More rumination on the subject of MMOs

Supposedly pimp equips and endgame play can't be expressed in money, but people have found prices for selling characters on eBay or gold on commercial websites. (Even game companies sell in-game costumes and items to players.) I'm kind of wondering if maybe someone could put a label on video games like the nutrition label on food, that says, "this game will require an average of x [months of subscription, hours] of active playing time to obtain y [standard goal or reward]," and "there will be [will not be] expansion packs" and...the idea is to inform people when they make a decision. ~_~ Nobody can actually stop Hardee's from selling Monster Thickburgers with the biggest size fries and a bucket of soda, and nobody can stop people from buying that, but plenty more will say, "hm, that might not be so healthy for me. Maybe instead I will have a kid's meal." Yeah, like that. (Oh no, I mentioned kid's meals in my analogy but there's no equivalent in MMOs NOOOOOOO)

I'M GOING TO THE GYM TODAY EVEN IF IT KILLS ME.

EDIT: WENT TO THE GYM. LIVED.

Blather about PSP games

Radiant Mythology 2's mercenary download system runs on PSP wifi, not the computer. One might understand that I am nervous about how that's going to be when I can't get the fucking PSP to connect to wifi in my own house. I thought it was okay, but supremely inefficient to go to a cafe with wifi. Pages geared to the PSP loaded slowly, an 85kb download took 2 minutes for the machine to handle, and of course I got kicked out after half an hour. How am I supposed to shoot through lists of mercenaries and spend time considering my choices? They also changed the levels you can specify in a search (multiples of 10 only) so I can't go looking for pictures of other people's characters wearing armor for inspiration :(

I listened to this interview with the director of idolm@ster SP, and like it says on that page, each idolm@ster SP game is different.

Perfect Sun (the pink one with Haruka, Yayoi, and Makoto): a conventional idol story made to please all audiences (since this is the one with Haruka I'm guessing it's good but bland)

Wandering Star (the yellow/green one with Yukiho, Iori, and Ami-Mami): wacky, off-the-wall, possibly even weird, appealing to dedicated fans (Ami and Mami have a fun patter and a reputation)

Missing Moon (the blue one with Chihaya, Ritsuko, and Asukaお兄さん): the director says it's like Perfect Sun, but like a soap opera. Conventional, a little more serious than Perfect Sun, with an emphasis on relationships (this one has Chihaya, so it must be dramatic)

Again and again I hear that I'm just supposed to pick the girl I like, but...I'm not really "into" any of them :| I just wanna dress 'em up, make them sing songs, and do funny stuff. WHICH ONE *writhes in agony*