It’s been quite some time since I got a chance to write one of these. That would partially be due to my game time being drastically cut as of late. First being in the States for a while made it hard to game and then just getting back and getting organized for the new semester of school amongst other things1.
I did manage to finish one game this summer and it wasn’t Dragon Quest 9. I had started playing Mario & Luigi RPG back in February – actually the day after I met Eriko. It got shuffled aside somehow but I picked it up again a few days ago and made my way to the end. Ridiculous final boss aside, it wasn’t exactly packing difficulty but enough of a challenge to constantly be fun. I hear the sequel Partners in Time isn’t as good but I hope to find the time to dig into it anyway.
Plenty of time has been spent on DQ9 but not much in the actual progression of the game. There is so much to do in this game and I’m afraid to do the main story to completion because I always have trouble doing post game content in games. My characters are getting to crazy levels in all sorts of classes and I sure am having a blast at least.
The other thing I did, which I am mildly ashamed of, is get into Yugioh. I have the newest DS game and collecting and building decks is as addictive as ever. Playing the game in Japanese is getting me a good bit of reading even if some of the card rulings are confusing to me at times due to my language skills. Still, good fun and good practice.
School starts up again this week and I have the odd feeling I might have more time to play now that I’m going to be back on a schedule. Too much free time for me is a bad thing, I have found. I find it too easy to get lost in something else that isn’t one of the main things I’d like to be doing. Gotta save up money for the upcoming holiday so a few nights at home shouldn’t be a bad thing for neither my wallet nor my backlog.
- Like cutting off the tip of my pinky finger. [↩]
