LJ, what have you done to me?
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xanithofdragonsI returned from NJCL convention way back on Saturday, and I decided I was not going to make a post all about it because that would be way too long and because I might miss some awesome stories. However, I will give the short version: it was awesome. Also, I made a friend... a facebook friend... I'm not sure what exactly that counts for though, and I'm not sure I ever will.
Anyway, next year's convention will be in Davis, California, and I'm not really sure I wanna go all the way over there. However, next year will be the year my teacher gets her silver bowl (award for going to 20 conventions), and I wouldn't wanna miss that.
Since convention, I saw The Dark Knight on Sunday with my Dad. I find it enjoyable enough. Also, compared to usually having something to do or at least knowing where to find people to hang out with at njcl convention, being back home has been kinda boring due to lack of video games to play and too much laziness to do things I should be doing. Thus, I started playing the Fire Emblem game I years ago. I don't know which one it is, but I think it's the first one to have come out in the US. I stopped playing it way back then because it was hard (and still is!), but I was bored and Atlus (I signed up for their mailing list) sent me an email about a strategy RPG they're bringing over here. I remembered that I wanted to play more strategy games, and a conversation with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
whydeevee reminded me that I had a Fire Emblem game. Since yesterday, I've been playing it obsessively, and I'm through chapter 16, I think.
It's actually somewhat stressful, due to the rule where you can't use a character ever again if he or she dies, making me pretty much have to restart a battle one someone I wanna keep dies. :< I also find it a bit annoying that there's nothing to do outside of the story. I'm not sure what to call it, but maybe that means it's too linear? No chance for mindless over-leveling or minigames... There are the occasional sidequests, but still... It's also a bit annoying that everything you do is either done in the middle of a battle or on a menu right before battle.
On a more positive note, the story seems fine, and the characters are interesting, if possibly a little underdeveloped, although I might only feel that way because I'm not all the way through the game yet. There's also plenty of things to make a yaoi-fan happy, so no complaints there. ^_^ If asked if I would but another Fire Emblem game, my response would have to be "probably."
Also in the last few days, I read a couple scanlated chapters of the manga Byakuya Zaushi, and it was fascinating. I'm sad that there's not any more for me to read right now, but it makes me want to show it to other people. It's creepy, and the art is really pretty.
Anyway, next year's convention will be in Davis, California, and I'm not really sure I wanna go all the way over there. However, next year will be the year my teacher gets her silver bowl (award for going to 20 conventions), and I wouldn't wanna miss that.
Since convention, I saw The Dark Knight on Sunday with my Dad. I find it enjoyable enough. Also, compared to usually having something to do or at least knowing where to find people to hang out with at njcl convention, being back home has been kinda boring due to lack of video games to play and too much laziness to do things I should be doing. Thus, I started playing the Fire Emblem game I years ago. I don't know which one it is, but I think it's the first one to have come out in the US. I stopped playing it way back then because it was hard (and still is!), but I was bored and Atlus (I signed up for their mailing list) sent me an email about a strategy RPG they're bringing over here. I remembered that I wanted to play more strategy games, and a conversation with
whydeevee reminded me that I had a Fire Emblem game. Since yesterday, I've been playing it obsessively, and I'm through chapter 16, I think.It's actually somewhat stressful, due to the rule where you can't use a character ever again if he or she dies, making me pretty much have to restart a battle one someone I wanna keep dies. :< I also find it a bit annoying that there's nothing to do outside of the story. I'm not sure what to call it, but maybe that means it's too linear? No chance for mindless over-leveling or minigames... There are the occasional sidequests, but still... It's also a bit annoying that everything you do is either done in the middle of a battle or on a menu right before battle.
On a more positive note, the story seems fine, and the characters are interesting, if possibly a little underdeveloped, although I might only feel that way because I'm not all the way through the game yet. There's also plenty of things to make a yaoi-fan happy, so no complaints there. ^_^ If asked if I would but another Fire Emblem game, my response would have to be "probably."
Also in the last few days, I read a couple scanlated chapters of the manga Byakuya Zaushi, and it was fascinating. I'm sad that there's not any more for me to read right now, but it makes me want to show it to other people. It's creepy, and the art is really pretty.
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Date: 2008-08-07 05:02 am (UTC)Yeah, like. That's part of the reason I stopped playing FE. Cuz. People would die. And. Actually be dead. And I would get sad. And yet be too lazy to restart. xDD;
DAVIS is the location of a school I considered applying to but changed my mind because I probably won't get in but I figure what the heck I might as well anyway. Run-on sentence is run-on.
Byakuya Zaushi?
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Date: 2008-08-07 08:08 pm (UTC)Yeah, it's making me reconsider whether or not I would actually want to play more FE games, but maybe I should wait until the end of the game to be sure, if I can handle the stress for that long...
Byakuya Zaushi is a manga by Tooko Miyagi (who also made a BL manga I like). It's a collection of supernatural horror short stories, and it's scanlated by Storm in Heaven: http://www.storminheaven.net/ if you wanna check it out. ^_^ I would've made note of all that info, too, but my brother was staring at me, trying to get me off the computer. :