robio said:

...boy did you book off really fast.  I didn't even have a chance to change my mind.

The lag was really, really horrible through most of the matches. I was thinking of just signing off three or four matches before that last fight.

When we Double KO'd, I thought that was the most fitting way to end it and flew! I was giggling quite sinisterly as I did so...

We'll have to play again when we both have a better connection. Playing frame by frame is nearly impossible!

I use a six button controller that hooks up to my usb port of my ps3. It has no Home button on it, so I CAN'T easily send messages other than the initial invite, so don't think I am being rude if I don't speak much and sign off!

You just press the Home button quickly once, DON'T hold it down.

It will bring up an overlayed Dashboard where you can go to your friend's list and send messages, among other things.

Archangel3371 said:

I haven't played anything this weekend. I got Dante's Inferno for the 360 and put that on the HDD and give that a whirl for a bit tonight.

I dunno Archie, that game has Lady Parts and Boobies in it. Someone as young and innocent as you may be exposed to things you don't quite understand...

The Last Story presentation with Sakaguchi should begin within the hour (2 pm Japan time).

Agnates said:

I don't understand what's so difficult to follow about the definition of "strong agnostic" which I feel characterises me the most and about the definition of the "atheist" which according to sources other than you does mean the belief that there are no deities, and doesn't characterise me. Irrelegious doesn't necessarily mean atheist.

Strong agnostic, ironically, makes a claim.  That you can never know.  That has to be justified.  And you're simply wrong on definitions.  

Per your link, "Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not have belief in the existence of any deity"

The question then is, as I ask again, do you believe a god or gods exist?  If anything other than yes, you lack a belief that a god or gods exist.  That being the case, you qualify as an agnostic atheist by definition, in the same way as if you lack hair on your head, you qualify as bald.

If you want to use the strong and weak prefixes, you're trying to equate atheism as strong atheism - a belief there are no gods, and disregard weak atheism - a lack of a belief in a god.  So here, you're wrong.

Etymologically, the term stems from Greek.  Theism derives from "theos" for God, and "ism" for a belief.  "a" is merely to be without, or have the absence of.  So atheism literally means without a belief in a god.  So here, you're wrong.

Socially, labels only mean as much as those who use it.  By that, atheists rarely claim to believe there are no gods and be able to demonstrate as much, but rather merely reject the claim, and even more rarely would they disregard someone who would not affirm a belief that there are no gods as not an atheist.  So here, you're wrong.

You are right on one thing, irreligious does not mean atheist, because you can believe in a god and be irreligious.

aspro said:

Archangel3371 said:

Speaking of which I took a look at the ratings for Dragon Quest IX and they had descriptors like; "Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Comic Mischief, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, and Mild Suggestive Themes" but it's only rated E10+. I'm certainly no prude but that sounds more like a rated T game to me.

Yeah I thought alcohol references was an immediate T rating.  I thought that was why LKS was T.

No, that's not how their guideline works. All the Harvest Moon games have had alcohol, and even characters who are identified as being alcoholics, and they always get E ratings.

Ok, I think I get it, thanks for helping with my English. Thank God () games writing isn't as difficult.

Amazed so far. Can't wait to see him explore the city a bit! Sakaguchi endurance run! Also, nice at how fast the whole party died when he didn't actively participate and lead the fight. Don't get the GAF complaints at all. The fighting mechanics look great and varied, as do the environments. What's not to like, other than some super low-res textures here and there and the occasional frame rate dips? It looks great overall.

Love the dialogue scenes, it goes extreme depth of field and brings the chatting characters' busts up close like old school RPGs that have the 2D portaits overlay. Finally, he stepped outside and will wander the city streets! This looks brilliant, a JRPG for the 21st century. And you can fast forward cut scenes for repeat plays!

He's changing equipment around, parts and colors, cool stuff. Lol, streaking through town.

Swimming! Awesome!

Back to combat stuff. Sweet! Can't believe people hate this on GAF. You have agile characters taking cover behind and jumping over objects and characters, stealth mechanics and destructible environments, 6 party members to order around (with pause command mode or pointing whre to focus), MMO-like taunts, interesting spell casting and spell effects, varied armor pieces, quick deaths when fucking up, and they just go all "meh, only bosses look fun" or "messing around in the city is more fun than the combat" so wtf did they expect?

Four player online deathmatch showing now! Looks like it can be up to 6 player. It looked very fiddly at first but once they got the hang of it it looks like decent fun, although the team versus and co-op boss fights would be infinitely more interesting to watch (and play in my case at least).

Looks like it's almost over. Maybe a parting trailer? Even better, a song! Main theme performed live