The Mop that you can steal from the Nu on the Huntring Range in 65
Million B.C.

Sure, it sucks. But you can make Crono fight with a mop!

~Shrubey

Missed your Costumes topic but here's a link to the Artifact Armor in Final Fantasy XI.

They did a great job with the costumes here I think.

http://dc1.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/~A332886/

-Derek Chin

First off, before I forget: you are right, Chris... you are *SO* right. Link needs a new hat. I had myself a good chuckle at that "garden gnome" comparison, insofar as it is 100% true. Lay off the drugs, Shiggy-san.

As far as weapons are concerned, Link's Biggoron Sword--nice segue, ne?
:P--is a nice place to start. It's just so BIG, you know? Wow. Jean Reno's assortment of Ivy-style whip-swords and such in Onimusha 3 are incredibly fun to thrash genma fools with, and really do a lot towards making the game as absolutely bad-assed as it is. It's *AT THE VERY LEAST* worth a rental, man, you should give it a spin. If only to experience the heart-warming exploits of cute little French catamite, Henri Reno, and who can say no to that adorable little face?

Most RPG's have a sweet arsenal, although I'll limit myself to Tales of
Destiny II for PS1. Main character Reid can weild a robust variety of
weapons--axes, halberds, daggers, and swords--and each and every one of
those ass-thrashing implements of doom are lovingly presented on Reid's
body, when equipped. (I must admit my weakness to RPG's that show your
equipment in battle, hence my drooly love-affair with Champions of Norrath: it's Armored Core for RPG geeks! Whee!!) But those weapons are something to be seen... there's something about them I find unexplainably *COOL*.

And, lastly, I'll give props to the Silent Hill 3 team. Fighting was never fun in the series, and while it's still not totally fun to whoop ass in SH3, the fact that you can unlock unlimited-ammo flamethrowers and SMG's, light sabers, and "teh S3xy B34m to compliment the almighty Katana... well, you know, that's just durn nice of them, I think. Ph34r teh S3xy B34m, n00bs. :P

The Katana in MGS2 is a groovy lil' thing, too. Anybody looking for the key piece of evidence that human beings are pressurized vats of gore need look no further than the Katana in MGS2. Now, if only Snake had been the one to wield it... but that is an argument for another day.

Peace.

-The Absu-

Gesualdi-san

I know this is kind of a cop-out, but the best video game weapons ever
are Ruby, Emerald, and Omega Weapon from FFVII. I mean, not only can
they hand you your rear on a silver platter, they epitomize badassness
altogether.

-Christopher White, who is torn between ninjas and pirates because he
watches Naruto and One Piece religiously.
"Kaizoku-ooh nee harounda!"
stoph@lazycomics.com

Dear Chris-san,

The worst weapon I have ever seen was in a game my cousin and I used to play on his Genesis called Revolution X. In the game you had to save the members of Aerosmith (one was hiding in a bathroom stall) from some bad guys. Now, I don't remember why you had to save them or who the bad guys were, but the only weapon you had was CDs. You had to go around shooting everything in sight with freaking COMPACT DISCs. It was the most ridiculous thing ever! And the explination for why you were shooting CDs at people was this: Music Is The Weapon!

Ummm... that's it? That's your whole big explination? Music is the freaking weapon? I wish that game would have come on a CD, just so I could shoot it at a brick wall!

The coolest weapon would have to be the GunBlade from FF-VIII! Not only is it a sword, but it's also got a freaking Magnum for a handle!

Nathan Peagler, who so wants a GunBlade.

Best weapon... this is kind of a tough one, as there's quite a few good
choices... Voldo's... claw thingy ma-jobs are wicked. Or Guilty Gear X2
has a bunch... Faust's scalpel, May's anchor (somethin' cool about a
cute scrawny anime girl who wields a massive boat anchor like its a
tennis racket), or even Milla's hair... nearly everyones, actually.
'Cept for Sol's sword... it's just kinda stupid. he shoulda had a more
traditional english sword or something. However, none of them hold a
candle to the true "best weapon ever", I mean it's name even proves it:
Link's Master Sword.

Seriously. It's the only sword to be more or less depicted on every one
of the series logos since it's inception almost 20 years ago, and the
only sword proven to banish evil pigs throughout Hyrule. sure, everynow
and again evil rises, but that and arrows of light are the only thing
that can stop it!

Plus you gotta admit, the way Link handles it at the end of Wind Waker
seriously kicked some major ass. Nothing like impaling some guy in the
forehead (who somehow manages to still live and talk for a brief moment
or two) to prove that it wasn't neccesarily a kids game.

-xddga