<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920926015188610519</id><updated>2011-07-07T22:17:19.441-04:00</updated><category term='Random Thoughts'/><category term='Profiles'/><category term='Welcome'/><title type='text'>Xenosaga</title><subtitle type='html'>Devoted to all things Xenosaga.  This blog will bring you everything from character profiles to my daily adventures with the games.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>TFG</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17877572479981557371</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920926015188610519.post-7851744157695960525</id><published>2010-03-09T19:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T19:28:58.306-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Other great sites for Xenosaga</title><content type='html'>I have found a few other sites that are a great Xenosaga resourse, check them out: &lt;a href="http://ziedrich.net/"&gt;Ziedrich&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.godsibb.net/"&gt;Godsibb&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Godsibb is Xenosaga exclusive, and Ziedrich has anime content and other great stuff.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1920926015188610519-7851744157695960525?l=xeno-saga.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com' title='Other great sites for Xenosaga'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/feeds/7851744157695960525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/2010/03/other-great-sites-for-xenosaga.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default/7851744157695960525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default/7851744157695960525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/2010/03/other-great-sites-for-xenosaga.html' title='Other great sites for Xenosaga'/><author><name>TFG</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17877572479981557371</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920926015188610519.post-6931879295226620547</id><published>2010-03-07T12:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T12:44:54.149-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Profiles'/><title type='text'>Xenosaga Episode 1 Player Characters</title><content type='html'>There are five player characters available in Xenosaga Episode 1.&amp;nbsp; There names are:&amp;nbsp; Shion Uzuki, KOS-MOS, Ziggurat 8 (Ziggy), MOMO, Chaos, and Little Master (Jr.).&amp;nbsp; I thought I would provide a quick rundown of these characters for those of you who are new to Xenosaga Episode 1, or those who want a little refresher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcTv7uSeI/AAAAAAAAAB4/EOL91UiW1QM/s1600-h/shionXenosaga.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcTv7uSeI/AAAAAAAAAB4/EOL91UiW1QM/s320/shionXenosaga.gif" width="92" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shion Uzuki&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chief Engineer of the KOS-MOS Project General Operation System Research Center Vector Industries First R&amp;amp;D Division.&amp;nbsp; When the story begins Uzuki is assigned on a twofold mission: to assist in the investigation of a planetary disappearance which is somehow related to the"Zohar Project" - a plan developed jointly between the government and private industry - and to test KOS-MOS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcPkHk-gI/AAAAAAAAABo/76BlcRhtklQ/s1600-h/KOSMOSXenosaga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcPkHk-gI/AAAAAAAAABo/76BlcRhtklQ/s320/KOSMOSXenosaga.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;KOS-MOS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A female, armored battle android developed by the interstellar conglomerate, Vector Industries.&amp;nbsp; She is comprised entirely of mechanical parts, a rarity in as age of advanced Realian technology.&amp;nbsp; "KOS-MOS" is not her personal name, but rather the name of the complete battle system designed to combat Gnosis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5Pcj_F18yI/AAAAAAAAACA/Nk9adoqrTw0/s1600-h/ziggyXenosaga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5Pcj_F18yI/AAAAAAAAACA/Nk9adoqrTw0/s320/ziggyXenosaga.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ziggy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;A combat cyborg assigned the task of recovering and protecting MOMO, the prototype 100-Series observational Realian.&amp;nbsp; Instead of embracing the fact that he was once human, Ziggy is constantly tuning his body, eliminating organic parts in order to erase his own existence and reduce himself from a "person" to a mere "object".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcRUkOLxI/AAAAAAAAABw/R9rmeQEZIoE/s1600-h/MomoXenosaga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcRUkOLxI/AAAAAAAAABw/R9rmeQEZIoE/s320/MomoXenosaga.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MOMO&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A prototype 100-Series Observational Realian (synthetic human) developed to observe and contact Gnosis. an alien life form that can only be detected by a "special sense".&amp;nbsp; MOMO is short for Multiple Observative Mimetic Organicus.&amp;nbsp; She was created by Joachim Mizrhi, a scientist renowned throughout the galaxy, and his wife, Juli Mizrahi.&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcGFjvLOI/AAAAAAAAABg/O3RI_Luqplo/s1600-h/ChaosXenosaga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcGFjvLOI/AAAAAAAAABg/O3RI_Luqplo/s320/ChaosXenosaga.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chaos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;A slender, young boy who appears 16 years old by whose true age is unknown.&amp;nbsp; His perpetually melancholic expression, as well as the depth and scope of his conversations. give the impression that he hails from a higher plane of existence.&amp;nbsp; His translucent blue eyes and silver hair and his particularly distinguishing features.&amp;nbsp; As he volunteers no information whatsoever about the past other than his name, everything about him. including whether he even has any memory of his past, is unknown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcodBkgBI/AAAAAAAAACI/oGXxCsSD2ZI/s1600-h/Jr.Xenosaga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcodBkgBI/AAAAAAAAACI/oGXxCsSD2ZI/s320/Jr.Xenosaga.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jr.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the directors of the Kukai Foundation, a special organization based on Second Miltia (an autonomous state in the Galaxey Ferration)&amp;nbsp; Despite his seemingly carefree attitude, Jr. is actually quite wise and will occasionalyyy make statements, cutting right to the heart of things.&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There you have it.&amp;nbsp; I will be writing up some profiles for the Gnosis and other enemies soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1920926015188610519-6931879295226620547?l=xeno-saga.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com' title='Xenosaga Episode 1 Player Characters'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/feeds/6931879295226620547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/2010/03/xenosaga-episode-1-player-characters.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default/6931879295226620547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default/6931879295226620547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/2010/03/xenosaga-episode-1-player-characters.html' title='Xenosaga Episode 1 Player Characters'/><author><name>TFG</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17877572479981557371</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_96JcqDCQNJ4/S5PcTv7uSeI/AAAAAAAAAB4/EOL91UiW1QM/s72-c/shionXenosaga.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920926015188610519.post-7882481613454707477</id><published>2010-03-07T10:57:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T12:45:53.612-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><title type='text'>Gamestop and Xenosaga Don't Mix</title><content type='html'>This post is a warning/story of my trouble with a copy of &lt;i&gt;Xenosaga: Episode 1&lt;/i&gt; I bought from Gamestop.&amp;nbsp; I was looking though the massive PS2 bins at Gamestop looking for a solid RPG; then I saw &lt;i&gt;Xenosaga&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I was thinking in my head "with a name like &lt;i&gt;Der Wille Zur Macht&lt;/i&gt; it has to be good.", so I gave the cashier a fiver, made my way home, and popped it in my PS2.&amp;nbsp; The game was great!&amp;nbsp; I played for seven hours straight loving every second of it.&amp;nbsp; Okay, now your thinking, "where does the not mix part come in."&amp;nbsp; To answer you question right now.&amp;nbsp; I walked into the elevator on the Elsa clicked "yes" to start her up... and it froze.&amp;nbsp; I sat there in silent fury because I hadn't saved in a while and  &lt;i&gt;Xenosaga&lt;/i&gt; has no auto save system.&amp;nbsp; It was just an unlucky one time thing right, NO!&amp;nbsp; I restarted the PS2 at least five times, and every time I got to the elevator it froze.&amp;nbsp; After my anger had subsided and I realized I only spent five dollars on the game I went to eBay and typed in Xenosaga: Episode 1 Der Wille Zur Macht .&amp;nbsp; I found a copy for only .99 cents and bought it.&amp;nbsp; Everything was going well with this copy of the game.&amp;nbsp; I made it all the way to the last boss and killed him without having anymore trouble.&amp;nbsp; After I beat the boss however, it went into a cut scene where it froze again.&amp;nbsp; I lost and hour and a half of game play and I had to beat the boss again.&amp;nbsp; Naturally I took the game out of the PS2 to inspect it, and what do you know it's my original copy of the game.&amp;nbsp; Some how the eBay copy got switched with the Gamestop copy.&amp;nbsp; It all works out in the end, but everything would have been good if I never bought that copy from Gamestop.&amp;nbsp; I guess the moral of the story is check every disc from Gamestop, or any use video game shop, before you pay for it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1920926015188610519-7882481613454707477?l=xeno-saga.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com' title='Gamestop and Xenosaga Don&apos;t Mix'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/feeds/7882481613454707477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/2010/03/gamestop-and-xenosaga-dont-mix.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default/7882481613454707477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default/7882481613454707477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/2010/03/gamestop-and-xenosaga-dont-mix.html' title='Gamestop and Xenosaga Don&apos;t Mix'/><author><name>TFG</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17877572479981557371</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920926015188610519.post-8989900311592418428</id><published>2010-03-06T12:29:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T12:44:04.589-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Welcome'/><title type='text'>Welcome to My Xenosaga Blog</title><content type='html'>If your a fan of Xenosaga or if your interested in it then congratulations you have found my Xenosaga blog.&amp;nbsp; Here you can find everything from character profiles to my personal stories from the games.&amp;nbsp; So enjoy, and if you have any question, concerns, or want to contact me for any reason then email me a branhampatrick@gmail.com.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1920926015188610519-8989900311592418428?l=xeno-saga.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com' title='Welcome to My Xenosaga Blog'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/feeds/8989900311592418428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/2010/03/welcom-to-my-xenosaga-episode-1-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default/8989900311592418428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1920926015188610519/posts/default/8989900311592418428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xeno-saga.blogspot.com/2010/03/welcom-to-my-xenosaga-episode-1-blog.html' title='Welcome to My Xenosaga Blog'/><author><name>TFG</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17877572479981557371</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
