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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 2008-10-12 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it def seemed like a good show and the actors were great, it was more just that I wasn't sure I enjoyed it because of the subject matter... which is funny, considering how much I like Oz. ^^; And granted, it's supposed to make the viewer uncomfortable - it is about a serial killer, after all... I just need to give it a chance, really - same as I did with Oz (it took me most of s1 to really start enjoying it, because it... takes some getting used to. ^^) But anyway, Michael C. Hall is excellent (as he was on Six Feet Under, too), and it's also got Julie Benz from Buffy/Angel and Lauren Velez from Oz. :) And shoot, I totally forgot to set my TiVo... better go do that (yay for online scheduling, since I'm in North Van now for the night...).

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-10-12 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
lol, yeah.. Blood splatter analyst by day, serial killer by night.. Er, how does that commercial go?

I think the premise is interesting. Can't really think of too many shows where the main character is a serial killer. >.>

Ah.. Are you down here because of that art class? How is that?

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, I came down to hang out with Jane - pizza and movie night. :) Though we didn't really end up watching much... oh well.

Art class is going really well, though - lots of fun, and I feel like its helping me improve... it's fun doing gesture drawings from a live model - really helps you to get a feel for the human body.

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Every time I see someone ask for drawing advice on the Internet, they almost always say that they're trying to copy a certain style (anime, comic, etc). It's almost a given that someone will come in and suggest learning how to draw the human body first so that you don't have to undo any bad habits later on.

I'd wager that many people don't start out that way (learning how to draw realistically) though.

Haha.. How's Cap? Is this a night course?