We finally get some details about Final Fantasy XIII after Square Enix revealed that the game will remain exclusive to the PlayStation console. After that, the only detail that's been revealed (said in passing no less) is that the game is finally running on actual PlayStation 3 hardware. The latest details come from the Japanese video game magazine Famitsu.

Since the text is in its Japanese and we're a little short on vocabulary, we had to rely on Maiki's translations on a Livejournal post. It looks like the city featured in the FFXIII's trailer is called Cocoon, and the towns and plains in were inspired from fair Italy.

The new FFXIII girl will also be different from the previous girls of the Final Fantasy series. Two new characters were also revealed in the trailer but they could still be changed. Even the main character's design may change by the final release.

Tetsuya Nomura says the latest trailer of Final Fantasy Versus XIII (from TGS) is the closest to his vision of the game yet. Final Fantasy Agito XIII also "looks pretty tame" compared to FFXIII and FFXIII Versus but there will be a bigger revelation to be out next year. If you want to take a look at the actual scan, you may click on the image above.

As campaigned by himself almost a year ago, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is now making good on his promise to make way for violent videogame legislation. As reported by Business Week:

Gov. Eliot Spitzer will take a shot at violent videos and video games as part his remaining 2007 legislative agenda that includes campaign finance reform, streamlining the courts, and energy development.

Spitzer said he will soon provide a bill that would target the ratings of video movies and video games "that are often violent and degrading" and can hurt children who repeatedly use and view them.

The BusinessWeek report later notes that:

Spitzer said he wants to restrict access to these videos and games by children, similar to motion picture regulations which prohibit youths under 17 from being admitted to R-rated movies without a parent or adult guardian.

Under Spitzer's proposal, retailers who sell violent or degrading videos or video games to children contrary to the rating would be sanctioned.

The Democrat said his approach would be similar to greater enforcement in recent years to stop the sale of cigarettes to minors.

GamesPolitics noted a year ago (back when they were still in LiveJournal) that Spitzer also mentioned in his campaigning that he wishes that there be a uniform rating standard for multiple forms of media. He said then: "industry leaders like the... the (ESRB) for videogames... should come together to set uniform rating standards across all forms of media."

Well two things we should point out. First off, what if there is indeed a universal ratings system, and then violence still occurs because parents still buy (the big problem with this "retailers sell only to 18 and up" suggestion) their kids violent videogames, what then?

Moreover, cigarettes are proven to be harmful to the health of human beings, minor or not. The harmful effect of videogames on the other hand, is still an assumption.