The sequel to the divisive Final Fantasy XIII is out, and Daniel has had plenty of time to play it. Does it fix the issues of its predecessor? Or is the game just another cutscene tube? Read on, as Daniel talks about why he loves XIII-2 so much!
The panelists arrive–some (much) later than others–to discuss topics including Ubisoft’s avaricious attempts to bilk PSVita gamers, Hulu on 3DS, a free-play weekend that has already gone, and the world’s most accurate Valentine’s Day Present simulator.
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This week EA pleads their case, Atlus enters into a marriage of convenience, Hironobu Sakaguchi lets slip three impending iOS titles, and Ubisoft attempts to pass off a budget downloadable title as a full-priced PS Vita game.
In this week’s post, Deimosion complains about things he hates in games. Join Old Man Flink as he discusses six aspects of games he feels should be removed from the gaming medium and yells at children to get off his lawn.
The Lusipurr.com podcast panel celebrates the release of Final Fantasy XIII-2 with a timely review, an amusing comic, and this podcast. Meanwhile, other news happens, including financial disasters and staff members obtaining Honourable Platinums.
This week THQ takes a dip, Capcom has a sit and Ubisoft’s servers throw a fit, as the week’s news unspools to delight and amaze the quizzically minded!
In an attempt to broaden readability of the comic, Kenjujuu turns to reviewing, but luckily Lusipurr is there to save her with a few last-minute, potato-oriented edits.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is packed with so much to do that Ethos could not even get his review out for launch day. It took Square Enix two tries to get this world right, but this sequel is a keeper.
SiliconNooB argues that the sideways step that Final Fantasy XIII-2 has taken with respect to meta-rating is not necessarily the result of a deficit in quality, but rather the fact that review scores are no longer being inflated following FFXIII’s release
Slab’s last post for the site is a physics lesson for less science-minded readers of the site and a rant about how carrying capacity makes no sense, even though it makes sense. How can that make sense? Read on to find out!
Still reeling from the week’s expose on notorious cheater and sneak Louis “I Downloaded My Platinums on the Internet” Vazquez, the panel manages to scrape together some news with the help of veteran podcaster and cat expert, Chris ‘Siamese’ Privitere.