FF ramblings
Nov. 14th, 2006 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ria_oaksI 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.
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.
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Date: 2006-12-07 03:08 am (UTC)Gnomes have a network of underground tunnels that connect to every place on the entire planet. We can't use these transportation tunnels because we're too big. As for how he came to be employed under me - Gnomes are always looking for work; it's hard for them to get a job because they are discriminated against.
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Date: 2006-12-07 03:41 am (UTC)I see. Fascinating. XD I think that the gnomes need to increase their visibility in order to get more work. Who would've known that this underground network existed? They need to organize aboveground and fight for equal employment opportunities. Of course, if they're trying to protect their identities by remaining underground, well, they're screwed I guess, How exactly did you come across this particular gnome?
And on another note, how long does it take gnomes to travel from Vancouver to Ontario? Do they have some sort of transportation method in these underground tunnels? Seems to me that sending a gnome to walk to Ontario would be a fairly time-consuming and ultimately futile endeavor, since by the time he gets here I'll be back in Vancouver.
And god help me, I'm thinking too hard about this. o.o
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Date: 2006-12-07 03:55 am (UTC)Gnomes don't really like to talk about themselves, unfortunately, so I don't know whether or not they have some sort of transportation method in these underground tunnels. I can say, however, that it's quite efficient. So fear not - you should be dead soon!
I met this gnome at Phibbs' Exchange.
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Date: 2006-12-07 04:22 am (UTC)How reassuring...
Phibbs Exchange? So they also travel aboveground?
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Date: 2006-12-07 04:53 am (UTC)But if they do travel aboveground, how come people don't know about them?
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Date: 2006-12-07 05:43 am (UTC)And god, that sounds SO BAD.
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Date: 2006-12-07 06:04 am (UTC)And you're a dropper. You probably failed to catch it and it landed on the dirty floor.
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Date: 2006-12-07 06:07 am (UTC)Okay, bed now... getting late, and tomorrow I'm off to Toronto! Woot. :)
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Date: 2006-12-07 04:31 pm (UTC)Haha, they're not that different. XD Most bizarro thing these days is the oppoisite weather... Though all things considered, yeah, living here/the people here do seem different from Vancouver... can't pinpoint exactly what, but it does feel different.
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