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Comment on Forum shutdown by [Insert Name]

[Insert Name] — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:11:54 +0000

Fair thee well, forums. I barely knew ye.

Actually, I’m surprised that this didn’t happen much sooner. I mean, the last post was, what, a year ago? Either way, thanks for telling us that it’s going down.

Comment on Lunar: Silver Star Story Part 9 by Sam

Sam — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:55:31 +0000

Thanks. Totally agreed this is a dull-as-dirt portion of the game. I already taped for the next one and it was a lot more fun.

Comment on Lunar: Silver Star Story Part 9 by demidaemon

demidaemon — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:50:55 +0000

I have to say that Sam here is making lemonade out of lemons in one of the dullest, most irritating parts of this game (I recently played the updated PSP version, so I remember this section vividly). Still, the vegetable garden imagery isn’t what I though of it originally, so kudoes on extending my vision of that part of the game:

“To the north is another giant carrot that Squeak insists doesn’t smell like the other nasty ones. Kyle decides this means it must taste great, and shouts, “C’mon, Alex! Let’s chow down!” Yes, Kyle and Alex should absolutely go to town on the giant carrot. I approve of this. When Kyle starts making orgasmic noises like a Food Network chef, Jessica complains that he’s going to have “stomach cramps” and wonders if it’s “fermented,” since Kyle is so enthusiastic about it. Yes, Kyle is basically making love to a huge dong with his mouth and Jess is bent out of shape that he likes it better than he likes her and her IUD necklace. Good grief.”

I also think you outdid yourself with the captions and screenshots this time!

Comment on Forum shutdown by Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:41:04 +0000

Yeah, there has been so much crazy spam on the forums for a while that I stopped approving registrations. We should have some upcoming improvements to the WordPress stuff that will hopefully make the commenting process better (hopefully nested comments and so on).

Comment on Forum shutdown by Cat

Cat — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:59:58 +0000

Aww, I wanted to join the forum over a year ago but somehow it never went fully through.
Oh well…

Comment on Breath of Fire IV Part 7 by Xyrafhoan

Xyrafhoan — Tue, 07 May 2013 03:52:10 +0000

In one sentence, this descriptor of the recap was much more relevant than I thought it would be.

*shudder*

Excellent recap nonetheless. Keep it up Ben!

Comment on Breath of Fire IV Part 7 by MintWhelp

MintWhelp — Tue, 07 May 2013 03:03:38 +0000

Ahh, yes, the faerie drop scene. Good times!
As usual, a nice recap from the VGR folks! It is a bit

Comment on Breath of Fire IV Part 7 by demidaemon

demidaemon — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:43:30 +0000

I must post the following as a highlight (or lowlight, if you will) for the ntirety of VGR history. Who knows when another fairy taking a dump may appear!

“Even though Fantam, with all its confusing mixed messages, has been sent to the big adult store in the sky, I’m not out of the woods yet–the game designers are clearly on a roll, and now can’t seem to stop with the disturbing shit. As a new, saccharine background theme kicks in, indicating that all the monsters are gone, Orange Faerie flutters onto the screen and remembers that she “promised [Ruley] something” in exchange for getting rid of them. She hovers over to a nearby bush, and then–I can hardly believe I’m typing this–makes some gross straining noises, before flying back to the group and handing Ruley a freshly-laid Faerie Drop, sighing “Whew! That was a big one!” For those of you who somehow haven’t picked up on the subtleties of the scene, or are just in denial that the game designers would stoop this low, I’m going to spell it out for you–we’ve just witnessed a faerie taking a shit. I’m not even kidding.”

I’m pretty amazed with the retelling,as I have played this far into BoF IV and do not remember this event recurring at all. Another “great” moment in videogame history blocked out of my memory.

Comment on Breath of Fire IV Part 7 by ryoko126

ryoko126 — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:29:37 +0000

Ahh yes. The Golden Plains. What misery that place brought me. The spots visited so far wasn’t even as bad as one later, but rest assured I got so lost one time that I reached a dead end and could just look around and curse before resetting my ps1.

Comment on Breath of Fire IV Part 7 by Sam

Sam — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:11:34 +0000

Anyway, the important thing is that Clay might be executed! Whoo-hoo! To clarify, I’m fully aware that there’s more chance of Kit Harington and Richard Madden showing up naked in my bedroom than the game designers allowing something as amazing as Clay’s demise to happen, but I’m just going to play along for a while. Don’t trample on my dreams just yet.