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[Jul. 25th, 2008|03:57 pm] |
so i started FF4 DS last night.
it's weird. FF4 is a candidate for my favorite game ever -- so playing a remake is just a bit bizarre to me. i don't know how to react.
also, though i've only played an hour, i think that in many ways it doesn't feel like an FF game; there's a definite flavor of the developer matrix there. it reminds me in small ways of the general state of the world for PS1 RPGs. things like the interface, visual design choices, and the difficulty level just seem not-quite-FF to me.
it's a shame that it's on the DS, in my mind, as that's hardly the best place for traditional games done in 3D, even amongst the portable options, but it's a good-looking game, of course, for what it is.
i can't decide if it's something i'll continue playing or not. i love FF4, and i suppose that the GBA version (which i played through) was sort of the ultimate version of FF4-as-it-was.
hrm.
i guess the fact that i care enough to think about these sorts of things implies a lot.
on that note, i read through the japan issue of EGM just now. really entertaining. it's like the first issue of a games mag in a while where i felt like more than two consecutive pages contained shit i cared about, and i'm not kidding. again, that implies a lot about me, i suppose.
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[Jul. 25th, 2008|10:32 pm] |
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i can't help but think about things. then i can vomit all of those thoughts up. in fact it can get to be a torrent -- there is more text than i know what to do with.
this is what made me an effective online games journalist. when i am doing something, like playing a game, i cannot help but have thoughts, insights, conundrums, questions. i try to figure out the whats and whys. then i throw them down into a forum like this, and in the process of doing that i come up with something that's worth a bit of your time, if you're interested. typically.
the problem is that these predilections are just frustrating when i'm feeling restless, when there's not an assignment, when there's not something to push toward. i feel full of energy but without focus.
on a positive note, i did laundry today: all of it. well, almost. i need to wash my blanket, but i also need it for sleeping, so i'll try to do that tomorrow.
what i'm trying to say is: i wrote like two drafts of this crazy fucking screed about JRPGs, but i don't see any reason to go through with it, so now i'm sitting here frustrated and confused. i even wrote an email on the same topic (that was the genesis -- i got that done, if not to my satisfaction.) i think there's something to write, though. maybe i should just be taking notes and throwing everything at the wall; i can see what sticks later.
yeah.
see, this is how i think: on paper.
so one of the things i did this evening was watch a lot of tivo'd television. this is a photo of a 1994 episode of roseanne. check out the NES front and center!
it's on the coffee table of a bachelor pad apartment (a one-episode set, as far as i can infer, story-wise.) i would assume in 1994, dude would have had an SNES or a genesis given the state of his TV and stereo (this was a plot point) but it was amusing to see all the same -- particularly hooked up via composite. GEEEEEEEEEEEK |
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[Jul. 25th, 2008|11:52 pm] |
question: would you believe i'm writing an essay about FF13?
answer: yes, of course you would.
if it's good i'll put it on gamasutra. if it isn't, i'll publish it here, along with the other abortive rants in my various buffer zones. |
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