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

[bk635.livejournal.com]

"don't see how issuing a handgun to everyone who's of age would help the situation in any way - isn't that exactly what this is...?"

Right now it's an open choice, so there are still many Americans out there who choose not to wield a firearm. Like, on one hand, if everyone had a gun, I can't help but think that incidences like the recent Virginia massacre could have been averted. I mean, in my head I give everyone a gun and play the scenario over and over again and if there had been a responsible individual there (like a teacher) who had a gun, then maybe it wouldn't have turned out the way it did. That to me, is a good thing.

But on the other hand, like we pointed out, more people with guns means more people willing to use guns as solutions (IE: stupid people). The end result will be an increase in gun violence, on a grand scale. I want to find statistics that correlate States with high gun ownership to gun violence; it would probably provide evidence that arming everyone wouldn't work in the end.

Yeah, 200-years ago owning a gun made sense. You needed a weapon to defend yourself and your family, and you probably needed to hunt for food. And back then they had single-shot muskets and shit; not the semi-automatic handguns and rifles you can buy at Wal-Mart today. The Constitution should be revised because it just does not apply to today's society. Besides, interpreting a document literally and so blindly is bad; look at religion in the past. :O

I think the main reason Georgia turned it down is because of religious protesters. The people on the thread I was reading agreed it was a pretty stupid reason to do so, but they also continued to disagree with the proposed law because making something like a vaccine for a passively communal virus mandatory was un-Constitutional, which I think is stupid.

Oh, the vaccine doesn't prevent cancer itself, but it prevents infection with HPV-16, -18, -6, and -11 which can cause the onset of cervical, throat, and anal cancer. But I digress; it's a good drug and I think that if we can make another smallpox out of HPV over a few generations, then why shouldn't we make it mandatory?

$450 is pretty steep for something that hasn't been tested for longevity yet. Women (and men) might have to end up getting boosters for it at intervals which could cost quite a bit if it doesn't become covered by medical. It's probably something good to think about though, regardless.