I miss some of the staff writers from 1Up bring in one place.  I think Jeremy Parish is one of the best games journalists of all time.  I agree on visiting my oldvfriold of ToV.  One of the best Tales games.

I am a fellow ToL weirdo.  Loved the characters in that one.  Chloe>Shirley.

I just waited until I found an okay CyberpowerPC game as a daily deal or she'll shocker on Newegg.  It was $500, had pretty good specs for that money, and I could upgrade various things over time with various other shell shocker deals.  It has worked out great, and was cheap.