Lunar Threads

Is if Alex asked her to, you mean? Of course, she'd make him put Dragonmaster stuff on to match, but hey... Not even remotely comparable. Dressing in a hyper-revealing outfit symbolic of being enslaved, dominated, and used, with her 'self' obliterated, vs dressing like a legendary, all-powerful her...

After last chapter's interlude with Jyrian, it's back to the main cast as they finally get a chance to follow Beldar's recommendation for helping Elia deal with her memory loss. But seriously, can Deane's sister have anything valuable to add?

She Really Is a Professor

Let's see...in my last semester of law school (Spring of 1997) I found a used copy of the original Phantasy Star (and a SMS to play it on) at a used-game store in Austin. Either that or how on Spring Break in 1996 I found Shining Force in the used-game bin at the EB at the Pittsburgh airport while c...

Okay, I'll be the relative-of-a-donkey who asks:

What sport are you talking about?

(Yes, I promptly googled UEFA, so I know it's soccer/football...now )

Well, the difference is not so much between old Luna and young Luna but between Luna and Althena. Which actually fits in with the differences between TSS and SSSC mentioned upthread; since after playing SSSC you know already that Luna is no longer the Goddess (and it's underlined with her MP = 0), ...

Of course, I am not unbiased. I've said before that the only way I'd be likely to be happy with a Four Heroes game is if I were involved in its development, because otherwise unless some extremely dedicated and obsessive writers and developers work to include every little thing that could possibly ...

There's a difference, though. God shooting ghosts out of a box? Fine. 800-year old knights and the cup of life? Fine. An evil cult centered around magic sacrifices to a Hindu god? Fine. But Aliens? No... The reason is, this is Indy, not X-Files. Aliens are completely out-of-place in the Indy world....

Jyrian, meanwhile, has reported in to the Magic Guild on Black Rose Street, and has one of those handy conversations that tells the player where to go next.

New Direction

And when I think about the conversation between him and Feldon in the cell, it reminded me of what Ghaleon asked Hiro in EB: Are you willing to bear the blood of an entire world for this girl you love so dearly? Morhault's character, as you've noted, is definitely based upon the Gospel According To...

Nothing fancy here. I was in college and the proud owner of this shiny new SegaCD with very little to play on it, and when I walked into the game store, there it was (oooo, sparkly!), a new RPG on the shelf. So I bought it, and it was good. ^_^ Except for getting dead stuck in Iluk and having to sta...

The companions' experiences in Meribia continue as they try to enter Deane's house, I digress on one of the more annoying archetypes in anime, manga, and JRPGs, and Morhault discovers that just maybe he's not as resigned to the label of heartless villain as he thought he was. Something Worth Defendi...

I think Alun's "fratboy" comment is dead on target. Indeed, when you consider Kyle's age, it's pretty much completely descriptive (actually, if you consider the ages the characters are supposed to be, debating their eternal love prospects seems kind of silly since most of them are in the &...

On to Meribia! We'll be spending a fair whack of time here over the next few chapters, so we'll get to see if we can somehow keep Deane out of the sewers.

The Festival City

Questions here: 1) Does Ghaleon make the reference to Nall's father in EB in Japanese as well? 2) Was the Lunar novel you're quoting from written prior to SSS's release in Japan or after it? 3) You're taking too literal a definition of "reborn". That's not what Nall was implying, so the r...

I'm not sure about Jian using the sword. He might not be comfortable with using a sword in battle? He might need it when the time comes though? I agree, his weapon of choice through out the game should be a combination of gloves and boots. :D I'd agree, too. If he was a functional swordmaster, he'd...

To underscore what ilmg and Alun said, here's an excerpt from the EB Novel, Vol. 2 (already online) that you might find relevant: Nall: ...Dragons don't have parents. We're reborn, like Althena. The only difference is that, unlike Althena, a new Dragon can be reborn before the old one disappears......

The interludes conclude in this installment with a reasonably firm wrap-up on the arc that just concluded and the surprise return of a character that pretty much will surprise nobody. Next time it's on to the obligatory Meribia arc all Lunar epics must include!

Interlude--Mercenary

I have to say I don't care much for reducing the characters to types in discussions like this -- it seems to me that talking about them as type 1 interacts with type 2 misses the point of talking about them at all, because we're discussing specific characters. If they were all generic stereotypes, ...

I just dont see how you guys can discredit personality and character, it has a direct impact on the work itself. If you really examine it you'd be able to pick up on the subtle diffrences. I think the point is, if in fact some quality of the artist does show through in the work, then that quality w...

Honestly, Kyle just looks like the latest example of the generic archetype of the hard-partying, womanizing guy who has to have his feet nailed to the floor to get him to give in and commit to a relationship. You see his type as the hero of romance novels all the time (you'll also see him in sitcoms...