So as an impulse I decided to buy and digitally download Vanguard: Saga of Heroes last weekend. And that was my whole weekend. Had to download over 10 gigs twice due to corrupt files or downloading issues only to find after the patching process I'd have to defragment my HD before I could have a prayer of it working. Which of course after it did, but only barely. It's so incredibly laggy it's unplayable. I'm very disappointed because although my system is certainly on the low performance side it's still well within the minimum requirements, save for the sound card perhaps, but at this point upgrading it just to play Vanguard seems like sending good money after bad. =(

So Fox has brought back “The Loop” for summer and it appears they totally retooled it. The point of “The Loop” used to be “Hey kids, ain’t it crazy how you now work in a corporation with these crazy old people and their crazy-old ways, and it doesn’t help that while you’re trying to transition into becoming your dad you’re still hanging out with your friends who are still as drunk and stupid as they were in college.” As such I found the show to be relatable but also marveled at its apparently narrow focus.

So now the show is just your standard wacky office show and at home a wacky slacker brother/roommate. Still with Jimmy Gator and Mimi Rodgers around it’s not a halfbad way to spend 20 minutes plus commercials. Lol, as I was researching potential links for this post I find out the show has already been cancelled and this is just Fox dumping off episodes of things it already paid for. Good old Fox.

This in the month of May in Japan. Story at IGN here.

I must say I'm surprised. Not that 240 thousand units is a ton when it comes to game sales but I've always viewed FFT as a niche game. Hopefully we'll see similar numbers in the US, 500k total would be great. And maybe then we'll get a real follow up, instead of that crappy kiddy tactics advance.