Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth is just about the most overrated videogame character in existence. Basically, the dude is a whiny, pissed-off loose cannon who overreacts to the discovery of his test-tube-baby birth (or FF7's magical equivalent, anyway) by trying to destroy the world. Yeah, that's perfectly reasonable. His long hair, dark clothes, and cartoonishly long sword won over legions of gamers easily impressed by generic, effeminate Japanese...

This time we're staying out of the "these are bullshots" argument. Instead we're just going to drool and twitch a little as we look in disbelief once more. We're still hoping that the game will release in North America at the beginning of October. Fingers crossed.Bryn says: Man, those are some crazy-impressive shots. I'm getting all fired up about a series that I've generally shied away from in previous years. I can appreciate the technical prowe...

LucasArts and BioWare's new MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic featured prominently at this year's E3. We've been following the game's progress since it was announced, and today, we're reporting that a new developer blog has arrived on the official web site. BioWare's senior writer Hall Hood goes into some great detail about the game's Smuggler class, which sounds like it's shaping up to be a humorous, romantic and sly action role. The Old R...