Zero Punctuation: Super Paper Mario

     Just a reminder that another wednesday has come and gone.Can’t say I relate to this one… but I faithfully wait for the next wednesday. On the note of jrpgs: I have nothing against turn based rpg… Fallout 2 proved to me that turnbased can be quite okay… it’s the extremely linear stories that bother me. In my mind RPG still stands for *role playing*, as in the live roleplaying where you express yourself, and not as in micromanagement of a zillion items and leveling up of stats that are only useful in battle… as the term is being used nowadays (seems to me). I guess my reasoning is on the lines of: “if I’m gonna play an extremely linear thing than at least be straight with me and give me an action type game, isntead of making me hope that by all that inventory management I’m actually going to be able to get off the beaten path and make my own story in this virtual world! But i want a _role playing_ game! If i wanted a linear experience I would have watched a movie… and I wouldn’t have had to work through my linear experience”.
     Umm… I’m ranting again about games with options, aren’t I? (straightening posture) Wednesday=day of joy=Zero Punctuation!!! Yeayy!!!