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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 2008-10-17 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and reading some comments made me forget something else hilarious - Dracula with a pizza coupon. LOL. That just about killed me.

Best filler episode ever. Hell, one of my favourite eps of the series. I love these kinds of eps, and it was so clever and pseudo-cheesy and awesome... so much love for Dracula-guy...

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-10-17 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
I might rewatch it again later since I am multi-tasking currently. It was pretty funny though; I'm also hoping that someone will compile a list of references.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-10-17 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'll watch it again, too, and not on my red-tinged TV. o.o I'm hoping it'll look okay if I transfer it to my computer or watch it on another TV, since my TiVo records directly from the cable input - the TV's picture quality shoudn't affect it. I don't think. Anyway, I think my parents will like this ep - Mom likes the show to some extent and occasionally watches it, and Dad loves old movies (and enjoyed the one ep he fully watched, which was last year's Christmas one). So may take it over there and watch with them...

On another note - did you want to go see Burn After Reading this weekend? If so, when?

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-10-17 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you should definitely show it to your parents. Your Dad will probably like it a lot; I always saw him watching away at TCM.

Hm. Yeah, I'd like to get around to seeing that sometime. I'm not sure when though; Sunday, probably. I'd prefer going to one of the local theaters for this movie.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-10-17 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, yeah, sure, Sunday. I'm prob coming down for the weekend, maybe doing something w/ Mom on Saturday, so I'll let you know bout Sunday. No plans at the moment, so should be okay.