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This Saturday, Fullmetal Alchemist debuts on Cartoon Network at midnight. This is, without doubt, one of the most monumentous shows to hit the stations since... well, ever. We're talking Cowboy Bebop-level greatness here, people. Every single one of you must watch it.

That includes GG! and NT.

Make me!

Spoilers: That one guy dies. I don't remember what he looks like, or even what his name is, but he dies.

Do you even play games anymore?

I haven't in almost 11 weeks... I think calculus has replaced gaming and sleep in my schedule.

Meh.

Dache wrote:Do you even play games anymore?

Does anybody? Well, I mean, enthusiastically? And FMA's a video game too, ya know.

And Del, you misspelled "pompous".

Cowboy Bebop-level greatness?

Yeah, that means a lot to me.

It's supposed to be misspelled.

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You expect me to remember a reference from JULY? Really now.

Does anybody? Well, I mean, enthusiastically?

Yes.

Just out of curiosity, how long is Full Metal Alchemist? It's a TV series, right?

Well, I do plan to pick up Katamari Damacy. And is the PS2 version of Viewtiful Joe any good? I'm awfully tempted by that as well.

FMA is 51 episodes. Yeah, it's a TV series.

Pepperidge wrote:And Del, you misspelled "pompous".

Dude, do you see the option where you can change people's titles? No? That's because moderators CAN'T. So even barring the fact that you have the memory of a goldfish you could have at least figured out what was going on far enough to blame Holic for it.

Well considering the PS2 version of Joe is just a better version of the GameCube original I'm guessing it is very good. Hard as fuck, but very good.

And what is the deal with none of you playing video games anymore? I've always found myself having more time when I'm busy cause I am more organized because of it.

I still play videogames if I pick up one I like. The last one I bought was Fable, I believe.

Video games died for me with the Dreamcast.

Occasionally, when no one's around, I'll dig up the grave and fondle the body, but it's still dead.

I would play MechAssault more but my disc is scratched to hell. I generally have to clean it between each match.

Light Speed wrote:Well considering the PS2 version of Joe is just a better version of the GameCube original I'm guessing it is very good. Hard as fuck, but very good.

And what is the deal with none of you playing video games anymore? I've always found myself having more time when I'm busy cause I am more organized because of it.

Eh? I heard the frame-rate is slower in the PS2 version but if you like Dante then I guess you should pick it up.

And from the 31 episodes I've seen of FMA it defenately kicks the ass out of every anime that aired on Adult Swim--except for FLCL and Cowboy Bebop which is probably equal to it.

Talking about Dante, HAL JORDAN!!! and NGC, do you know anything about that "oh-so-rumored" port of Devil May Cry 1 for the NGC???

FMA is 51 episodes. Yeah, it's a TV series.

How much of those 51 episodes are filler?

Zeta, it's anime. How many do you think?

It changes depending on the quality of the anime. Even in the very best anime, the content of filler is usually 40% of the series.

The very wost anime uses filler 90% of the time and the plot only advances one step for every 10 episodes (Dragonball Z and Season 3 of Pokemon - I'm looking in your direction).

So what about those of us who don't have cable? What are we supposed to do?

I still love games, though the way I play them now is completely different from how I used to. It's really not "just for fun" anymore, nor should it be. When I play a game now, I tear into it critically and technically like a movie buff would investigate a renowned director's latest film, or an art patron would pick apart a painting. I've also become extremely interested in the history of games, hence my voracious appetite for old roms.

How much of those 51 episodes are filler?

51 episodes is feasible if it's a very episodic series. Though when I hear the words "TV series", I become automatically repelled...

FMA has a grand total of three filler episodes, each of which is as good as any episode of Bebop. Also, there are no recap episodes.

Yes, FMA is a continuing story, but that is by no means a bad thing. It's really, really good. Trust me.