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It's my birthday today.
I now have enough alcohol to fuel a Delta House frat party, and no, I'm not going to share.
Enough of the whiny "poor me" bullcrap. Today I'd like to bring up a subject that saiyanprince got me thinking about. How many games have utterly blown you away in the past that subsequently do not hold up over the years? An awful lot for me.
- Final Fantasy VII. I had never played a Final Fantasy title before this came out (much less a non-Zelda RPG), and coupled with the fact that it was my first PlayStation game, I had to pick my jaw off the floor when it started up. Gosh wow, FMV cutscenes! CD quality music! A really fucking huge sword! A heroine with boobies for the sake of boobies! My ten-year-old self was quite impressed.
So I'm sitting in Psych class in the corner seat as usual, asleep as Ms. Coberly is droning on. Her voice manages to lull me into unconsciousness like some kind of Wiccan incantation. I wake up just as class is over.
A really cute girl is standing there eyeing my Gashlycrumb Tinies shirt. She's smiling.
"That's awesome, man," she says.
I stupidly scratch my head with a pencil. "Thanks," I say. That's all I can think of. The oasis in my right brain has suddenly dried up.
A second later she is gone.
On the way home, I think of the perfect witty response. Le esprit d'escalier.
I thought this place would be a deserted wasteland by now, but the community is just as active as ever. Zig's contest idea is utter brilliance, and having an odd number of judges is revolutionary!
So I'm hard at work on several reviews, on and off. What with all the time Arcanum is taking up lately, I'll be fortunate to finish one by the 6th.
Arcanum is essentially a medieval Fallout, only less grungy and profane, and much more accessible to non-hardcore types (none, I'm sure, would be reading this anyhow). The amount of unique characters you can create is pretty much infinite. Right now my dwarf gunslinger, Cagliostro, is roaming the countryside with a half-insane cultist at his side. He's a gun for hire, fighting for no one and everyone.
I HAVE A NEW 'BLOG, ISN'T IT A JOY TO BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE EVER-GROWING CYBER COMMUNITY KNOWN AS THE "BLOGOSPHERE"? NOW MY POSTS HAVE DEEP RELEVANCE IN TODAY'S TEHCNO-ORIENTED SOCIETY WHERE WE ARE ALL PART OF THE SAME INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY WEB.
NOW FOR A SYLLOGISM: ALL GAMERS ARE HONEST, I AM A GAMER, THEREFORE I AM HONEST. "GANJA FARMER" IS THE GREATEST GAME EVER MADE. IT HAS ACTION SEQUENCES TIGHTER THAN VING RHAMES AND HIDEO KOJIMA HAS NOTHING ON THIS STORYLINE.
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