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.

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[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

*iz bored* Supposed to be studying, but not feeling too great (also, lazy) so am watching SV reruns on YTV instead (last season's finale)... Also, I've watched up to ep10 of SPN now. I see what you meant about ep8 - not necessarily a bad ep per se (some nice scenes between the brothers), but ew ew ew. Never been scared by the show before, but had to close my eyes in that one. Can't deal with killer bugs. o.o Not exactly an enjoyable episode overall, heh. Ep9 was really good. I'd see ep10 before, but watched it again (saw it over the summer when I was bored one day). Decent ep, some interesting developments in Sam's character and his and Dean's relationship, and nice cliffhanger ending (their dad calling) - vaguely remembered that something like that happened at the end, but wasn't sure what.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Oh..haha. Episode 08 I didn't like because I didn't like how the conflict was handled. I think it was the cheesy CG or the fact that it was night for only like, 5 minutes before everything was all settled and over with.

But yeah, never watch the movie Arachnophobia. It was made before CG was mainstream, so it looks realistic.

I think "Croatoan" is my favorite episode so far, but that's halfway through S2.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that bugged (haha) me too. It was ridiculous how they were all "we have to hold out until dawn!" then "we're so screwed!" then five minutes later "it's dawn now, we're fine!" Wtf?

Believe me, I never plan to. *shudder*

Just watched ep11 ("Scarecrow") and really enjoyed the conflict between Sam and Dean... some nice character stuff.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

12 has Julie Benz in it. It's a good one too.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Ooh, shiny, more Jossverse alumni. :) They just pop up everywhere these days...

gah, now I kinda want to watch. ;_; must study... assignment due tomorrow (about halfway done) and midterm Tuesday (not very confident about it) and I feel shitty so it's hard to concentrate...

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was surprised she came on the show; I didn't know about it before-hand but I recognized her immediately because she has a very distinctive voice.

I have to study too. ;(