Once upon a time Nintendo was launching the GameCube on November 5, three days before Microsoft was to launch the Xbox. Nintendo then delayed the GameCube in both Japan and the US to ensure more units would be available at launch. Now with the GameCube coming out on November 18, the Xbox had a ten day head start over the competition.

Those who have enjoyed the groundbreaking PC title Majestic from Electronic Arts are likely already aware of the game’s impending doom. For those who do not know yet, or were considering purchasing the game, the following quote was taken from an email sent out to Majestic gamers recently.

In the past couple of years, video games have improved drastically. Graphics, game play, sound, and pure fun factor have brought games along for the past couple of years, and technology has allowed them to flourish.

I recently had a “discussion” with a friend who couldn’t understand why at 23 I still enjoyed playing what she called “stupid little games”. When I asked if she had ever played a videogame I got a look like I had spit in her face. “I don’t need to play them to know֦quot; and with that she stormed off.

Way back in 1975 an ambitious youngster by the name of Bill Gates founded a small software company which is known today as the Microsoft Corporation. However, all those years ago I’ll bet that even Mr. Gates himself didn’t know what the future had in store for his company.

One company is known worldwide for incredibly deep stories, involving characters you actually care about, in worlds where miracles happen, the good guys win in the end, and fantasy becomes reality. This company is Square.

The following is a conversation between Ryan Schaefer and Kaleb Rutherford about the GameCube and Xbox launches.

Obi-Wan is a third person action game with a unique and intuitive player control system that gives the player an advanced degree of control over the lightsaber, use of the Force at their fingertips, and the ability to pull flips, rolls and cartwheels with ease.