 this day, the gameplay holds up well, and still provides hours of enjoyment to anyone still holding onto a copy.
Though some players thought the game's characters looked a bit too childlike after Final Fantasy 7's and 8's more adult visuals, Final Fantasy 9 was one of the great RPGs of the PlayStation era. There were plenty of throwbacks to the very first years of the franchise, including the return of black mages, and the more simple character design. And despite its looks, FF9 had a surprisingly mature and emotional story that even took some familiar tropes and turned them on their heads. It's not often that a series like this sees yearly releases, and it's even less common for each subsequent title to surpass the last, but FF9 does just that with ease.
Games like Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee are incredibly rare. It takes just the right timing and the right system for a game about escaping slavery in a factory to work, but somehow all the factors lined up perfectly for Oddworld Inhabitants. The game's solid soundtrack and sharp graphics and design certainly didn't hurt, but what really kept players coming back repeatedly were the puzzles. Enemies and allies all reacted differently, so trying to make sure Abe and his people were able to make it out of the extremely dangerous complex provided quite the challenge to players. You might be able to get one or two friends to safety, but there was always that one guy who fell to his death when you weren't looking. Saving his life was motivation enough to reload your save time and time again.
Tekken 3 changed everything. Friends became bitter rivals. Bitter rivals became even more bitter rivals. Tekken 3 was the game you played with friends you didn't want to be your friends anymore. The ease with which people who had never played a fighter before were able to learn the controls was only part of the appeal. The smooth animations, the colorful attacks, the miniature dinosaur character you could unlock, and the sweet satisfaction of pummeling your pals with Hwoarang and Law only added to the excitement. There are still people out there who can recall the exact combo maneuvers you needed to take out Jin with Paul without losing any health. Tekken 3 changed everything.
Final Fantasy Tactics was unlike any previous Final Fantasy game Squaresoft had produced, and many longtime fans didn't quite understand the appeal of the strategic RPG. Little did they know they'd be losing out on one of the most brilliant role-playing games ever developed. In addition to yet another exemplary score, Final Fantasy Tactics introduced a wealth of depth to the typically stale formula associated with Final Fantasy games. There were plenty of classes to master, characters to discover, and battles to wage. Plenty of RPGs like this have been released over the years, but few still earn as many replays from devoted fans as FF Tactics does.
There aren't too many games that strike terror into the hearts and minds of men (and women), like Silent Hill. The first game in Konami's long-running survival horror franchise didn't just set out to be a Resident Evil clone. No, Silent Hill was a beast of a different flavor all together. Few games today would let so much gameplay focus on running away, but that's exactly how you survived in the twisted world of Silent Hill. Lead protagonist Harry wasn't some gun-toting bad-ass. He was a man just like any other, and when things got weird, you felt just as terrified as he did. Silent Hill players still get a chill whenever a fog sets in, and that says a lot about the psychological power the game still holds over them.
As real as racing gets... or, got at the time rather. Gran Turismo 2 pushed the PlayStation in ways gamers never expected, with outstanding attention to detail, and ridiculously great physics. The racing was so intense, it was often hard to remember you were just playing a game. GT2 offered more cars and customization over its predecessor, but it also made everyone who played it into a ridiculous car junkie. Players would trade car tuning specs on memory cards, as they just needed to get that Nissan Skyline fit just right to win those last few races. The fervor surrounding the Gran Turismo series still exists today, but Gran Turismo 2 is what hooked fans for life.
Outshining the first Resident Evil in nearly every aspect, Resident Evil 2 is still considered the benchmark by which all other Resident Evil games are judged. Taking place roughly in the same time frame as the first game, but within the unfriendly confines of Raccoon City, players stepped into the shoes of either Leon Kennedy or Claire Redfield to try and solve the mystery of the zombie outbreak, and to get out of the city alive. The two narratives would cross-over from time to time, but for the most part, Resident Evil 2 was a solitary adventure that set a new bar for what survival horror could be. There's a reason Leon Kennedy is arguably the series' most beloved character. This game is that reason.I am happy I found this website, it rekindled, my interest in things that I had forgotten about for so long. Thank you so much for bringing me back.French authorities are so sure that Landis has some part in this cyber attack on world freedom that they’ve issued a warrant for the 34-year-old’s arrest. But let’s be honest here for a minute. They’re French authorities, so can we really trust them? I don’t think so.
Unless Landis decides to travel to France, he will never be arrested. So in essence, he’s been banned forever from the capital of the world’s most competitive bike ride. Good luck getting back into the sport, Floyd.
Even though Landis’ beef is with France (essentially a fistfight between a bodybuilder and a flamboyant gay), and even though we don’t really like Lance Armstrong (kind of a jerk), all this scandal surrounding Landis has left him as a reminder of American loser-dom that we’d all like to forget.
It’s tough being the guy who follows THE GUY, we know. We tend to use great quarterbacks or legendary coaches to illustrate this phenomenon. But what Landis did sets a whole new precedent for failure.
First of all, he won the Tour. He actually managed to do what his predecessor, Armstrong, had previously achieved seven times. 
Second, he watched the title be ripped from his grasp amid steroid allegations. Armstrong, too, had faced steroid scrutiny on a yearly basis. The difference is he had that whole cancer, one-testicle thing to fall back on, more or less allowing him to sink back into the good graces of the public eye, turning his accusers into clear-cut villains in the process. Landis, on the other hand, was made to be the evil-doer from the get-go, turning the tables on the cyclist in a way that Armstrong had never experienced.
Third, he handled the scandal all wrong. Instead of following the tried-and-true formula of regaining public acceptance (admit, repent, redeem), Landis decided to start a holy war which we all knew he would lose. Trying to prove one’s innocence in a sport riddled with cheaters is next to impossible, and Landis only further exemplified that. He will likely never clear his name.
For a guy who was supposed to be the LeBron James of his sport (the Second Coming, if you will), Landis not only failed, he failed epically.
In a world of Barry Bondses, Mark McGwires, Sammy Sosas, and other disgraced athletic superstars, Landis is and forever will be the one and only worst.
Taken down by an entire nation who we all seemingly despise (France), and embarrassed on an international stage after victory at the pinnacle of his sport, Floyd Landis earns the uncoveted title which we can only bestow on one individual: Worst American Hero.
the new website floydlandis.com seems to have taken your “hero” argument and flipped it upside down.
And now the turd is trying to “testify” against Lance. 
Kinda funny reading this now. Floyd was like Vadar, and Lance was the Emperor…I’m waiting for Seatle Sports to update this article with real Worst American Hero.
Ah, that's clearly cable management then.  Keeps it in place, adds mild strain relief, makes sure the wires don't get caught on the cage when the module is slid in/out.  I have newer broadcast equipment that does this with a stiff wire with terminal connectors that loops back on itself, never seen it with a hard strip like this (although I've never had to get inside a Sony DME switcher other than to quickly reseat a component input card and a control card)

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