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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[bk635.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I need to go out there sometime before January to send out that scholarship claim application anyway. If I don't get your card by the time I go, which will probably be any day now, I'll just borrow it with my card.

There's a self-serve check-out? Fuck. I had to wait in the lineup at the desk for 20 minutes in blistering heat last time. >.< Where is it?

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Thanks. If you get it on your card, let me know the due date and I'll send you regular reminders to renew just in case. ;) I'm on Bowen now, so if we're going to meet up/see QoS it'll have to be next week... but I assume school doesn't start until after next weekend.

LOL it's right in front of the counter... where the lineup starts.. it's kinda hard to miss. ;)

[bk635.livejournal.com]

As it turns out, the official window for submitting my claim ends this December, but they'll still accept it until December of next year. So I'm not going to go to UBC now until the semester starts, which will probably be in a week or so. I can get your book then, but if you're going to be going up there before, then you may as well pick it up.