James Bishop of TheGameReviews writes: "I would be lying if I said that I wasn't concerned about the direction that the main series seems to be taking with its newest installment, released today in the US and Europe, Final Fantasy XIII. It's not as if I am opposed to shaking up the role-playing game genre and, more specifically, Japanese ideals as to what constitutes an RPG. I actually own the DS release Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings as well as a number of the Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles branded games. It's not like I haven't given a fair shake to the changes that have been made in the franchise over the years."
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
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After all the ropey FFXIII reviews, I have decided instead to play Mass Effect 2. As a massive FF fanboy, hearing how linear and dull XIII is makes me very sad :(
I'm only a couple of hours into FFXIII and although it is incredibly linear so far, it's still making the little Final Fantasy fanboy in me incredibly excited.
I think once you've played and loved one numeric Final Fantasy, you're hooked. Even if the fans are becoming a little long suffering now.
Linear or not, I am still looking forward to Final Fantasy XIII immensely...
The JRPG format really needs to change. The genre has barely changed since the 16-bit era and it's really annoying when a company does something to change the formula and people immediately bash. Not that the author of the article is doing that, but I would rather see devs try things that fail than have them regurgitate the same game over and over.
I can't for the life of me get excited for this game. I bought it for my g/f, watched her play the first 70 min and it fell terribly flat to me. I mean it's in my room and I could play it any time I want, yet I still have no desire to. For shame.