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]

Haven't seen the ep yet... watching Heroes. But looking forward to that, sounds interesting... I'll let you know when I've seen it.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Ah sorry, thought you saw the 8:00 pm showing.

Was a good episode. Usual twists and plot progression. You'll be in tears if you're a Bellick fan, which you are not. But you can't really bring yourself to hate him in this episode. I know I couldn't.

Anyway, I'll let you get to it.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Watched Chuck at 8. :) Got to see Adam Baldwin kiss another man. There was much rejoicing. XD XD

Not gonna watch it tonight, and will be in town tomorrow (no TiVo), but... either will put it on computer for tomorrow or will watch Wednesday. Gotta watch Terminator, too.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Or your iTouch. ;p

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I keep seeing people with iTouches around campus now. But I can't tell them apart from iPhones. Either way, they're pretty snazzy.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I can usually spot an iPhone if I can see the screen and it's full of buttons (not just about 8 at the top). Cept now you can download an app for the iTouch which gives you a ton more apps/buttons/etc (I did, it's cool - you can download games, some free and some for a few bucks. Fun fun.). So yeah, hard to tell nowadays. Both nifty, anyway - I'd love an iPhone (mainly so I could use Internet anywhere, without hunting for WiFi networks - then I could actually USE half of the aforementioned apps on my iTouch when they're actually helpful (ie maps, directions...)), but the plans are just too expensive for how little I use my phone nowadays (truth be told, having my current cell phone is a complete waste of $35/month - only use it in town, since it barely works on island and doesn't work at all in my place since I'm in a basement).

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Roger's data plans are a scam, anyway. That's the one thing that keeps me from considering an iPhone. They basically sucker you into a 3 year contract where you end up paying more for less than iPhone users in the US and in the UK. You can see a price/plan comparison here.

The sad thing is the data they give you. Given that the iPhone is an Internet phone, 400 mb/month isn't really enough (considering one Youtube video can be 12-20 megabytes in size).

But I haven't really followed the iPhone in Canada since its launch, so they might be offering better plans now. Newer phones are coming out as well, touch-screen and all; better OS; and so forth. They're meant to be competitors for the iPhone, and will be carried by Telus/Bell. So it might be worth holding out for a while.

I think Apple said that they were disgusted with Rogers.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Hm, true. Gotta put it on the computer first, though, so it's a couple of extra steps...