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One thing I'm kind of curious about is which characters are actually the most memorable -- especially among the characters that are essentially nameless (at least in gen 1, before they started giving names to NPC trainers). It seems like there are a lot of characters/quotes that people...

Anime Expo 2012 June 29 - July 2 Los Angeles Convention Center Anime Expo shouldn't need much introduction. It's literally the largest anime convention in North America. Unfortunately this year it's the same weekend as nationals for Pokemon VGC and TCG so I'm guessing Smogon...

The spring broadcast season starts this week. I'm curious to see what everyone is watching this season. Here's what's on my list so far: Nichijou ("My Ordinary Life") - a high school comedy series directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, who some of you may know as the director of Air, Kanon, Clannad...

Sorry if Congregation is the wrong place to post this, but all of the Pokemon forums are strictly gameplay discussion oriented. I contemplated posting this in Firebot but I'd actually appreciate semi-serious responses and wouldn't mind some discussion. An explanation of the term...

The latest chapter of the Ace Attorney series hits western shores next week. Can't wait? A playable demo of the first investigation is available online. I'm a pretty big fan of the Ace Attorney series, so I'll be sure to grab this once it comes out. I'm not sure if it will be as good as the...

If I had to pick a theme to describe 2009, it would be "The Power of Two," as quite a large handful of game titles were sequels ending with the numeral "2." Uncharted 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Assassin's Creed 2, and Modern Warfare 2, to name a few. Among those just listed, the only one I've gotten...

Did anyone else pick this up? I enjoyed playing the demo and I broke down and pre-ordered it about an hour before release so that I could get the 10% discount and freebies (baseball bat in L4D2 and Bill's hat in TF2). I find that campaign modes tend to oscillate between "immensely dull" and...

Before we begin, a brief warning: Devil Survivor, like any Shin Megami Tensei game, contains occult elements. You play the role of a demon tamer who summons demons to do battle with untamed demons. If that bothers you, you probably shouldn't play this game. I wouldn't recommend this game for...

Last Saturday Metabou entered at a regional event with this team. He ended up getting eliminated when his round 3 opponent got lucky with ice fang and a critical hit. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, I'm not really asking for critiques as the event has come and gone and...

Notable deals: 25% off Valve Complete Pack $75 http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1134/ THQ Collector Pack $75 http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1205/ Complete Popcap Collection $75 http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1161/ Left 4 Dead $37.50...

If you already have a DS, you do not need to spend $130 to get a new system. Nintendo currently has a replacement policy that allows you to order a refurbished DS lite. At the time I ordered, I was told that the price was $85. However, if you live in one of the states that they ship the units...

What do you feel were the best games of 2008? I'm not going to limit this to any specific platform; there were plenty of notable releases across the board, although most of the ones I enjoyed fit into the Nintendo or PC category. 2008 was a year of many good releases and also many...

If you haven't viewed the intro movie yet, I highly recommend that do. I just played the demo for this, and I have to say that I was quite impressed. The gameplay was completely different from what I expected and the AI director really does a good job of keeping things interesting; I imagine...

It seems that there's a common perception that democrats care about the environment and republicans don't. I really don't know how this stereotype developed, because it's not really historically or presently accurate. Probably the biggest historical example I can think of that go directly...

George Carlin was an amazing guy, and he got a lot out of life. Although I didn't always agree with him on certain topics, he never failed to make me laugh.

(If this doesn't belong in Congregation, someone please move it.) www.underground-gamer.com UG is a private torrent tracker for retro games and game-related material. What you'll find: - PC games released before 2001 - PC games that are not commercially available in the west (Touhou...

Is anyone else totally psyched for the May 25 Touhou convention? I know I am. Personally, I cannot wait for the full version of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. I played the demo that was released at Comiket, and from what I've played I actually like it a lot more than Immaterial and Missing...

All ethnic qualities are genetic. It's generally acceptable to say that Africans commonly have white skin and Europeans commonly have white skin. It's also okay to say that Africans are generally taller than Europeans, who are generally taller than Asians. It's also acceptable to say that...

First off, let me say that Nintendo has so far done one heck of a job to prevent me from pirating games. Not only do I love Nintendo games, I also love the cartridges they come in, and I've bought dozens of GBA games that I could have easily emulated, and what little emulation I've done has...

[I would like to apologize in advance for all the tense confusion that you're bound to encounter while reading this. While I do realize that everything should be in present tense, the fact that I'm writing about a virtually extinct metagame causes me to insert past tenses in everywhere. Note...