About Final Fantasy XIII's Linearity Issue

"Final Fantasy XIII is relentlessly linear."

They're not wrong. The game leads off straight as an arrow, though it opens wide dozens of hours later, with as much to explore and accomplish on your own terms after you've polished off the Big Bad as there was leading up to the main story's final Frenetic beats .

But let's talk about those "linear" opening hours, because they're on everyone's lips.Read More Story,http://www.pcworld.com/article/191060/about_final_fantasy_xiiis_linearity_issue.html/

Read more...

Biden Sees 'Moment Of Opportunity' in Mideast Peace Process

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says an agreement by Israel and the Palestinians to begin indirect peace talks marks a "moment of opportunity" for the peace process.

Biden was speaking ahead of a Tuesday meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli President Shimon Peres. Biden is making the highest-level visit by a U.S. official to Israel and the West Bank since the Obama administration took office more than a year ago.

The U.S. Vice President is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later Tuesday and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Wednesday.

U.S. Officials said Monday the two sides had agreed to begin indirect peace talks through U.S. Mediators following a 14-month break in negotiations.Read More Story,http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Biden-Sees-Moment-of-Opportunity-in-Mideast-Peace-Process-87102102.html

Read more...

Sandra Bullock: I Never Aspired To Win an Oscar

"I did not aspire to this," she told People.com on her big win. "I was in awe of it. I admired it. I got to watch it like everyone else did, or present, but it was not something that I said, 'One day when I get the Oscar." "

After winning best actress for "The Blind Side" on Sunday night, Bullock is staying grounded, thanks in part to the Razzie Award for worst actress, for her performance in "All About Steve," that she won just one night earlier.

"You take the good with the not so good," she told Reporters on the Oscars, "but I had the best time at the Razzies last night. It probably means more that [the Oscar and the Razzie] both happened at the same time , because it's the great equalizer. "Nothing ever lets me get too full of myself.".Read More Story,http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/03/09/2010-03-09_sandra_bullock_i_never_aspired_to_win_an_oscar.ht

Read more...