Yeah, I might need to make a new email account. Over time, as emails age, the spam just starts leaking through the filters little by little. Most of the 'spam' I get now are from video game PR groups promoting their latest titles, but it's somewhat ironic since it's all happening because I'm part of a video gaming journalist site.
It also depends what sort of things are going on in the picture. When you work with sophisticated image editing programs like Photoshop, .pngs are incredibly useful for retaining quality of the picture while keeping file size relatively low. This is particularly true for things like opacity changes over various layers. If you (OP, that is) have the resources--and time--try blending two image layers with opacity changes, and save them individually as .gif, .jpg, .png, and .bmp. You'll find that in .gif and .jpg, the parts where both images overlap (i.e. parts of transparency are visible) will more likely be grainy when compared with .png or .bmp. While true, the file size difference between .bmp and .png is gigantic. For the drastically smaller size that .png offers over .bmp, a lot of the quality is retained if you compress it right. Frankly, when it comes to compromising good quality images with 'economically' friendly file sizes, I'd say .png takes the cake 90% of the time.
Which is hilarious when the developers aren't even North American. ;p EDIT: Lol.
So tempting to import the Japanese version on the PS3 when it comes out. No region protection makes it so easy.
Yeah, not much on it, but it's nice to see progress. Ripped and merged the songs onto the player in my sig. Feel free to listen. EDIT: finalfantasy-xiii.net managed to rip them as well (there goes wasted effort doing it on my own), so you can download it there at your own leisure.
Will they be doing it with Arcade controllers?
A tie between Final Fantasy Tactics and Chrono Cross.
Pretty much the only compelling thing I see so far in terms of characterization.
Cliffs of Dover Through the Fire of the Flames Stricken
Fixed. You have to stop doing that. ;p.
Look at exclusives. If you want to buy a console for its ability to play video games, then you look at the video games, not the console. You're not going to give a crap about Sony's blu-ray if you're head over heels about Gears of War or Fable. Likewise, you're not going care about NXE or Netflix if you've been starving yourself silly to save up for Metal Gear Solid 4 and LittleBigPlanet because they look 'oh so cool'.
Nomura's directing style is incredibly distinct for a guy who's only directed KH and a movie. It's like he's been writing crap in notebooks that he hid under his bed for years until Square finally agreed to let him tackle a project of his own. I'm still waiting to see what Nomura means by Noctis not being a 'silent, gloomy individual' when everything about Vs XIII so far still screams 'emo a l'orchestral'.
Yeah, I added it in later. The original match was recorded with BGM turned off, because I knew I probably would want to use my own OSTs. And yeah, it's from FSN, the one called Tenchi Hou Take.
My first replay edit. Cloud Strife vs Squall Leonhart
Pretty decent Replay Editor usage: Squall Leonhart vs Ultimecia
Of course it doesn't make sense. I'm not really a practicing Catholic, but I did go attend Catholic schools all throughout elementary and high school and quite simply the answer is this: Humans do not have the mental capacity to comprehend just how God came to be. You've already stated the theory that God has 'always' been, since the beginning of time. Of course the logical thing that we would think is "Well no, he had to come from somewhere, did he just create Himself?" Truth of the matter is, who knows. But from all the years I've spent in the Catholic board, that's pretty much the answer: Understanding such a concept of 'always being' is something we have not the ability to comprehend. But hey, I'm agnostic, so in the end I could really care less. EDIT: Totally just realized what a massive necro-bump this was. Goddamn it, SoraOathkeeperUltimaGirl.
Gabranth Gameplay?
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Anyone's better than Vaan.
