I was happy with the ending although I think it may have been better if they did not explain what the alternate reality was. I loved it when Juliet and Sawyer remembered each other. It was just too sweet.

One question that keeps popping up in my head is did Jack actually pass anything onto Hurley. I thought that at that point every power was gone.

I feel sorry for Jack's son. As Ben is staying behind I assume the alternate reality will play on as normal. With his "mother and father" vanishing into thin air it sure sucks to be him. For all I know he is the reincarnation of the MIB who finally gets the freedom he desired.

Speaking of MIB I kept thinking until the end that they may have just put MIB sitting outside a cafe or something with a slightly sinister smile on his face as he slowly stands and walks into the distance.

I am a pretty random person in real life. I find that I have a lot more success if I get to know the other person first.

It is great if we have similar interests but it is fine as long as they do not hold mine in disdain. I am a good listener and am fine with lots of talking as long as it does not stray into how am I feeling too often.

Appearance wise I do not really mind although I am not a big fan of when some women wear inch thick foundation that makes their face look orange.

As for likes...I may have a slight glasses fetish.

I just finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and the twelfth book of the wheel of time.

I cannot wait to get The next book by Patrick Rothfuss. He has a very unique way of telling a story.

I enjoyed the work Brandon Sanderson did in the Gathering Storm but some characters seemed slightly off.
While Mat and Talmanes seem like they have very different personalities than the earlier books this is to be expected by a new author. Overall I was very happy with it. On a brighter side Perrin is his old self again and Rodel Ituralde suddenly shot up to being one of my favourite characters in the series. (I always had an immense dislike of Rand so I am not the best judge on how he was portrayed. He seemed his regular self to me though)

Maybe you can use a belt as a sling that fires belt buckles. Also there could be portals similar to oblivion gates except for the fact that they are giant zippers that when opened are a portal to another dimension.

I used to spend a lot of time in FFXI. Of course I had more difficulty with the game than others. I tend to be a solo player in mmorpgs which may lead to the question of why I play them in the first place. It took a lot of grinding to get the character to a high level and although there were some parts too difficult to beat on my own, for the majority of it I managed okay (Thank you Beastmaster).

I thought that when I quit it would be easy as I had no interest in the end game contents. However it seemed I had grown attached to my character and the amount of work it took to build him up.

I am really enjoying this. A lot of people seem to dislike Cecilia but I find her refreshing compared to the stereotypical white mage personality. I am currently trying to get the Neutral ending.

I find it hard to believe anyone had to grind in Mimana. The lack of a dungeon map made it so by the time you found the boss you were overlevelled. I did not dislike the game as others seem to but one thing drove me mad. You think they would assume that we knew the main character hates kids after the seventeenth time he said it. It was actually surprising the first few times as most main characters are the opposite but that soon wore off.

Speaking of Neku's personality

I once toyed with the idea of the main character being a grunt soldier in a war against an ancient evil. The ancient evil can only be defeated by the "Hero from the prophecy of hope...or something" The twist?. Another person becomes the "Hero" while you remain a grunt the entire game. The "Hero" also never joins your party. Your party does not battle the ancient evil.

Honestly though, if I was to create a game I would probably have it as a country in civil war due to the lack of ability of the country's leaders. Three different storylines would be told with the ability to switch between them similar to Wild Arms if the prologue kept going. The order of choices you make would have effects for the other characters.

The main characters from the three stories would be
Character A
A young father going off to war in what he believes is for the good of his family.

Character B
The wife of character A who has to rally the remaining people in her village to fend off bandits who see her home as easy prey.

Character C
A high ranking officer for the rebels. His choices effect the outcome of certain battles.

Some that I have played in the past that sound similar. Out of these I would say MagnaCarta is the closest match combatwise. It is slightly similar to Shadow Hearts ring but with X, circle, square and triangle being pressed instead of just X.

DS
Mario RPG games
Sands of Destruction

PS2
Magnacarta
Breath of fire: Dragon Quarter

PSP
Dragoneer's Aria (This is only listed because of the guarding system which is a ring type. The rest of the combat is regular turn based)

I am delighted for New Zealand. It seems like a lot of the smaller teams are holding their own against the more successful ones.

Finally finished The Dark Spire. The game is definitely not for casual gamers.

After reading some news about Rune Factory 3, I decided on starting a new game in Rune Factory 2. I plan to take my time in the first generation as I slightly rushed it my first playthrough.

I still have a small hope that Nicholas will pop out of nowhere, beat the crap out of Jake and live happily ever after with Cecilia.  

While I admit most of their games have certain..."flaws" for the most part the games try to be unique. Personally I thought Spectral Force Genesis for the DS was a lot easier to get into than their other Neverland games (as they actually have something resembling a tutorial in this one).

Loading times?

I am a fan of NISA but the loading times on their PSP games make me want to go on a murderous rampage.

Smash hit may be an...exaggeration.

Is that because they did not attempt to convince Square-Enix to release Dragon Quest VI and Joker 2 in the west for you?

Seriously though, they are a business. From what I have seen with them they are better than most at listening at fans. From the bad decision makers I assume you mean the hit and miss style they go with when producing games? Some of them are not that great (I could never get into My world my way) but other like etrian odyssey(a big risk when most handheld games were geared at least partially towards casual gamers) were great. I see no major problems with the games they develop themselves.