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Sunday, December 28, 2003
Friday, December 12, 2003
Thursday, December 11, 2003
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Today's random links:
Insert Credit - a nice website about gaming. I think the contributors all live in Japan, as they always seem to talk about prices in Yen. They've got some neat stuff, I wish I'd found their website before. Also, they keep talking about something called the GP32, and some of the things they say make me curious about it. It's some sort of gaming platform, apparently, but I'm too lazy to go through google and find out more details.
Lost Levels - covers games that were never made available to the general (well, American at least) public. They have this neat feature about the games that would have been Final Fantasy IV and Seiken Densetsu, but got cancelled; another nice feature is that they've uncovered a preliminary script for what would have been the NES release of the Japanese Final Fantasy 2...neat!
Quote:
I have just three things to teach:
Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and in thoughts,
You return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
You accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
You reconcile all beings in the world.
- Lao Tzu
Insert Credit - a nice website about gaming. I think the contributors all live in Japan, as they always seem to talk about prices in Yen. They've got some neat stuff, I wish I'd found their website before. Also, they keep talking about something called the GP32, and some of the things they say make me curious about it. It's some sort of gaming platform, apparently, but I'm too lazy to go through google and find out more details.
Lost Levels - covers games that were never made available to the general (well, American at least) public. They have this neat feature about the games that would have been Final Fantasy IV and Seiken Densetsu, but got cancelled; another nice feature is that they've uncovered a preliminary script for what would have been the NES release of the Japanese Final Fantasy 2...neat!
Quote:
I have just three things to teach:
Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and in thoughts,
You return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
You accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
You reconcile all beings in the world.
- Lao Tzu
Saturday, December 06, 2003
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Knights of the Old Republic
I got it same time as FFX-2. However, I can't get it to run...when I choose "Game" from the launcher, I just get the little spinning disc cursor for a while, then nothing. I've tried most of the stuff found in the accompanying troubleshooting doc, and I've sent Lucasarts a plea for help, but no response so far. Any help?
Actually I had the same problem with Neverwinter Nights when I first got it, and I was able to work that out by downloading the most recent patch. I'm guessing I'll need to wait for a KOTOR patch before I can play it. Oh well, it's not like I'm running out of things to play...
Actually I had the same problem with Neverwinter Nights when I first got it, and I was able to work that out by downloading the most recent patch. I'm guessing I'll need to wait for a KOTOR patch before I can play it. Oh well, it's not like I'm running out of things to play...
Final Fantasy X-2: First Impressions
I''m about two or three hours into it. I like it. But then again, I like anything with a job system and learnable abilities. I find myself excited at the prospect of learning abilities with weird names such as "Cheap Shot", "Initiative", "Flametongue" and "Silent Samba"!
The game itself has a very "happy" feel...the battles are fast-paced and the general mood is upbeat. If you came in looking for a Final Fantasy game, you're gonna be disappointed. The Final Fantasy victory music isn't even there; Yuna jumps across chasms and climbs up ledges at the touch of a button.
The battles can be somewhat confusing, given how fast the ATB goes. And between the third and fourth missions (Besaid and Zanarkand), the difficulty seemed to jump up quite a bit. (I actually ran out of MP in Zanarkand and had to skip back to the save point for a refill.). Hopefully it means the rest of the game won't be a walk in the park like some other Final Fantasy games **coughcoughFF8coughcough**
It was nice seeing Wakka and Lulu, but I was really glad to see the Besaid Aurochs again.! :P I remember people complaining about the skimpy clothing and how Rikku is portrayed as a sex object. I don't get that feeling, in fact I don't particularly like the Rikku look, but Yuna looks pretty good.
About the jumping and climbing part...it's kinda weird seeing it in a Final Fantasy game, but I hope they find some clever gameplay uses for it (none so far) The garment grid/dresssphere thing seemed kind of lame, and I'm not particularly fond of the Sailormoon-type costume changing thing, but it's okay, I suppose. I'd turn off the long animations in the options, but I suppose I have to see each change once...
And for those who were worried about Yuna being a pop star...she's not. ^_^
The game itself has a very "happy" feel...the battles are fast-paced and the general mood is upbeat. If you came in looking for a Final Fantasy game, you're gonna be disappointed. The Final Fantasy victory music isn't even there; Yuna jumps across chasms and climbs up ledges at the touch of a button.
The battles can be somewhat confusing, given how fast the ATB goes. And between the third and fourth missions (Besaid and Zanarkand), the difficulty seemed to jump up quite a bit. (I actually ran out of MP in Zanarkand and had to skip back to the save point for a refill.). Hopefully it means the rest of the game won't be a walk in the park like some other Final Fantasy games **coughcoughFF8coughcough**
It was nice seeing Wakka and Lulu, but I was really glad to see the Besaid Aurochs again.! :P I remember people complaining about the skimpy clothing and how Rikku is portrayed as a sex object. I don't get that feeling, in fact I don't particularly like the Rikku look, but Yuna looks pretty good.
About the jumping and climbing part...it's kinda weird seeing it in a Final Fantasy game, but I hope they find some clever gameplay uses for it (none so far) The garment grid/dresssphere thing seemed kind of lame, and I'm not particularly fond of the Sailormoon-type costume changing thing, but it's okay, I suppose. I'd turn off the long animations in the options, but I suppose I have to see each change once...
And for those who were worried about Yuna being a pop star...she's not. ^_^
Windows XP: Luna
Since I got Windows XP a little less than a year ago, I've tried looking around for cheap (read: free) ways to customize the interface. I did eventually find some solutions, but after trying a nice chrome theme for a while, I eventually went back to the default XP look. Why? I realize now, I like the Luna interface. It's neat. It's one of the best things to come out of Microsoft in eight years.
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