ClaRK! Kent

I'll go through the decades of music I know, and suggest why I like them. I do really like most music, so... 1950s - Rock'n'Roll, at its grassroots, and blues also. Damn straight, white boy. 1960s - A close second in terms of my favourite era, because of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. I'd say 1962-66 were my favourite years here, because of the God that is BOB DYLAN. Bow before him. Now. Also, there was that Hendrix guy, and Cream/Clapton. 1970s - You had Zeppelin, you had Sabbath, and later you had punk and stuff... but not in the charts. You look back and think "ooh, heavy metal and punk, cool!" but actually it was all disco and ABBA. The only punk bands who got into the charts, for real, were the Pistols and the unsung heroes - the Boomtown Rats. 1980s - People say that it wasn't good, and they have a point - Guns'n'Roses? Bleugh. The beginning of hip hop? Ugh. The start of dance music, Satan's synthesiser-tunes? Kill me now. But in Britain, where proper music is made, we the single greatest band ever, bar none - The Smiths. VIVA MORRISSEY! 1990s - I like Nirvana as much as the next person, but they were the only grunge band that didn't deserve to be shot in the mouth - how ironic. Oooh, I tagged Cobain, wait'll the Americans get all angsty on me. All other grunge was bad. Period. There were three good Britpop bands - Oasis, Blur, and Mansun. That is all. 2000s - I fear this decade will become famous for shit dance music and even worse R&B, but just outside of the top 5 in the UK we have some of the best music since the 80s going on - Franz Ferdinand, the Libertines (not anymore, alas), the Killers, and for once the Americans making good music in QOTSA, Bright Eyes, Beck, and the like. This decade also has Patrick Wolf, who I love to bits. He's great, if anybody else has heard of him do say, because I don't know any other fans. Music is my passion, I love it. I'm also very opinionated about it, sorry if I offend anybody. But, come on, grunge was utter fucking bullshit. RK!

I personally like being the Japanese or Chinese, but that's my obsession with their culture for you. I like the Archipelago map, or the one that is basically the current world. In my current game, I try to be nice and trade with everybody, with Democracy being by preferred method of government, but if those pesky Aztecs (surviving into the 20th century, no less) ever get a bit uppity and declare war - somehow they have occupied Eastern Russia - I will declare a 'state of emergency' and switch to a war cabinet (ie: I change my government to Despotism) and blast the crap out of them. In my current game with the Chinese, I have occupied a former Persian town near the Aztec border and stocked it with nukes, cruise missiles, and tanks. There's also a continuous railroad from Beijing and Jiang'xi Province to what would be the front, so those Aztecs have no chance. They're still using musketeers, and I've spied a spare elephant or two at times. Elephants vs. Nukes... heh heh heh. RK!

Of those games you mentioned, get Bounty Hunter. But, you own KOTOR 1 & 2, which are the most complete Star Wars games ever made, so you're alright really. RK!

I thought FFX-2 was very, very girly indeed, but not a bad game in terms of what it was. The storyline wasn't great, but as an RPG for a few days it was quite nice. My sister really enjoys it, which is nice because it's something we can do together. I don't understand why they needed to rape FFX by doing the whole "the ending wasn't the ending!" thing, I thought the whole "you're just a dream" thing was very clever, actually. If you want a great roleplaying game, and have endless supplies of money/searching patience, find Star Ocean 2: The Second Story or Star Ocean 3. They're amongst, IMO, the greatest roleplaying games ever made. Love them to pieces, piss all over Suikoden and all that. On a related topic - does anybody know when FFXII (12) will be released in the UK? Or anywhere? I WANT AN AIRSHIP! Grr. If you like RPGs, PCs, and Star Wars, get Knights of the Old Republic 1 or 2, they're very good indeed, if a little inaccessible for non-Star Wars geeks. RK!

I first saw Battle Royale when I was, like, 15 - about three years ago. Fell in love with her. Absolutely. My friends were all "eeew, she's like, a teenager. That's like, gross!" but I was only 15 for hell's sake, it's hardly like I was any older than she was. She's gorgeous. Want an Asian girlfriend, a little bit. Do I know any Asian women? One, and she's a stuck-up, pretentious little bitch. Damn. RK!

So, Spongebob, you deleted your girl? I was going to give her the once-over again, with less annoyance this time, and see if my opinion changed. Although I do agree that it's unwise for you to let her know you did this. My Top 5 (I'll post pics if and when I can be bothered) 5. Vida Guera 4. Whoever that girl is who plays Alex on the OC 3. Michelle Trachtenberg 2. Gwen Stefani 1. Chiaki Kuriyama Because Asian girls are hot. RK!