I don’t know how I missed this one! Doublejump Books now has their guide for Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 available for pre-order on their website for $19.99. The guide will ship on 12/02/08, although I got my Disgaea 3 guide before its scheduled ship date, so who knows. I really loved their Persona 3 guide; it was characteristically in-depth and helped me maximize my year very well. This guide is said to include:
Complete walkthrough with Monthly Planners to help budget your time See all the endings Find out what’s of worth on the home shopping network Uncover all secrets Complete every quest Complete data on Social Links Uncover every character’s secret Persona Full list of all items, skills, personas and enemies plus much more!
As an added bonus, those who pre-order will receive a free priority shipping coupon code. The code, p4pre, is good for $6.30 off of shipping.
I have already spoken at length about the superiority of Doublejump Books’ guides. But what I like best about them, is I can purchase them BEFORE the respective game is released, granting some nice study time. With this code, there is no difference between buying the guide online, or in-store, so buy it!
Also I noticed that now ALL Disgaea 3 guides purchased from Doublejump Books.com get a signature from djpubba. Here I thought I was special.
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LittleBigPlanet’s Soundtrack Crusade
As some of you may have heard, Sony crushed the hearts of PS3 owners by recalling LittleBigPlanet, and stating that the game will ship next week on the 27th. The reason for the delay was that some individuals noticed that one song in the game makes two references to the Qur’an. Here are translations:
My initial reaction was the same as most people’s: rage. I assumed that the delay had something to do with the connection some ignorant individuals form between terrorism and the Muslim religion. Osama bin Laden is in our video games!
After rage came curiosity. I did some digging and learned that those who opposed the song were those of the Muslim faith. In the post which brought the subject to SCE’s attention, the author solid_08 explains: Muslims consider the mixing of music and words from our Holy Quran deeply offending.
While I admit I am still disappointed about the delay, I don’t want to see LBP associated with a religious controversy. Also I would hate to see it offend people on such a sensitive topic, so I feel the decision was just.
It’s too bad that the creators didn’t realize this before the initial pressing was recalled. Some websites like eBay are selling the recalled copies, which I doubt is legal. Legal or not it is tempting… I am slightly hesitant since I am not sure if the recalled version would be compatible for online content, which is a huge part of LBG’s appeal.
I think SCE made the right decision, and (as tough as it is) we gamers just need to be a bit patient. LittleBigPlanet will be a great game, and everyone should be able to appreciate it.
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