[lbo-talk] Why I Love Videogames

[dredmond at efn.org]

There are so many reasons... here's just one. First, click on Final
Fantasy 12's Japanese website:

http://www.ff12.com/

Sleek, low-key, standard. Now here's the US website:

http://www.finalfantasyxii.com/

Note the imperial tower, the clouds of History streaming past, the
menacing Rumsfeldian figure. Got all that? Now, here's the European site
(this is the English version, but the others are identical):

http://www.finalfantasy12.eu.com/site_en.html

Some press quotes roll, then the title. Now read the tag lines. Here they
come:

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CHALLENGE AN EMPIRE.

LIBERATE A NATION.

CHANGE THE WORLD.

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-- DRR