Final Fantasy XIII-2: Sequel Worth Exploring?

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Prologue Long ago, I was something of a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise.  Not the earliest games, mind you, but from VII on.  When it came time to buy a next generation console, one of the main pros for the PS3 side - aside from the Blu-Ray player, when no one knew how that little battle was going to turn out - was the promise of Final Fantasy XIII, which, it was expected, would only come out for Playstation. Still, other factors outweighed the Final Fantasy issue, so when I bought my 360, … [Read more...]

Portal 2: Superior Core

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Okay, I'll be the first to admit it: while I thought the first Portal game had ingenious gameplay, funny voice acting, and a strangely addictive end credits song, I didn't get the hype. Unlike other phenomena that took me a while to warm up, it was not that I'd heard that this game was ah-maze-ing before I'd ever played it.  I think I might've played it shortly after it was released.  No one was talking about it, then.  And it was cute, and funny.  It was funnier later to see that Rock … [Read more...]