FFX - Celestial Weapons

In Final Fantasy X, you need to collect the weapon itself, and a crest, and a sigil.  You'll then need to treat them with the Celestial Mirror to actually make them useful.

Celestial Mirror

You'll win the Cloudy Mirror in the Chocobo Race at Remiem Temple, for finishing first, with no treasure chests opened.

Take it into Macalania Woods, and speak to the mother and child.  Find the father near where you camped, and then talk to the couple.  You'll find the son on the crystal path which goes above the woods.  When you examine the crystal he was looking at, the Cloudy Mirror will become the Celestial Mirror.  You'll need to come back here when you've collected everything.

Tidus

Weapon - In the Calm Lands, beat the chocobo trainer's time to pull the guard away from the crevice in the north-west.  You can grab the sword if you're in possession of the mirror.  Don't try it before then, or you'll have the beat the stupid game twice.

Sigil - Beat the stupid Catcher Chocobo game with a total time under 0:00 seconds.

Sun Crest - In the Zanarkand Dome.

Yuna

Weapon - capture one of every monster in the Calm Lands and you'll get it from the owner of the Arena.

Sigil - Defeat all of Belgemine's aeons and send her to the Farplane.

Crest - On Besaid Beach, in a little alcove to the right, away from the main beach.

Auron

Weapon - you'll find the rusty sword near the entrance to the sunken cave.  Take it to the statue of Lord Mi'ihen on Mushroom Rock Road.

Sigil - Generate ten creatures in the monster arena.

Crest - Oldroad South.

Wakka

Weapon - from the owner of the cafe in Luca after either 100 Blitzball victories or placing higher than third in a league or tournament.

Sigil - Offered as a Blitzball prize after winning the Attack Reels, Status Reels, and Aurochs reels.  You'll need to have fought a total of 450 battles by this point.

Crest - In the locker room at Luca once you have the airship.

Kimahri

Weapon - activate three Qactuar stones in the Thunder Plains, then find the Qactuar ghost in the south.  Follow it until you get the chest containing the Spirit Lance.

Sigil - Beat the Butterfly hunt after obtaining the airship.

Crest - Mt Gagazet.

Lulu

Weapon - Baaj Temple after defeating Geosgaeno.

Sigil - Dodge 200 lightening strikes.

Crest - on the Farplane, once you have the Airship.

Rikku

Weapon - enter the password GODHAND on the airship to find it.

Sigil - complete the Valley of the Catuars minigame.

Crest - Sanubia Desert.

HuniePop - Girls Who Like...

Romance

• Lola
• Beli
• Momo

Flirtation

• Tiffany
• Audrey
• Kyu

Sexuality

• Aiko
• Jessie
• Venus

Talent

• Kyanna
• Nikki
• Celeste

I find it easiest to group the girls, so I can focus on raising passion + one stat at a time.

eMails in .Hack//Quarantine

Balmung
Question

• Honestly - carries on.
• As a Friend - carries on.

As a Friend

• Honestly - carries on.
• Sorry - ends chain.

Honestly

• It's Hard - carries on.
• I'm not good - ends chain.

It's Hard

• Understand - gets final email.
• But - ends chain.

Thus, the best chain is As a Friend, Honestly, It's Hard, Understand.


Blackrose
A Thought

• You Suck! - ends chain.
• Me Too - carries on.

Newbies

• Yeah... - ends chain.
• But - carries on.

But

• Yeah Really - ends chain.
• The Incident - gets final email.

Thus the best chain is  Me Too, But, The Incident.

You Know

• Yeah - gets final email.
• Me too - gets final email.

Elk
I'm sorry

• Don't Apologise - carries on.
• Umm... - ends chain.

Don't Apologise

• Mia - carries on.
• You don't have any? - ends chain.

Mia

• You - carries on
• Man - ends chain.

You

• Real World - ends chain.
• No Reason - carries on.

No Reason

• You've Changed - gets final email.
• Long Ways - ends chain.

So the best chain is Don't apologise, Mia, You, No Reason, You've Changed.

Gardenia
No Subject

• Yeah - carries on.
• No - ends chain.

Yeah

• I See - carries on.
• Imagination - ends chain.

I See

• I get it - gets final email.
• I heard - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is Yeah, I See, I get it.

Marlo
Weirdness

• That's True - carries on.
• You're Right - ends chain.

That's True

• Jaded - ends chain.
• I Know - carries on.

I Know

• Sorry - gets final email.
• You!!! - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is That's True, I Know, Sorry.

Mia
Past

• So - carries on.
• Don't worry about it. - ends chain.

So

• Is that... - ends chain.
• Fate - carries on.

Fate

• Then... - carries on.
• Hey!  - ends chain. 

Then...

• You two - carries on.
• Me - ends chain. 

You two

• You - gets final email.
• Past Life - ends chain.

 Thus the best chain is So, Fate, Then..., You two, You.

Mistral
Work at Home

• Pretend - carries on.
• Well - carries on.

Well

• Pretend - carries on.
• Yeah - ends chain.

Pretend

• Hair - carries on.
• Subway - ends chain.

Hair

• Age - gets final email.
• ... - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is Well, Pretend, Hair, Age.

Moonstone
The Pup

• What is it? - carries on.
• ? - ends chain. 

What is it?

• Raining - carries on.
• Slept in - ends chain.

Raining

• Don't Worry - gets final email.
• You ate it? - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is What is it, Raining, Don't Worry.

Natsume
Flexed Arm Hang

• Beforehand - carries on.
• :-) - ends chain.

Beforehand

• Good - carries on.
• Do you train? - ends chain.

Good

• Flexed Arm Hang - gets final email.
• Yeah Right - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is Beforehand, Good, Flexed Arm Hang.

Nuke Usagimaru
Canned Foods

• Yeah - carries on.
• That's True - ends chain.

Yeah

• You're Right - carries on.
• Yeah - ends chain.

You're Right

• Uh... - gets final email.
• Sounds tasty  - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is Yeah, You're Right, Uh....

Piros 
Fair Eyes

• Time Machine - carries on.
• Life... - ends chain.

Time Machine

• Maybe - carries on.
• Impossible - ends chain.

Maybe

• Time Machine - gets final mail.
• If it exists - gets final mail.

Thus the best chain is Time Machine, Maybe, either.

Rachel
Savings

• B-day Money - carries on.
• Save Money - ends chain.

B-day Money

• No Problem - carries on.
• Really? - ends chain.

No Problem

• Heh heh - gets final email.
• Uh-huh - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is B-day money, No Problem, Heh heh.

Sanjuro
Red Beard

• Yeah - carries on.
• No - ends chain.

Yeah

• What kind? - carries on.
• Beard is Red? - ends chain.

What Kind?

• Maybe I'll Watch - gets final email.
• Tell me a little more - gets final email.

Thus the best chain is Yeah, What kind?, and then whichever option you like.

Terajima Ryoko
I'm Sure You Know

• Picky About Rice - ends chain.
• Not Bit - carries on.

Not bit

• Not Right - ends chain.
• Is he? - carries on.

Is he?

• Don't worry - gets final email.
• ... - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is Not Bit, Is he?, Don't worry.

Wiseman
Lima Beans

• My Friend - carries on.
• That's Not Good - carries on.

That's Not Good

• My Friend - carries on.
• Well - ends chain.

My Friend

• Food - carries on.
• Carrots - ends chain.

Food

• School Lunch - ends chain.
• Corn - gets final email.

Thus the best chain is  That's Not Good, My Friend, Food, Corn.

Yasuhiko
Hey

• Don't try too hard. - carries on.
• Too late. - ends chain.

Don't Try Too Hard

• I guess - ends chain.
• I am not! - carries on.

I am not!

• Really? - carries on.
• Sorry - ends chain.

Really?

• Go on! - ends chain.
• Umm... - carries on.

Um...

• It'll Pass - gets final email.
• Hey - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is Don't try too hard, I guess, Really?, Um...., It'll pass.

.Hack - Goblins

Infection and Mutation

Throughout the Dot Hack series, Goblins will challenge you, via the board, to play tag with them.  In other words, they are speedy little creatures who run away from you.

To easily defeat the first few goblins, use spells.  For those with Magic Tolerance (Martina) use a Beast Bane first.  Speed Charms are also pretty useful.  Both of those can be bought at the magic shop.  They're all weak against wood spells. 

Outbreak

In Outbreak, the Goblins suddenly become a lot more difficult; it's very hard to hit them with spells, and there are three instead of one per level.  It helped a lot, on the first two, to use Knight's Blood, Warrior Blood, and Speed Charms.  Bring spares, these things take a while.

By the time I got to Jonue T, it was insane.  I found that using a Knight's Blood, Warrior Blood and a Speed Charm (from the item and magic shops respectively) on Kite, and then focusing on one and using a skill whenever I got close enough really helped.  You'll generally only get one hit, but it'll be for about 250 if you're at level 70 with Sora's blades.  Once you've got one of them, that'll only leave one to heal and one to chase, so it will go a little faster.

Albert T was a huge drop in difficulty.  Wear the Ladies Mail from Sigma Unusual Ghostly Remnant, use a Hermit Blood (increases magical accuracy), a Warrior Blood (increases physical attack), and a Hunter Blood (increases physical accuracy) on yourself, cast Mumyn Lei on one of them, run up to it, and get in as many hits as you can before it wakes up.  It will wake up within seconds.  All you do is get it in your sights (use R2) and rinse repeat.  Since the Alberts will cast spells on you, they will sometimes lock you in place for a few seconds.  Just focus on one, and when there are only two left, it's a lot harder for them to do that.  The last one should go down quickly.

Martina T was also quite easy.  Beast Bane, sleep spell, wood spell, repeat.  The healing is a little annoying, but, again, it gets easier as you  whittle them down.

Ryu Books of 1000

The Ryu Books are key items that you receive when data-draining in the .hack// series.  You will get one for every ten data drains, up to Ryu Book VII.

The Ryu Books track various statistics, and will reward you for hitting specific numbers, ie, for meeting Grandpa five times.  You can get all of them in the fourth game, Quarantine.  Otherwise, a few more rewards unlock each game, as listed below.

The rewards consist of images and music with which to decorate your desktop, and videos of cutscenes, which you can view after gaining the data flag, ie, finishing each installment.  The rewards always unlock in the same order, no matter which achievements you get.

I was originally going to list all the achievements you can unlock, and which game you can first get them in.  But, really, that's boring and it's been done before.  I'm only listing the highest numbers you need to get, so you know what to aim for.  You'll only unlock the final reward in Quarantine, but you won't miss any if you hit these numbers then.


Ryu Book I
Chronicles Areas and Playtime

• 210 Areas Visited
• 60 Hours Playtime.

If you struggle with this, just hop in and out of a few areas, then leave the PS2 on overnight.  But, really, you shouldn't struggle.

Ryu Book II
Chronicles Magic Portals

• 1700 Magic Portals Opened.
• xx Field Portals Opened.
• 75 Dungeon Portals Opened.

If you struggle with field portals, just go to a low level area and open a few.  For field portals, Lambda Lonely Ghostly Feeling.  Three.  You're welcome.  For dungeon portals, try Theta Chosen Corrupted Spiral, which has six.


Ryu Book III
Chronicles Players You Have Met

• All Players Met.
• xx Trades Made. 

If you just talk to a handful of people as you run around the root towns, you should meet most of them without trying too hard.  Some characters won't appear until the game has been completed.

  
Ryu Book IV
Chronicles Monsters

•  All Monsters Fought.
  

There is an excellent bestiary here.  When you reach Quarantine, simply look up any monsters you've yet to meet and go exploring.  Don't bother doing it earlier; you'll probably run into them anyway, and the effort will be redundant.


Ryu Book V
Chronicles About Your Friends

• 350,000GP in Gifts.
  

I hit twice that just by making sure everyone had the best weapons in each game.

Ryu Book VI
Chronicles Treasures

• 1500 Treasure Boxes Opened.
• 1400 boxes, cask, jars and bones destroyed.
• 85 Gott Statue Treasure Opened.

If you leave and re-enter a room, boxes and casks will reappear. Try Omega Chosen Solitary White Devil for Gott Statues; a two floor dungeon, with no forced battles.

Ryu Book VII
Chronicles the Spring of Myst and Symbols

• 55 Encounters with Monsieur.
• 55 Encounters with Grandpa.
• 140 Symbols Activated.

For Symbols, try Omega Bigoted Snowflake's Capsule.  There are two immediately to the west of the dungeon entrance. You'll easily meet enough grandpas and monsieurs while completing the item list.

Ryu Book VIII
Chronicles About Grunties

• All Grunty Foods Collected.
• All Grunties Raised.
• 230 Grunty Foods Obtained.

See my post here for where to find the food and the stats for the Grunties.  You should pick up enough Grunty food easily if you just grab a few whenever you go past.

Kobo Achievements

The Kobo is an ereader, created by a Canadian company and affiliated with WHSmith (yes, I am aware that eReaders are not games.  I don't care).  I have a Kobo Mini which is adorably tiny and fits in my jeans pocket.  I bought my Kobo just before Christmas, since I was going to stay in London in order to work in a homeless shelter.  In 2011 I took a pile of books which were heavy, awkward, and finished before I came home.  The Kobo was a LOT easier.  I wasn't sure about eReaders before I got one, but I love it.  I'll write a full review at some point, but, for now, I just want to talk about the achievements.  I'm planning on getting a Kindle as well, so maybe I'll just write a comparison.  If you're thinking of getting an eReader, and you have a smartphone, I highly recommend starting with the various free apps.  They work in much the same way as the eReaders do, and should give you an idea.  I wish I'd done that.

Anyway.  Kobo has a 'reading life' section which lists various statistics, like how much of your library you've read, and how long it's taken you.  It also has various awards or achievements that you can earn for completing various tasks (like X-Box achievements).  As well as the eReader, I have the Kobo app on my phone, and there are some achievements unique to the iOS.  There's also at least one unique to the Kobo Vox, which I don't have, and have no intention of buying.  There are several which are only available with newspaper or magazine subscriptions, and I've not intention of moving out of the UK to take advantage of those, either.

The table below is not a comprehensive list, but it will be as complete as I can make it.  You can have a look at some of the awards here, although I'm fairly sure that's not a comprehensive list either.  I don't have an android, and I gather that there are a few different achievements on there, and a few are time specific and have since been discontinued, so I've not heard of most of them. Unfortunately, Kobo seems to have lost interest in the awards system, as they've not added any new ones in some time.

When you first open your kobo, you'll see many of these awards greyed out.  I think a few of them only appear once you've got them, but don't ask me which ones.

Achievement	System	How-To
Afternoon Rush Hour	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 4pm and 6pm.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
All You Can Eat	Kobo, iOS	Fill your eReader with books.  I think I had somewhere between 50-100 on mine when I got this (I've since cleaned off a lot of the free ebooks, on the grounds that the paperback versions of Austen, Dickens, et al sat on my bookcases for years and I never read those either.  Can't abide Austen).
Author-ized Reader	iOS	I believe this has to do with the 'author notes' feature mentioned here.  I'm planning on reading Me Before You anyway; will update when I can. I've just discovered that you can't get it from reading the preview, even if you look at 'all notes' and click on the threads started by the author.
Better in Bed	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 10pm and 12am.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
BookLover	Kobo, iOS	Link your Kobo account to your eReader.  Although this is theoretically available on the Kobo, a glitch means it doesn't work.  However, if you unlock it on the iOS (by downloading the free app and logging in), it will sync across systems.
Breakfast of Champions/Eat It	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 5am and 7am.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
Classic Attack	iOS	Read the five classic novels that come with your Kobo.  If, like me, you deleted the stupid things, these are the editions in question; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Dracula Grimms' Fairy Tales Pride and Prejudice Since I've read all but the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I feel no guilt whatsoever about cheating.  Just spend ten minutes flicking through the books while watching TV. Note:  You can't get this by flicking to the start of each chapter, then through all the pages of the last one.  Do one book per day, and then do the Lost in Austen award in the same way, and you'll be most of the way through the Twain award by the end.
Deep Thinker	iOS	Make a note in any book.  Long press to highlight a word, then click 'add note' when the menu comes up.
Facebook	Kobo, iOS	Connect your Kobo account to Facebook.  This should be straightforward.  I did it fairly early on, in a 'gotta catch 'em all' spirit, so I can't quite recall how to.
Fanatic	iOS	Own more than five ebooks by one author.  Mine was Sheri Tepper.  You could probably get it with Dickens, since all of his are out of copyright now, if you don't fancy buying five books by any author.
Freeloader	iOS	Add ten free eBooks to your library.  If you're stuck for ideas, try here.
Fully Loaded	iOS	Add items from outside Kobo to your library.  I highly recommend Alicorn's Luminosity and the sequel, Radiance, but it's up to you. Go to the app screen in itunes, scroll right down, and click on the Kobo icon (incidentally, I had no idea you even could scroll down that far).  Add a document or two (PDF or ePub) then sync.
Graveyard Shift	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 1am and 5am.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
Happy Hour	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 6pm and 8pm.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
Highly Decorated	Kobo, iOS	Unlock twenty other achievements.
I ❤ My Library	Kobo, iOS	Add a book to your library.
I Eat Books for Lunch	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 12pm and 2pm.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
Inverted Comma	Kobo, iOS	Highlight something.  Press and hold on a word to highlight, tap to make the dictionary definition go away, wiggle the little end markers if you like (this is a total pain to get right without lots of practice) then hit highlight down in the bottom left.
Juggernaut	Kobo, iOS	Turn 10,000 pages.  It took me about two months to get this.  Keep reading, you'll make it.  This is probably easier to get on the iOS due to the smaller screen.  You lightweight.
Just the Highlights	iOS	Highlight twenty different passages.  These can be single words.  Personally, I just picked random words in Grimms' Fairy Tales.  Made some very odd sentences.  It took a few minutes for my awards to catch up with my highlighting, so don't worry if it doesn't pop up immediately.
Kill the Commute	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 7am and 9am.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
LOLZ	iOS	Write a note with the word 'lol' in it.
Night Rider	Kobo, iOS	I have this award, but I'm not totally sure how I got it.  The description congratulations me on reading all night long, and I know I got it early on.  I typically read at night, but I'm not sure for how long, or which specific times.
Not an Open Book	Kobo, iOS	Finish a book.  This doesn't work if you open the mini-menu for a book (press and hold on book's name in library) and 'mark as finished'.  You need to go to the last page and close it by tapping right.
Off the Wall	iOS	This one drove me absolutely mental.  You need to share what you're reading in a very specific way, which took me a great deal of googling and experimentation to figure out. Step 1:  Press and hold on the cover of a book in your library.  You will be taken to the overview screen. Step 2:  Press the very rightmost button at the top of your screen in order to see a menu that includes 'share to facebook'.  Share this way, and it will count towards the award. Step 3:  Repeat for a total of five times.
Once Upon a Time	Kobo, iOS	Open a book for the first time.
Page Turner	Kobo, iOS	Read for two hours straight.  I did this during a very boring shift at the homeless shelter.  I was in clothing, which is where we have piles of donated clothes for people to sift through.  Even if no one wants to come down and shop, there still has to be someone sitting there.  That was my job.  Mine and Opal Kobo's (that's her name).
Papillon	Kobo, iOS	Share on facebook ten times.  I found the easiest way to do this was to share my highlighted passages.  My friends list got very sick of my Jinian Footseer quotes.  Tough, they should have fucking read it.  It's a good book.  My favourite.  And considering I've read over a hundred books so far this year alone, that's saying quite a lot.
Playing Hooky	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 2pm and 4pm.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
Pressed for Details	Kobo, iOS	Press and hold on the title of a book in your library.
Primetime	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 8pm and 10pm.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
Quoth the Maven	iOS	Highlight ten different things and post them to facebook by clicking and holding until the option comes up.  Easy peasy.
Reading Life	Kobo, iOS	Set up your ereader. Impossible not to get.
Scout Leader	Kobo, iOS	Unlock ten other achievements.
Sleeping In	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 9am and 12pm.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
Total Recall	iOS	Reread any book.  I did this accidentally, with Francesca Lia Block's The Rose and the Beast.  There are plenty of short stories you could read through twice with ease.  If you get the PDF of The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, then that'll help with the Freeloader, too.
Total Closer	iOS	Finish ten books.  If you can't do this, I feel bad for you, son.  I got ninety-nine problems, but not-reading ain't one.
The Twain Award	iOS	Open any book in the Kobo app once a day for two weeks.  Doesn't have to be the same book.
Lost in Austen	iOS	I believe you need to read five different Austen novels.  Bloody Austen.  Can't abide her.  There's something direful in the sound.
Witching Hour	Kobo, iOS	Read five times between 12am and 1am.  Open any book between those hours, on five different days.
Word Up!	Kobo, iOS	Use the Kobo dictionary to look up ten words.  Simply press and hold on a word in any book and it'll come up.
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Final Fantasy - Bestiary

Monster	Location
Goblin	Around Cornelia
Goblin Guard	Near Temple of Chaos
Wolf	Around Cornelia
Crazy Horse	Around Cornelia
Skeleton	In and around Temple of Chaos
Black Widow	Temple of Chaos
Gigas Worm	Near Matoya's Cave
Warg Wolf	Near Matoya's Cave
Werewolf	Near Elfheim
Zombie	Temple of Chaos
Ghoul	Temple of Chaos
Garland	Temple of Chaos
Cobra	Near Matoya's Cave, in Terra Cavern
Ogre	Near Pravoka and Elfheim
Ogre Chieftain	Near Marsh Cave
Lizard	Near Matoya's Cave, in Terra Cavern
Pirate	Pravoca
Sahagin	Circle Sea
Sahagin Chief	Circle Sea
Privateer	Circle Sea
Shark	Circle Sea
Goggler	Circle Sea
Tarantula	Near Marsh Cave
Ghast	Near Marsh Cave
Scorpion	Marsh Cave
Shadow	Marsh Cave
Green Slime	Marsh Cave
Crawler	Marsh Cave
Gray Ooze	Marsh Cave
Gargoyle	Marsh Cave
Bloodbones	Marsh Cave
Piscodemon	Marsh Cave
Astos	Western Keep
Mummy	Western Keep
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Anaconda	Terra Cavern
Hyenadon	Near Terra Cavern
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Minotaur	Terra Cavern
Hill Gigas	Terra Cavern
Gnoma	Terra Cavern
Troll	Terra Cavern
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