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~

So it’s been a while since we’ve had an update… A long while for that matter. Lazy ass writers… Nothing to talk about these days? I suppose I shouldn’t talk since I haven’t had much to say myself. School is starting to become a real drag… And I still have to get that Dissidia review done for my school’s paper, so I guess I gotta start cracking on that.

It’s been tough trying to just get shit done lately… Kind of annoying since school is staring to kick my ass and I really have to focus on that, amongst other things now… But hell, it’s a drag, but at this point in my life I couldn’t be happier for reasons I can’t discuss here in this blog.

So what’s been up with me lately?

This god damn game.

So this game has semi-engulfed my gaming life. With almost 200 songs spanning over two discs, it’s a IIDX player’s dream game… Except it’s in pink. Apparently some people have a problem with this, but hell, I’m used to it. It’s a wonderful theme though. The game pushes the limits of many IIDX players and there’s just tons of songs to play. It’s fun as all hell.

Plus, lawl, Bad Maniacs.

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING COMPLETELY DARKNESS.

Otherwise, nothing else from me. Except the fact that I have to save some money to get me some Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion and then owe a bunch of my friends presents… A lot of them… This includes my best friend, her brother and my own brother… And I have to pay a friend back for a plushie he got me while he was in Disney World…

fffff

Ugh, figured I might as well just say that we’re still alive here. I expect something out of someone soon. Kinda depressing reading a question I posted a couple weeks ago… Regardless, Star Ocean: Til the End of Time is still a bad game. Fucking plot twist.

Until then, later~

So urgent, I left work for about 5 minutes just to make this post without avatars.

I need an opinion. Was Star Ocean: Til’ the End of Time a good game?

Input would be greatly appreciated.

Until then, later~

And I seriously can’t wait for it to happen. I re-installed Safari to help out with something on my computer and I couldn’t help but notice all the old links I still had. This just so happened to be one of them. So for this post, I’m throwing it REALLY far back. So far, that this was the banner I used before Disc Read Error: Insert Disc 2 was revived. I forgot how simple the banner actually was. I actually like it a lot now that I think about it.

So significant Dissidia progress was made once I got home earlier this evening. Since it was my bonus day, I figured it would be a great day to go and level up the only character who seems to matter right now… Which in this case is Cecil. So in the course of an hour, Level 38 to Level 51. And I’m still nowhere near done with the game… Dammit. I’ll get this done within the next week or so. Definitely gotta take advantage of my Bonus Days more.

: Recently just beat Naruto: Path of a Ninja on stream. After I got that ONE combo I kept repeating, ever battle seemed easy. At that point, I just wanted to finish it up as quickly as I could. Otherwise, a very solid game. Even for a Naruto game, I liked this one quite a bit. The adventure aspect was actually pretty cool, but those traps plagued around the town can go suck a serious cock. I have NO idea how many times those things killed me. This village is WAY too protected. I’m working on Nartuo: The Broken Bond next. Might just have to start this one over because I have NO idea what the hell I’m doing anymore.

While I really have nothing else to say, I’m going to advertise for a bit. This could be relevant to people’s interests, so I suppose it’s worth posting. A friend of mine is selling off a couple games that he owns. He has a fairly good collection of NES, SNES, and PSX games, so check out what he’s selling and if you’re interested in something that he has, hit me up with a PM on the Backloggery, I’ll give you his e-mail so you could inquire stuff with him… Although keep your hands off of Suikoden II, Final Fantasy VII, and Brave Fencer Musashi. He has those on hold for me. Otherwise, I believe everything else is open to inquire about.

Check out what he has to sell: [ link ]

Anyway, I’m just about done for the night.

Until then, later~

Have I bitched enough about my job yet? Nah, you could never bitch about your job too much. So, working Sunday, I’ve realized a couple things.

1. The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me as far as analytical skills.

For example, we have The Fast and The Furious: Super Bikes in our arcade. Two linked cabinets and recently the other one hasn’t been working all that great, leaving one machine in working condition. Like many of our arcade machines, the coin slot catcher has been on the fritz, meaning it just eats up tokens and stuff. I had numerous amounts of people come up to me and complain to me saying that the machine ate their tokens. From what I’ve observed, they only put it into the right slot. HAVE THEY EVER CONSIDERED USING THE OTHER COIN SLOT? THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.

Ugh… I happens on pretty much every game in the arcade…

2. People in general are just stupid.

Here, along with the arcade’s horribly tacky carpeting, is our Tsuguri cabinet. Some might know this game in English as Blade of Honor. You’d be amazed at how many people can’t play this game. As you could see here, the game uses the pedal to advance the game as well as defend and stuff. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLETELY IGNORED THE PEDAL AND STEPPED ON THE PLATFORM IN FRONT OF IT TO PLAY THE GAME. THE PEDAL IS THERE FOR A FUCKING REASON.

It just makes me think about how people’s minds work. And lawl for Konami making a better sword game than Ubisoft did. Lawl Red Steel.

Anyway, I picked up a couple of games over the weekend. Remember I mentioned that I wanted the Naruto games on the 360? I got em’. Both of them. I actually have to say, the games are pretty impressive. For being an anime game, they managed to make this one pretty good. You get to see the expansive landscape that is the Leaf Village and have the option of Japanese voice acting, so you don’t have to hear “BELIEVE IT” over and over again… Unless you have a serious boner for “DATTEBAYO” instead. I’m happy with the purchases either way.

I also picked up my third copy of Soul Calibur II. Had to replace my PS2 version a while back and when I discovered you could play it on the 360 as well, I figured to pick it up for the reason that I could practice for the arcade. I have like 12xx wins and 270ish losses at the arcade I work at for Conquest Mode, so yeah… I need to make my character tougher to beat.

Anyway, I like how everyone has been updating again. It’s refreshing seeing a new post every other day.

Plus, god dammit, Reb. Post already. >:|

Until then, later~

You know the Crush soda? I’d imagine people knowing them more for the orange and grape flavors. I was at my school’s marketplace buying some snacks and saw the strawberry flavored one. Tried that. It was… Interesting… To say the least.

So I’ve just been in a posting mood lately. Another person has requested to join in the blog, and I’m optimistic about this person joining. Mainly because this person is also responsible for helping out with our next theme and stuff as well. Which is also why I’d like to announce that, at the moment, I’m not accepting anyone else into the blog. As much as I like Backlog members participating in on this and stuff, I’ve just had too many people post in a one shot deal and never see them post again… You know, kinda like Noi and Minty on Slaves to the Grind.

But anyway, I’m about halfway done with my day. Currently in my Intro to Astronomy class, somewhat ignoring what my professor is saying. Which isn’t exactly the greatest thing to do at this moment in time since I feel this is the class I really need to pay attention to, but some room in the science building is popping popcorn. The smell is intoxicating.

It’s also almost the start of my weekend. I feel the need to buy another new game to keep myself busy (as if I don’t have enough games to keep myself busy already <.<). To be honest though, I’m not exactly sure what I’m feeling right now. Something quick? Something to last me several streams? … I just don’t know. Maybe a new fighter or something? I’m kinda just torn on what to get. I just have the urge to pick up something.

Sadly though, I’ve been feeling Naruto: The Broken Bond lately. I can’t exactly say it’s a horrible game since Metacritic actually averaged the reviews to 80. Which in my opinion is pretty damn good. Not many anime based games actually get good ratings these days, so I suppose I’m optimistic about it. I dunno, I suppose I’ve just had a thing for bad concepts lately? x_x

Dunno if that’s a good or bad thing… I also gotta figure out what I’m gonna do for my next article on my school’s paper. Maybe a review on a game? Perhaps Tales of Vesperia? Earth Defense Force 2017? I dunno.

I can’t really think right now… I guess that’s what I get for sleeping for only an hour? x_x

Until then, later~

… Means a whole new slew of complaints from yours truly, as well as being able to update a little more often on some of the shit I want to do during the semester. Thursdays seem to be my longest days, so I can definitely blow a lot of time into making blog entries and planning out some attacks on my backlog as well.

School update? At the moment this sentence was typed, it’s 5:23 PM EST. I’ve been here since 9:30 AM for classes. One at 9:30, another at 12:30, and my most recent one at 2:00. I’m loving my first class because of how awesome the teacher is, I fell asleep through the next two and I have one last class in about a half hour. Sports Writing. Lovely. I just wanna get out of here already.

Anyway, gaming updates. I sadly bought Sonic The Hedgehog for the 360. Many know this game as Sonic 06. I’m damn well aware of how bad this game is and everyone, including myself, wonders why the hell I even bothered to get it. I can’t exactly explain why. I’m just really compelled to it though. Somehow I’ll finish this game.

I recently picked up Mass Effect as well. $10 on clearance at Target was enough for me to impulse buy it. I tried it once before after borrowing it from a friend, but it fell through after I got a little bored with it. Maybe if I spend a little more time with it, I might be able to get further this time. I’m willing to give the game a fair shot before I sell it.

I can’t really think of much else on my part though… I reserved Tekken 6 a while ago, but I’m kinda torn whether or not I want to get the fight stick with it. The Street Fighter IV Tournament Fight Stick is a nice piece of hardware and I’m actually tempted to pick one up myself after a friend of mine purchased it and I finally got to sit down with it myself. It would be great for when I get Tekken and stuff as well as other games.

I also plan to replace my Wii some time soon. After the disc catcher went to shit, the same friend who bought the fight stick, as well as a new 360 that day, was planning to sell his Wii as well. So I jumped on it before he decided to sell it to Gamestop. If he follows through with the $150 he said, I’d be getting a really good deal out of this. A Wii with Punch-Out!!, Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Samba de Amigo. Quite possibly his controllers as well. So this is looking good.

Also, random question of interest. As I’ve mentioned before in a couple of entries, I now write for my school paper. I already told my adviser, that I was going to write a feature article about Gaming on a College Budget. As gamers who like to buy things cheap, I’d like some input about sites you go to and what you do to search for games, may they be old or new. Don’t go the common route either… Clearance Bin, Cheap Ass Gamer… I’m already covering that. I want some tips and tricks from the rest of you, if you would so nicely recommend me some more options and stuff.

Anyway, I swear I’ll have more substantial updates soon. Gotta run to class in a bit.

Until then, later~