Name the three best things in the world. I’ll give you a minute.
Finished? If your answer is “Video games, the 80s and Japan” then congratulations! Go play Game Center CX Arino’s Challenge right now. It was released in the states as “Retro Game Challenge.” Last year saw the release of the sequel, which has unfortunately not gotten a localization just yet. But the sequel is just as awesome as the original, rest assured.
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I watched LOST for a long, long time.
Six years of television, which I viewed in five, makes LOST easily the longest television program I have ever watched during its original run. It was quite a ride, one with a good deal of ups and downs, but definitely one I won’t be forgetting anytime soon. When it ended last month, it really felt as if a phase of my life had ended as well. It was a show that entertained me in ways I never thought possible and even managed to create1 some friendships that I would have otherwise never had.
It was a great show.
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Rarely is there a piece of entertainment released that catches people completely by surprise. Something that takes you in, plays kindly with your emotions and then takes a turn that changes everything and leaves the consumer in a confused state, only able to question what just happened to them. Such twists, be them in movies, books or games, require but one thing. Your ignorance. Given that, you’re likely to be given something you’ll never forget.
And people would love to take away that chance from you1.
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I beat Final Fantasy 13 over a month ago and it’s been a month and then some of me trying to write this article. Why? FF13 was a game that I wasn’t sure how to feel about going into it. Final Fantasy 12 was one of the biggest disappointments to me and as a result I wasn’t sure I could give my heart to Square-Enix all over again like that. I knew FF13 was being done by entirely different people, but did that really matter? Was the company’s direction changing in a way that I didn’t see eye to eye with? Had I changed and lost interest in what had always been my favorite RPG series? What exactly happened? Well, thankfully Final Fantasy 12 was the fluke and the next Final Fantasy ended up being one of my favorites.
Why?
Final Fantasy 13 is one kind of RPG that I’ve always wanted.
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I’ve been regretting not doing my daily photo updating. I missed a few days, thought I’d get caught up and kept trying to do so. Then the days became weeks, weeks became months and I lost track. I thought I’d get caught up, but I never did.
I’m going to start again with my daily uploads. But I didn’t want to lose the photos I had taken. So I uploaded the best of the bunch and plan on getting dailiy photos uploaded again. Wish me luck!
As always, here’s my flickr link.
Read this. Then, if you’d like to hear my opinion, move on. Or, ignore that link but realize that I’ll reference it a few times indirectly.
Video gamers being the general unfit lot that we are, have not in general responded well to Nintendo Wii1. While a smash success, Nintendo’s sales stride with the Wii appears to be on a potential decline and this year is the clutch year for Sony or Microsoft to lynchpin their own ass-shaking devices into the market. Last year we heard about Natal, Microsoft’s awkwardly birth-related sounded camera device which Peter Molyneux told us would be the advent in being able to simulate interactions with little boys. I’m scared already. Continue reading »
The following is a work of fiction. Any names or events sharing similarities to those contained within this work are purely coincidental. Or something. Seriously, don’t go freaking out on me, it’s just a short fiction story I wrote to get my writing engine greased again. Enjoy.
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I chose a blurry image to represent the blurry, dizzying feeling of awesomeness that this game gave me. Oh hell yeah. I should be in marketing.
So! Last month I wrote about how a simple commercial made me want to play two games that I never got to. Well, until now. After finishing The Battle of Olympus I jumped into Guardic Gaiden, better known to the English speaking world as “The Guardian Legend.” Continue reading »
