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I read a review of 7 game controversies that never were, but I can't find the link now! One that surprised me was Persona 3 (PS2). I bought the oh-so-beautiful game (guess whether I like it or not) and played it for about 2 hours. That's about how long it takes for the real game to begin, but the story and tutorial are excellent. First of all, it reminds me of Lovecraft stories with a hidden "Dark Hour" and multi-handed shadow creatures. The game is justifiably rated "M," but it's very difficult to see why.

I read a review of 7 game controversies that never were, but I can't find the link now! One that surprised me was Persona 3 (PS2). I bought the oh-so-beautiful game (guess whether I like it or not) and played it for about 2 hours. That's about how long it takes for the real game to begin, but the story and tutorial are excellent. First of all, it reminds me of Lovecraft stories with a hidden "Dark Hour" and multi-handed shadow creatures. The game is justifiably rated "M," but it's very difficult to see why.

Everybody's favorite, Jack Thompson, is a regular hall-of-shamer at Gamepolitics.com.  I see "Jack Thompson, Attorney" show up on the message boards a lot, too.  Even though it sounds like THE Jack Thompson, many times it does not.  So just as an experiment, I signed a Comment "Jack Thompson, Attorney," but I made it really clear it was just an example that anyone could do it.  I also said to not believe everything you read.  The first response to "fake JT" was that it didn't matter, they sound like comments he'd make.

Everybody's favorite, Jack Thompson, is a regular hall-of-shamer at Gamepolitics.com.  I see "Jack Thompson, Attorney" show up on the message boards a lot, too.  Even though it sounds like THE Jack Thompson, many times it does not.  So just as an experiment, I signed a Comment "Jack Thompson, Attorney," but I made it really clear it was just an example that anyone could do it.  I also said to not believe everything you read.  The first response to "fake JT" was that it didn't matter, they sound like comments he'd make.

So Eragon was more entertaining than I thought it would be.  Then I picked up Cars for the Xbox360 (available all systems, too).  There's a kids-level game and a "Full-size" game.  Cars starts off very slow and is about as arcade as a racer gets.  However, the game has so many mini games that are thematic to the movie and regular challenges of racing that it will take a long time to finish.  I now realize why this was such a big seller last Christmas.  As a game for kids, this is one of the best.

So Eragon was more entertaining than I thought it would be.  Then I picked up Cars for the Xbox360 (available all systems, too).  There's a kids-level game and a "Full-size" game.  Cars starts off very slow and is about as arcade as a racer gets.  However, the game has so many mini games that are thematic to the movie and regular challenges of racing that it will take a long time to finish.  I now realize why this was such a big seller last Christmas.  As a game for kids, this is one of the best.