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ria_oaks ([personal profile] ria_oaks) wrote2006-11-14 01:53 pm

FF ramblings

I happened to check Rpgamer.com a few minutes ago and noticed that FFIII:DS comes out today (I haven't really been keeping track...). I'm probably just being too over-emotional, but this day feels rather historic in the RPG world - the last Final Fantasy that wasn't released in the US is finally here. I checked, and it's been approximately 16.5 years since FFIII was released in Japan - well, better late than never, I guess. XD I mean sure, I played it years ago on a translated ROM and I won't be buying this version anytime soon (lack of a DS... and lack of time to play. woe.), but it's still cool to think that it's here. It's sort of a pity that the original version of the game will never make it here, most likely (how hard would it have been to include the orignal version in the new game, really...?), but the new version looks pretty spiffy. Hopefully I'll get to play it someday.

3 FF games in the past 2 weeks, 2 of which are new to the US (FFXII and FFIII:DS) and one of which only ever made it here in a mangled fashion (FFV Advance) - makes me miss the days when I could play all the time... I haven't really been into gaming as much the last few years, largely because of a. lack of time during school, b. other interests take up my free time, and c. i'm lazy., but I still get excited hearing about games and still want to play when I get the chance. I'm way behind on all the games I'm playing, but I still plan to ask for either FFXII or Disgaea 2 for Christmas (leaning towards the latter - FFXII will be easy enough to find for years to come, and it'll get cheap fairly quickly, whereas Disgaea 2 will start disappearing soon...). I am sorely tempted by FFXII, though - it's been getting fantastic reviews, and hell, it's FFXII! We've been waiting for this game for years, and it's finally here... and I really can't justify the time or money to get it. Part of me, too, is still a bit uncertain about it - but most of the reviews have said that the game is nothing like (and much better than) anything we've seen of it to this point, including the demo. I plan to give it a chance eventually, but can't do it yet.

And... I'm procrastinating. Back to my Farscape paper... it's due tomorrow at 9, so I need to get moving. Up to 5 pages, need about 12 - and I'm still blathering on about the context, haven't even gotten to analysing the series itself! Ehehehe. baaack to work.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2007-10-31 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a78835/prison-break-producer-signs-with-fox.html

Dear god, I thought that was just a bad rumour but it's actually happening... Evidently they're going to introduce the main character sometime this season then spin off with her into the new show. Shoot me, please... even with the small handful of good spinoffs out there, I have little faith in them (remember Joey?)

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Frasier is probably the most successful spin-off, ever.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
True. :)

But still. Prison Break: Cherry Hill? Prison Break, The Woman's Edition! Please shoot me now... how about we just get more good female characters on PB itself or, I don't know, stop killing them off at least...

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno. If the main character tattoos her upper body and has to remove her shirt to look at it, I'm game. >.>

Wonder who the main character is going to be. Sofia?

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Lol, fair enough. XD

Nah, it's some new chick. There's some more information here - http://community.livejournal.com/_prisonbreak/946991.html#cutid1

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'll check it out, I suppose; but really, breaking out of prison is old now. It's not working for Season 3, and I see no reason why it would work for this spin-off.

It's also kind of a bad omen for Prison Break's future. I doubt that they'd have both shows in their schedule...

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it doesn't sound especially promising, and it seems to be going over similar territory... guess we'll see.

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, on a related note, Lane Garrison got sentenced to four years in a state prison.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, I heard that... 40 monthes, to be exact. Huh.

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
It's funny in a twisted sort of sense, but then again, three people died, so... :/

X-Files 2? What? :|

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's pretty messed up... rather ironic, too. Sad, though. Hell of a stupid mistake to make.

Oh yeah, that's been in the making for ages. Evidently it actually has, like, a script and a contract now, or something. So I gather it's actually happening at last...

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
I hope the prisoners don't give him a hard time and stuff. You'd think they'd make fun of him and give him shit for playing an inmate on TV, and now actually being one..

I don't even know where they'd pick tha tmovie up from.. After the end of the series? I loved that show, but I wish they'd just, you know, stop already.