, I would get rid of the elves. I generally think that D&D has been way too comfortable sticking to so-called vanilla fantasy, and could be better served by trying out more new races and ideas, so I prefer movements towards the less traditional. Truth be told, I would...

I think the problem is the name. Psionic sounds too much like "electronic", and a lot of the other parts of the naming scheme of powers and such sound too scientific to many peoples' ears. Personally, I just don't like the name "psionic" because it is another of those terms used exclusively by...

I discovered it while bored late last year. I have been following it since. It also convinced me pick up Halo: CE out of the bargain bin, which has lead me to get the rest of the Halo games since.

Final Fantasy XIII is a mixed bag. As other people have said, it is cutscene heavy and very linear for most of its length (I haven't quite beaten it yet, so I can't really comment). However, what people haven't mentioned is that it has one of the best RPG battle systems I have ever seen. While...

It would be like the door of the local church, a place for anyone to post their pieces of writing and ideas, except that everyone in the world could post to it and read from it if they so desire. Really, the church door was the internet messageboard of the middle ages and renaissance.

I am mostly trying to get caught up on various RPGs that I have been collecting since last year. At the moment, Suikoden Tierkreis. I have a nasty habit of playing an RPG for 20-40 hours or so, only to drop it and start a new one. So I have a pretty big backlog of games to finish that dates back...

Last year, I drove from my native Sacramento, California down to San Diego for a job interview. It took the better part of a day to drive down there. I have also had periods where I have driven from Sacramento to San Francisco as a daily commute, and that is a two hour drive, if traffic is good...

I was trying to find a good image of the Sol Tekkaman powered armor from Tekkaman Blade (AKA Technoman), but the best I could find was this product page selling a toy version. It still shows off the design fairly well though. Hmm, this is interesting. Here is a link to the powered armor designs...

I am a huge fan of the original cartoon. Just about everyone in my main college D&D group was into it. It knew both how to be funny and light hearted enough to appeal to kids, but also how to be cool, action-packed, and intelligent enough to appeal to teens and young adults. I for one am...

Here are a couple of things to start: Front Mission Wanzer (mecha) designs: Zenith Blizzaia L Zhuk Lost Planet Vital Suit (mecha) designs: GTF-11 Drio GAN-34 Granseed GTB-22 Faze GAN-37 X-Seed More images for mecha from both series can be found by further browsing the galleries I linked to...

I wish I knew. I know that I have been drawn into it myself on a number of occasions. There really does seem to be a culture of consistent vitriolic argument among RPG fans. Since I am neither a psychologist nor a sociologist, I can't really presume to understand the precise mechanisms and...

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You seem to be missing the point. None of the people involved in the original blog post were creating an RPG book or even necessarily something directly related to the RPG industry. They created a product, then successfully sold it to RPG fans. The RPG fans did buy the product. They then ruined...

I loved it. The short at the beginning wasn't up to Pixar's normal standards, but the movie itself was completely awesome. Since this isn't a spoiler thread, I won't go into details. My brother thinks this is the best of the Toy Story movies.

I think there is a lot of confusion about what the original blog post was talking about. I think I understand it, so here is my take on it. Lets imagine that fictional game developer X is creating a fantasy MMO, and decides that they like Pathfinder, and want to make their game Pathfinder...

Well, I have never seen it myself, but I am aware of an anime called Mars Daybreak that is based around the idea that somehow Mars was turned into a waterworld and everyone lives on a mix of surface cities and huge underwater cities. If you want any inspiration for underwater vehicles and...