Another thoroughly enjoyable episode, fellas. RFN is the highlight of my game-media week.
rrrrrrrrresponses....
1. Go effin' Bills!! Too bad about the Bengals game. ah well, if you had to lose one game out of the first 4 weeks, that's probably the best choice.
2a. DQ8 had amazing voice work. So, that's good news!
2b. Was that Jonny on the "Cor Blimey"? Regardless, well played, sir. =P
3. I don't want to start yet another endless debate but my 2 cents is that I loved Other M and I'm so glad Nintendo had the guts to actually flesh out one of its flagship characters. They stuck their neck out and gamers quickly slit their throats for it! ... and then promptly went back to complaining about how Skyward Sword and Mario games don't look "different" enough.
Was the choice of dialogue good? No, absolutely not. Is the choice of dialogue in most voiced games (I'm lookin' at you Metal Gear franchise) good? No. But since games like MGS did it from the start, people weren't shocked by it... and the double standards reigned supreme.
4. Jonny, I don't think you're missing much having not played DQ7. All DQ games are good, but DQ7 is certainly the weakest/most boring in my opinion.
5. "Ups to Nintendo for free FourSwords"! Kudos, Jonny! It takes guys these days to praise companies for giving things away for free instead of charging for digital content. Also, somehow I didn't even know I could DL it for my DSi... I should friggin' grab that!
6. Love "new bitness"... classic Lindy comedy gold. FYI, I've looked for Bit.Trip Complete in two GameStops in my area. It wasn't not on the shelves and this is by far not the first time a Wii game wasn't on display after its release so I asked the employees about it... they had never even heard of the game. They saw it in their computer but had no idea where it was. Just awful. This has happened so many times to 3rd party Wii games. It's truly a vicious cycle. People assume they won't sell, they put no effort into selling them, they don't sell, and their assumptions grow even bleaker ....
7. What is the name of that piano-based song that happens during the show's intermission? It sounds familiar... and awesome.
8. As someone who lives in Buffalo, I love hearing about the Bills on a national if not international level!! I am a Giants fan, but you can't live here and not automatically become one of those "die hards" Greg spoke about.
Greg, if the Bills win the SuperBowl I'll hunt down some local-only merch and send it your way - my treat!
... of course, this seems like an easy promise to make given the current Vegas odds of that happening but, hey, I'm a man of my word!
9. Bows to Lindy's voice acting. He IS an artist. ... I'm just not completely sure what the medium is =P
10. James, not sure how you're defining "maturity," but NWR really is one of the top gaming communities on the net. For serious. Even if it's not perfect, be grateful for what you got! (which I'm sure you are... I'm sure you were just half-joking... but still....).