Episode 137 live, and I almost threw my PSP again.

But thankfully I did not. I just defeated my first boss (denoted by an "Urgent Mission!" Tag) in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Now that I'm making headway, the game isn't so abhorrent anymore. I still agree with Joe Dodson that the combat is weak but I am upgrading it from "awful" to "not good." In any case, the game came out yesterday, and if you like Monster Hunter I see no reason why you wouldn't pick it up--unless you were expecting something significantly different than Monster Hunter Freedom 2. Of course, as I've mentioned before (either that, or "as should be common knowledge") diehards aren't the only ones looking at this game so I have to make other considerations with my reco. (Nevermind the fact that I've harshly scored games that I actually personally loved--Shiren The Wanderer, *cough*--that's the job.) You'll know soon enough when I finish the game and finally post the review.

Episode 137 is up and I've done my best to eliminate the echoing. There are still traces but thanks to the short length of this episode (a shade under 90 minutes) it was easier for me to manage. The RSS is updated so you can hit it up at http://trigames.net/rss.xml -- and remember to mail us your questions and comments on anything videogame-related (mailbag AT trigames DOT net).