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@DynamicHaze
Punctuation is your friend.

@Punkrawk Bbob
First perma-death of a player character, huh? Tellah would like a word with you. As would the twins from the same game. And I do believe there was a death or two in FF3/6 also, but I don't remember the character's name since I renamed all of them back then.

@Azurist
I second this comment, moar stuff like this please!

@(Unverified)
Since when has "no modding" ever stopped anyone? >.>b

@kjhasdfjkhk
Porting PC games to Xbox is surprisingly easy. Even if they haven't started on it AT ALL, they could still port it in time for a simultaneous cross-platform release for whatever their current projected window is. Now, if they're planning on putting it on PS3 as well...

@(Unverified)
The controls could probably translate over to a gamepad more elegantly than you might think. I'd imagine you would use the left stick for movement, the triggers as your left-click/right-click skills, and then from there on out the rest could be pretty customizable. D-pad for target selection maybe? Right stick to bring up a rotary skill-selector? The face buttons would probably be mappable to different potions, scrolls, usable items, or even additional skills perhaps. We're talking about a game that can be played with literally nothing but a mouse, so I think they have a lot of options in that regard.

Although, I'm in agreement with the "it just wouldn't feel right without a mouse" opinion.

@jimr9999us
FFXIV would like a word with you. If there's one thing SE did right with that, it's the graphics. And yes, that probably is the ONLY thing they really did right.

@Mcmax3000
What a remarkably informative and concise post. You, sir, win an Internet. Unless, of course, SOPA passes. Then you win... I duno, free porn? Or are they taking that away, too? =P

@trendscenedental
Also, sorry for the double-post, but I'd really love to see some method of hooking a single Kinect up to both an Xbox AND a PC. I have one monitor that I use for all my hardcore gaming, and it would be awesome if I didn't have to constantly switch the Kinect between the two. Not that I expect to use Kinect for any hardcore gaming on EITHER platform, but hey, a guy can dream, right?

So, since this will be hooked up to my PC, I can't imagine they'll make me say "Xbox, blah blah blah" when I want to issue a voice command. What will they use instead, "Kinect"? I really hope not, it's too common a word. The software should allow you to set your own signaling word so I can set it to my computer's name.

"Melchior, launch Zune. Playlist four."

Gettin' me all hot n' bothered... ^_^b