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Mach #70 – Really now? November 23, 2009

Posted by Mach in Mach's Rants.
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No joke, I could be in a completely empty spot, whether it’s a restaurant or a parking lot and for some odd reason, some person ALWAYS decided to sit next to me when they could’ve been in ANY other spot in the whole damn area. What is it about me that’s so compelling that you want to be next to me? Am I that hot? Sorry, I’m already taken!

It happened to me and a friend of mine while we were grabbing some dinner at Burger King. We were the only people in the back area of the restaurant for a good amount of time, another couple walks in, they sit on the complete opposite side and appreciate their privacy. Only moments later, another couple walks in and decides to sit at the table RIGHT next to us. There’s probably thirty other tables you could be sitting at, WHY THE FUCK DO YOU CHOOSE THE ONE NEXT TO US? If it made matters worse, they were an old Asian couple and they were being loud for no apparent reason.

If I’m at liberty to bitch about my own ethnicity while I’m still on a roll, I might as well describe what happened earlier as well. School parking lot. I arrive pretty early so a good section of the parking lot is still free. I decide to park near the middle and to the complete left of me there’s absolutely no cars. Thinking that no one in their right mind would actually park next to me, I swing the door open to find that someone is actually waiting for me to close my door a bit so they could park. In the split second that I was closing my door, I thought to myself, “There’s literally forty-something odd spots to the left of me and you decide to park RIGHT next to me. If I were you, I’d probably park in a spot where no matter which door I opened, I would be able to get out with out worry, but no, you decided to be a bitch about it.”  To any surprise, she was Asian also. Kinda just annoyed that this has been happening all week.

Ugh, anyway, in actual gaming updates for me, it’s been Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 2, and Final Fantasy VII.

Borderlands was a gift from a friend of mine to commemorate something special. In return, I got my friend Super Mario Bros. Wii. I’m about five hours in and liking it a whole lot. Kinda gets lonely considering it IS an online co-op game, but for what it is, it’s still a lot of fun. I’ve just been a bit lazy to play it due to my 360 and my TV not being in the same room, which leads me to my next game:

Final Fantasy VII… I haven’t had a decent run at this game since middle school, so I’ve pretty much forgotten everything about this game there is minus some plot points. In a sort of two night rush, I’ve gotten out of Midgar, gone through Cloud’s past, and now trying to get that lousy skill from the Midgar Zolom. Annoying, but I might as well do everything right on this run, right? Right…?

At least Hardedge fucked shit up in the Shinra Building. Hell yeah.

Left 4 Dead 2 was kind of a quick decision purchase, just so I wouldn’t feel left out for everyone who already had it. By far, it’s a lot more polished than the first game. The little changes they made have made a world of difference. The campaigns are much harder and I’m loving every minute of it whenever I get to play with friends. Moku’s a great teammate, as well as Erebus. Endaso needs to fucking speak more, but as long as he jumps out of the acid, we’ll be peachy.

I’ve been doing a little bit of beatmania IIDX 16: EMPRESS on the side as well because that same friend who got me Borderlands is nudging me to get better now. Trying to get consistent with 7’s and 8’s in the game… Tough road, but I’ll learn to trudge through it. Comes with the package of learning how to play games, right?

Black Friday is coming up as well… As much as I would like to grab something during this day, I don’t really think I could be bothered to get up early, wait in line and risk not getting the item, I don’t think it’s worth all that effort… If anything, there’s Buy 2, Get 1 Free deal going on at Gamestop for the weekend, so I might try to take advantage of that, but after getting let go from my job, it kinda sucks not having that extra cash to throw around, so I gotta watch it this time.

Anyway, I think that’s enough from me. I’ll probably have something to say after Thanksgiving or whatnot.

Until then, later~

 

Ren #33 – Feelin’ that winter breeze.. November 17, 2009

Posted by Ren in Ren's Rants.
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I suppose I should make a post considering I haven’t made one since the end of September. This blog is really dead. I blame all of you, including myself. You included, Mach. But I love each and every one of you. :( Anyway, loco can post if he wants to now, considering I’ve finally made his “posting sprites”.. or whatever you’d like to call them.

I’m sure you all can guess that school keeps most of us rather busy. Which reminds me, I have an interview tomorrow. I don’t know what for, though. The guy phoned me up with a  private number just as I was about to attend my class. I basically heard mumbling and then he told me to meet him at Dunkin Donuts tomorrow. How shady. Which reminds me, I have to pick out clothes. ._.

Anyway, gaming progress? Well, from the time frame of the end of September to just about now, I’ve beaten Final Fantasy VI. Since I honestly don’t have much to talk about, I’ll just talk about that. Well, yeah. I found the final dungeon of the game to be extensively annoying, hence I kept it on-hold for a rather brief period of time before consulting Sobou. He gave me some freaking awesome tips, saved me from grinding, also (hell, I didn’t even need the grinding).

Anyway, my three teams for the final dungeon were: (1) Terra, Cyan, Locke, Setzer. (2) Edgar, Sabin, Umaro, Gogo. (3) Mog, Celes, Strago, Gau. Too bad I let Shadow die.

It was a swell game. This accomplishment ultimately leads me to beating two out of twelve (I am counting XIII and not XI) mainstream titles in the Final Fantasy franchise. Fuck yarr. VI and VIII down. I, II, III, IV, V, VII, IX, X, XII, and XIII to go. (Don’t worry, by the time XIII comes out, I’ll have only beaten about [at the most] two more mainstream titles..)

Which leads me to my next rant, Final Fantasy V!

With the beating (I refrain from the use of the word “completing” as my joining of the Backloggery has since deluded the meaning of the word for me) of FFVI, it gave me a surge of Noi’s “Final Fantasy Marathon”.. of course, that won’t last. But, anyway, I felt the need to get more into the series. I’ve pretty much played all of the Final Fantasies now.. I believe… however, I have only beaten two. What a shame.

I started FFV. However, I have a feeling that it will take a while to beat. Why? Well, I’m lazy. And I don’t like the job system. Believe me, the simplistic story intrigues me more than one might think. But anyway, I don’t like the job system. Don’t ask why, I’m quite unsure of that myself.

I’m off to find the Fire Crystal. obtw, my main character’s name is Butts. lol.

Oh, oh. I’ve also started Folklore. I can safely say that this game is fulfilling my expectations (although I expected the story to be much more compelling or at least remotely interesting..) with the gameplay. It feels pretty good to beat the shit out of monsters with other (possibly weaker) monsters and then absorbing them and using them as weapons. It feels like Pokemon. IT DRIVES THE SOUL.

Anyway, I think I need some sleep. Bai. See you again in a few months, probably. (to those who actually read my posts, that is.)

Noi #18 – Games 4 Sale November 8, 2009

Posted by Noi in Noi's Rants.
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See what I did there? I replaced “for” with “4″, thus making a witty title! Hehe, I’m so smart.

So I came upon a realization. If I really like a game, I’ll play through it until it’s beaten. On occasion, I might drop a game for a while and then pick it up again, but there are times when after dropping it, I never ever pick it up again. Time goes by, and then I when I look at that poor game, waiting to be played, I realize, I didn’t quite enjoy playing the game to begin with. This is the case for most of my currently unfinished games, so, I’m getting rid of them.

Everything that’s on my backlog marked as unfinished is avaiable for sale/trade, with some notable exceptions. I’ll be marking down the games here that I’m perfectly willing to part with, along with conditions and whether or not I’ve had problems with the game before. Games are complete with original case and manual unless specified.

Without further ado, the list:

Gameboy Color -

Mega Man Xtreme -
Game only.

GameCube -

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

Resident Evil Zero

Sonic Heroes

Viewtiful Joe 2

NES -

Friday the 13th -
Game only.

Metroid -
Game only.

PlayStation -

Alundra 2 -
Game only, damaged. Might just send it for free to someone who wants to salvage it.

Fear Effect II: Retro Helix – Claimed for Endaso.

Galerians

PlayStation 2 -

.hack//Infection Part 1

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

Chaos Legion

Dark Cloud

Destroy all Humans 2: Make Love not War -
Game only.

Galerians: Ash

Max Payne

Max Payne 2 -
Disc only.

Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X

PlayStation Portable -

Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth -
Game and case, no manual.

SNES -

Disney’s Goof Troop -
Game only.

F-Zero -
Game only.

Wario’s Woods -
Game only.

Wii -

Sonic and the Secret Rings

And there you go. I might update prices later on if people want me to, but otherwise, I’m willing to haggle/bargain for anything.

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean