man, for the first time in a while i have been doing some serious binge gaming. for a while i was playing ages of empires III. its pretty fun and a real good looking game, but i felt like it took some steps back from rise of empires (i know). whats really gotten me hooked is dragon quest 8. i was recently replaying final fantasy 8, and i was really in the rpg mood. dq8 is really hitting the spot. id highly reccomend it to any old school rpg fan.