So, I hate RPGs.
There are a few exceptions to this rule - I adore Lunar: Silver Star Story and Lunar: Eternal Blue... I enjoy a good romp around Neverwinter Nights 2 and Xenogears now and then, Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 6 are decent as well.
On the other hand, I think that Final Fantasy 7 should be burned from existence, and removed from the collective memory of mankind before it is able to further taint the universe. My opinions regarding most other RPGs aren't quite so pointed, but still tend to be quite negative. I'd like to blame Squaresoft for turning me sour toward the genre, but that probably wouldn't be fair.
Anyway, a while back a Japanese PC game called Utawarerumono (of which I've spoken in the past about)
Noteworthy because I said so: Thief 2 Multiplayer
A friend of mine recently released a multiplayer hack for Thief 2, the current beta version of which is the result of a year's worth of on-and-off development and nonstop mad hax0ring.
In less noteworthy news, I'm currently in the midst of a second playthrough of Utawarerumono, and it is goddamn awesome (the anime was complete and utter trash by comparison, as is typically the case in such situations). Highly recommended for anyone that knows how (and likes) to read... and/or anyone that isn't afraid of playing a game that is probably 90% text/story and 10% strategy RPG.
MirrorMoon released their translation of the third and final scenario in Fate/Stay Night, which I went through obsessively until completion. For a game that
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