I miss some of the staff writers from 1Up bring in one place. I think Jeremy Parish is one of the best games journalists of all time. I agree on visiting my oldvfriold of ToV. One of the best Tales games.
I am a fellow ToL weirdo. Loved the characters in that one. Chloe>Shirley.
I just waited until I found an okay CyberpowerPC game as a daily deal or she'll shocker on Newegg. It was $500, had pretty good specs for that money, and I could upgrade various things over time with various other shell shocker deals. It has worked out great, and was cheap.
Nice! Oddly enough, my brother gave me a 3ds xl for my birthday a couple of days ago. It is a regular blue one, but did come with Mariocart. Best present I have gotten in years (due to the fact that if I want or need something, I just buy it). I am going crazy on DS and 3ds games.
I hear it is pretty broken right now. I will probably wait for a patch or 2.
My favorite is Tales of Anything. Haven't played one I didn't like. I can't get in to any of the Neptunia games. I played Arc, but didn't get very far. Maybe I should give another try. Love FFX, X-2 not so much.
I pre order from Amazon all the time. You get the game delivered to you on release day unless you are in a remote area. I haven't gotten one later than release day. I did get a game the day before though.
I would go for the collectors edition more often, but half the time you can't put the package on the shelf with the rest of your game. Tales of Xillia was huge. So I prefer the pre order versions. They give you more stuff, in better packaging, don't cost a fortune, and actually fit in your collection.
