Increasing Challenges

I failed the JLPT.

I would like to say I studied hard for it, but I didn’t. It’s fairly disappointing that I only got a 52%, but it’s mostly disappointing that I’ll have to shell out for the test again. Oh well, time to pick back up the books.

I did worse last night in Street Fighter 4 in terms of wins, but I feel I did better overall. I was pulling off more moves¹ and was winning a round more often, even if I couldn’t win two in the same match. I heard I can get a decent stick for around ¥5000, which if I can sell a good chunk of my US games to this one store that carries imports should be nothing big. I’m mostly thinking of the investment for the sake of my poor thumb.

Devil Survivor has gotten pretty rough as I am nearing the end of Day 2. I have done one fight over at least five times already. I have to make sure two characters don’t die along with keeping my own team alive and this is proving frustrating. The one young woman is trying to run to a certain tile on the map to escape, and if I do not take care of enemies close to her fast enough they will get her. But she’s at least trying not to die. The other guy is steadfast in his belief that he will soon die so he keeps charging into everything and, well, dies. Doofus.

I’ve been kinda in the mood for a horror game, so I think Nameless Game will be my next venture when Devil Survivor is out of the way. Although with the rate I am going, that might be a while.

1. Until my thumb started hurting like hell. [↩]