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]

Yeah, no surprise there unfortunately.. there's no end to the strike in sight, and nothing's expected to come back this season. As for next season, who knows... let's hope so. o.o Anyway, least there are a few eps and they seem to have proper air dates. SPN is still up in the air - they have 4 eps left, I believe, but they're being postponed until god-knows-when. Reaper's taking over its timeslot for now, then maybe they'll air it when that's done. Course, then Lost will have started and they'll be in the same time slot. :( I'm glad I still have the 8 eps of Lost to look forward to, at least, though it's not much.

Watched Shaun of the Dead. Funny. :) Some hilarious scenes, and it was just so absurd overall that it worked really well. I loved the scene of Shaun going to the store one morning and not even noticing all the zombies walking about, lol. Surprisingly emotional at the end, too. Any idea if they're planning to make a third film? I've really enjoyed both of them.

My friend from rez that was at my b-day party is coming up to Bowen tomorrow for the night. :) We're gonna watch that movie she got me, "Mom and Dad Save the World". It's SO bad, it's gonna be AWESOME. XD XD

Still replaying Xenogears. I have no life... Just fought the boss in the underground cavern with Bart (how the hell did I ever find that battle so hard? It was a fucking cakewalk) and am now at the pirates' hideout. I've realized that I've forgotten a lot of details... case in point - Grahf made his first proper appearance, I cheered a lot and greatly enjoyed the music, but then suddenly realized that I don't really remember who he is. I kiinda do, but it's just vague thoughts and impressions. The details are gone. Wasn't he Lacan? I think? But he had something to do with Fei's father, too, so hell if I remember. Oooh no wait, I remember now! Fei's father was that other dude, Wiseman or something? Guy in the blue cape with a mask I think? Dammit I don't remember! ;__; Anyway, plus side is, I got to be completely re-surprised by the greatest line in the entire game which I had forgotten - "My father? You mean my dad?" HAHA still so funny. Oh Fei, I never realized how damned stupid you are during much of this game. Frankly he's getting on my nerves a bit. o.o Citan and Bart are still awesome, though.

Ahh, fond memories. Can you believe it's been 10 years since it came out? 9 since I first played it. Wow. This is all very nostalgic. :)

Btw, that place I was hoping to rent possibly fell through. She's got some friends and her sister who may be staying with her, so I'm out. :( Oh wells, it might still happen, so long as it does before April/May.

You start classes on Monday? My first one's Tuesday.. first class in about 8 monthes. o.o Longest I've been out of school my entire life!

Fuck I'm rambly tonight. -_-

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I'm unsure if they are making a third film; it wouldn't surprise me if they were, however. I just hope that the two main actors will be cast again, since they work quite well together.

It is kind of hard to believe that it's been so long since those games came out, but that's the way it goes, I guess. Pretty soon when someone says "Aerith dies!!," instead of saying "lol I know" people will be saying "who?"

I start Monday. If we're going to do that store thing then it's probably best we do it this week (or next), since.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised. Hope so, too.

I know eh? Over 10 years since FFVII came out now... it's odd, because when I was most heavily into RPGs it was still relatively new. I was just musing over the old "old school vs new school" debates, and realized that FFVII is definitely not new school anymore, lol. And also thinking that the entire argument was idiotic because really, FFVI and VII came out with a YEAR or so of each other, and other than the shinier graphics, really, what was different about them? They were both great games in their own right, certainly. (I was also recalling my first forays into RPGs, lol... remember? "Oooh, this guy's cute! Who's he? Can I play this game to see him??" Oh my. This is why I didn't take the game seriously at all for the first several hours and ended up naming several of my caharacters dumb names. Then realized I couldn't rename. -_- Especially irritates me because that's my mastered, or close enough to, game. Level 99 on everyone, all the materia mastered, KotR mastered at least 3 times, both weapons beat... and Cloud is still named "Glump". -___- (on the plus side, with all that shit mastered I was able to beat Sephiroth in appromixately 1.5 minutes ^_^)

Anyway, I suppose either week works for me. We're going ~4, then? I get off class at 3:30, then will bus to the store. You can either meet me at the store or bus to UBC then bus with me to the store, it's up to you. It's probably faster to just bus to the store - skytrain to Broadway & Commercial, bus (west) to Fraser & Broadway. Go stick it in Translink's planner if you want. You can get the exact address from the website; I know it's around BW & Fraser, but not sure exactly where.