FF ramblings

[ria_oaks]

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.

Comments

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I suppose so. Though we'd still be no nearer to getting un-lost.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

But if we knew we were lost, we could take steps to find the right way to go, such as using the north star as a bearing, for example.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

True. But what if we didn't know which way we should go? Having the north star wouldn't help if we didn't know which direction we needed to go.

Or if we were in the southern hemisphere.

Which, come to think of it - what DO people use down there for navigation...? I think there's some southern equivalent, but don't know what it is.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

If we went the wrong way then it would be nothing more than a delay. You'd have to hit something going in any direction so chances are good you'd hit a landmark like a coast or mountain range or even a small town.

They use ocean currents. Everyone in the southern hemisphere have ancestors who were pirates. Navigation is in their blood.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

But what if you went in the wrong direction and ended up with miles and miles of forest ahead of you when in fact the forest ended only a couple of miles in a different direction?

*gigglesnort* Not so sure about the pirate thing, but true enough about the ocean currents. ^^

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Well obviously, you'd have to rely on your survival skills. This is why you're supposed to watch the Outdoor Life Network, so as to prepare yourself for situations like this, should they arise.

So what if you trek through miles and miles of forest? You'll eventually going to come to something that will point you in the right direction. It'll just take longer to get home.

Yeah it's all islands down there and stuff so they're always sailing around to get to and from places. They know what they're doing.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Well, if it were too far then you could die trying to find a way out. Especially if you weren't prepared.

And what if you were lost in the desert? XD

This conversation is amusing me for its sheer pointlessness... :) Certainly beats working (and really, at this point at night I figure it's too late to work anyway.)

[bk635.livejournal.com]

You won't die unless you're a noob at outdoor survival. And like I said, this is why you have to watch OLN.

If you're lost in the desert, you can use the sun and stars to keep you going in one direction. You'll eventually cross it.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yes, but in the desert you wouldn't have any/much water unless you were prepared or came across an oasis. So you'd die of dehydration.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

There are ways to find water in the desert.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Such as?

Plus you'd die from the heat.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/mar/stories/desertsur.html

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. Though that article still assumes one having a survival kit and I'm going under the assumption that we're lost and have few supplies because we didn't expect to get lost. Or something.

Really, I forgot the basic premise long ago, if there ever was one beyond 'we're lost'. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Aye, that one assumes we have a basic survival kit. There are other guides out there that focus more on what to do in specific situations without survival gear, but I felt that one in particular gave a fair overview of a broad range of topics when it comes to desert survival.

I argued that we aren't really lost in a true sense given that we at least have a drive to find the right route. You argued that as long as we're lost, we're lost.

But really, if you're lost but not lost, a quantum singularity will most likely open up in front of you destroying the very fabric of time and space as we know it and end up swallowing the entire universe. Yuu~~~

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess that ends that. XD No way to counter the entire universe being swallowed...

I'm busy finding screencaps for my picspam. I will then use my limited Photoshop knowledge to make them look even prettier. I'm trying to keep this as vague and non-spoilery as possible, though I've included a lot of major scenes. Out of context, however, they really don't mean much and don't make much sense. ^^

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I don't know what a picspam is. D:

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Pretty much what the name entails. I post a shitload of screencaps. Like your occasionaly cat picspams. XD Picspams often have a theme (ie pics from one episode, of one character/pairing, of Chrichton's ass... yes, I've seen at least one picspam of the latter. The man has a fantastic ass. I should make a picspam showcasing all the eyecandy (of both genders) in the show. Cuz damn. Gorgeous people in leather, just sayin.). This one's more "general series aka anything that I took a fancy to while going through farscape-caps.com. Some for the pure prettiness/cinematography, some for the eyecandy, some for the sheer insanity of them, and some for the really good/pivotal scenes.

This is really not what I should be doing right now. -_-