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Tales of Xillia 2 PS3 Too much too soon In my previous Tales of  review, I made an open challenge to people who miss the "good Final Fantasies"  and went as far to say that I think the Tales series has started to get better than the iconic JRPG franchise from Square Enix. I made this claim based on the track record that pretty much every Tales of  game that played dating back to Tales of Symphonia  back on the gamecube has been an example of excellence in the active battle JRPG genre.  Although, I did have a little bit of trepidation going into this one because the turn around from Tales of Xillia  to its direct sequel was only about a year. That seemed awfully fast for a series of games that boast 60+ hour play times. I began to wonder if Tales was starting to go the Assassins Creed route on me. I certainly hope not. Lets find out... TALES OF XILLIA 2  (PS3) Xillia 2  is much like its predecessor in the regard that it weaves the story of 2 m...

talk Functional Programming and Django QuerySets soon! Ill be speaking at the next SoCal Python meetup! http://www.meetup.com/socalpython/events/230329648/  If you want to go, sign up soon, there are only a few spots left. This talk is mostly about Functional Programming in the Python world.  FP is great for testing, but it can be a bit mysterious at times. I highlight the awesomeness of FP, the dangerous bit, and how it is related to Django QuerySets. Ive given this talk a few times, and people always get excited about it. FP is not magic!  Its a clean and graceful way to write code. Heres a link with my previous versions slides, notes, and other references: http://johntellsall.blogspot.com/2014/05/talk-functional-programming-and-django.html Each time I give a talk I change it up a little or a lot. This time Ill probably add more cat photos. download  file  now