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]

yeah. A few hours ago he was in the middle of detox. Now he's running around helping them dig through a ceiling or something. Huh. Maybe he took more drugs? o.o

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Bellick is going to fight again. They're going to kill this character off. I know it.

Also, commercials everywhere. D:

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Oh god wouldn't that be nice. Kill off T-Bag while they're at it. And bring back Sara.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

T-Bag got a haircut. I wouldn't mind if T-Bag stuck around given that he actually did something.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Did he? Where the fuck did he get a haircut in Sona? Doesn't seem like the kind of prison that would have a hair dresser... (though Oz did, lol. They had a few scenes there, and one guy went in to get a shave and was freaking out that the guy would slit his throat. amusing.)

Yeah. Knepper's fantastic, but... boooring.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Dunno. It just looks slicked back. Hell, they have rum there, so they probably have a terrorist barber.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

LOL. True.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

You didn't LOL.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

"We're not two chicks at a bar that youi're trying to pick up."

...cue dozens of fanfics. Oh fandom, how I love thee. *is now coveting Michael/Whistler/Mahone fic*

[bk635.livejournal.com]

A friend of the guy Bellick is challenging brandished a gun and said that he didn't have to fight if he didn't want to.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Missed that. Missed a lot of stuff, actually.

Die Bellick, die! :)

Aww, Alex knows that Michael would have let him go... and Michael gave a little smirk, like he knows it too. Waah. But I know they're secretely in love. :)

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I think they're having Bellick fight as a distraction, or something.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Ah. Haha, sucks to be him.

His clothing amuses me.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Mmm, speaking of clothing, Alex is ROCKING the open shirt look. Yow.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I just remembered that Whistler hid a shiv in the boxes outside of the room with the tunnel.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Good thing you did, cuz I missed that too.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but this way we don't have to talk over the show and miss important details.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I'm still missing important details. ^^ Cuz I'm too busy typing...

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I guess that guy with the gun usurped Lechero while Michael and everyone were in the tunnel. They needed tools but needed a distraction to be able to go retrieve them, so they had Bellick fight. I guess that didn't go as planned.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Okay, that makes sense. :)

Is it bad that I'm constantly being distracted by the eye candy on this show? But damn, it's nice to see Alex back on game and not tripping out too bad. And working together with Michael! Fuck yes.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's good that his character progress a little.

Why do I have a feeling that someone like Mahone or Whistler is going to die this episode?

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Oooh

Lincoln is planning on blowing up Susan with that bomb.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Haha that would be awesome.

Seriously, if I thought she were a better actor or a more interesting chracter, I think I'd like her more... I kinda want to like her, what with the whole evil villainess thing going on, but mostly she's annoying. she did hold up under torture longer than the boys, though, gotta give her some credit for that.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I don't think Sucre managed to set the trigger - he was forced out of the car. But who knows.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I hope he and Michael continue to work together and run away to... somewhere. I used to say Panama, but now they're in Panama. So... somewhere else exotic. Then Sara can turn out to be alive and they could all have lots of hot sex together.

Yes it's possible that I may have already started writing a fic vaguely like that. ;p (okay, it was actually a mid-s2 AU where Michael and Alex met up in Panama monthes later and had hot sex, but whatever).

Dont' say that. :( Don't die, Alex!!