Currents of Time

Sunday seems to be, "stay up until unholy hours playing video games and doing homework" night. Though I suppose technically it is Monday morning now. Whatever.

Anyway, I've been playing Jak II on and off all weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and I beat it! Any remaining coherency is really rather gone by the end of this, seeing as it is... almost 4 am and I am still awake.

( To the end! )

That was awesome!

I really like video games where I manage to guess at least some of the giant plot points before they're actually revealed. It usually means I was thinking about the game a lot and that the developers put in enough information for it all to make sense. The weird thing is that I don't like movies where I can do that. Usually because I end up predicting the entire plot while watching it, and I'm not supposed to be able to predict the entire story while watching it. I do not think about the plot while watching/playing! That usually comes during breaks and stuff. (So, uh basically, if I am predicting your movie while watching it for the first time, it might be too ... you know, predictable.)

(Some games are stupidly predictable, too, of course, but that is another story, and on and on.)

Also I died a lot.

( Death list for today )

And of course...

( Cumulative )


...aand, that might be it for a while. We'll see how much schoolwork I'm given before I pop in Jak 3. (Ha, they change their numbering system. That is oddly amusing! hee!)

Not that I went and bought it halfway through the first game or anything.


Oh. I collected 527 Metal Head... things... and only 62 Precursor Orbs.

Said in the earlier post that I'd probably play more today, and here it is. Not as long (plot-progression-wise) as the others, though there's some odd plot-musings near the bottom. Mostly me ranting about certain characters.

That said, I've kind of spammed LJ in the last twenty-four hours, so if you're expecting some kind of continuity, you're in the wrong place read this one first.


( Jak II, part IV )

And, of course, the death list continues to be non-cumulative.

( The racing death count is surprisingly low. )

That is all. Tomorrow (er, later today, really) I am going to make travelers_flame watch Top Gear, and then I am going to make her narrate her thoughts.

It's okay, really, she's agreed to it. None of that "against her will" stuff at this time. Never mind. ~_~;

I have literally nothing to do on Mondays. I walked the dog, did my homework, and then... played more video games. I'm really rather glad I'm busy most other days, really, because I imagine I'd be rather insane were this the entirety of my life.

( More deranged Jak II Ramblings. )

I have also been keeping a Death List for this game. I... currently seem to be dying a whole lot less, but this is probably because there are no islands of never-ending mist everywhere for me to fall into and die. Plus, there's still (probably) plenty of time to catch up. (I am actually enjoying keeping these Death Lists. I wonder if they're going to become a part of my game play, like the Ramblings have.)

( Death for Jak II )


I got a package in the mail today from some friends over in California! They offered to pick up the Target-exclusive Ultra Magnus and Skywarp two-park for me (since there are no Targets in this state), and it came! Skywarp is... very, very pretty. Magnus is nice, too, of course, but I really love the jet-mold they have, and black and purple just look great together. mm, pretty. ^_^


We are supposed to get a huge storm either tomorrow or Wednesday. I'm hoping it comes in either Tuesday evening after I am home or Wednesday evening after I am home, because either way that allows plenty of time for the snowplows and sand trucks to get out before I have to try to drive in it all.

I won! \o.o/

My reaction was something along the lines of;

If that pole falls on me I'm going to - AUGH - oh, it's in the Dark Eco. HA! So there! bwaha! heheee....eh? .... bweh? ...What the frag was that? (regarding that utterly bizarre victory dance on the moving platform)

Then I mostly laughed and watched until after the credits when they had to open the door with 100 Power Cells. GO INTO THE LIGHT! Then I decided that whatever was in the glowing light was... a sequel! Of course, I am right, but that is beside the point. I also apparently said that out loud (and loudly), because my cat woke up and looked at me funny.

Anyway, back to this mess...

( Death List part III - still not cumulative )

And because I am a very, very strange individual...

( Total Death List )

I missed one Power Cell (never backtracked after releasing the Yellow Eco) and 124 orbs. I might go pick up the Power Cell but even I am not insane enough yet to want to go through and find every single --- .... I'm going to go do that now, aren't I? Slag. I said I wasn't going to try for 100% on Kingdom Hearts II, too, and, okay, I'm not there yet, but only because it is IMPOSSIBLE to put up all of those posters in less than 30 seconds. (My best time is 31.something seconds.)


Maybe I can start II when I get back from work tonight! Yay! How sad is my life that I get excited over coming home from work to play video games? Especially one that will undoubtedly involve me killing myself HUNDREDS OF TIMES OVER because I am directionally impaired. (I am not complaining.)


... This morning, my father told me that if he didn't know better, he'd think I had someone over last night and the night before, because he could hear me talking to someone. Now, I've been told before that I talk to my video games (and TV shows), but this was a first. If even my father's noticing it... huh. I need to find a way to record myself playing something. (I have no recollection of talking to these games. Apparently, when I play Ecco games - Ecco's a dolphin - I start chirping like a dolphin. I'm fairly certain this isn't what normal people would call sane.) I'm terribly curious as to what I'm telling the game characters.

First, TV station? You've got plenty of episodes to rerun. Why do you keep reshowing "Doomsday"? STOP TAKING ROSE AWAY. We've all seen it at least five times by now, anyway.


Second, fanfiction.net, would it kill you to actually send email alerts for things like review/replies and PMs? (I really wonder if that one PM I sent a while back - regarding beta reading/editing - got through. I rather hope it did, but I've no way of knowing.) (To be fair, this might be my e-mail and not FF.net...)



In unrelated news, I've managed to Not Kill Jak all day today! I'm impressed! (Though now I need to find 510 power orbs and I have... I dunno, 50? *eep* Least I have more than enough power cells for... whatever I'm supposed to be collecting them for this time around.)


Also, since Otakon's probably not happening, I've been thinking about my set-aside of Con-money and have decided... hey! I've got plenty saved up! But if I don't need to set aside money for Otakon any longer (and since my parents have decided they want to tag along to Providence and therefore pay for the hotel room - I am the luckiest person ever), I might - might! - be able to afford the BotCon exclusives. So now I just need to know what they are and for pre-reg to open. I'm so excited! eee!


...my 'o' key isn't working properly. hrm.

The game stores around here are all impossible. The employees are wonderful and friendly, and I like having conversations with them when I'm in there (there's only one person who looks at me weird for being a girl gamer - ironically, also a female - but she's kind of an idiot, so I don't talk to her, anyway). They've been able to help me find a whole bunch of games before.

The problem with these stores is that they really don't have much in the way of used games. It's probably because we're a small state. This mostly means that if there's a game I want, I have to buy it new, because good luck finding it once they stop shipping it.

Of course, I didn't have a job up until two years ago, so no real source of income, so I had to rely on holidays for any kind of new game (which is fine, except no one would buy games), so I missed a bunch of PS2 games and have been slowly tracking them down over the years.


This has a happy ending, really! I was in after Communications on Tuesday and this store is the one to go to for used games. It's where I've bought most of them. They'd ... restocked on used games, or something. Someone brought some in, or they found some in the back, or another store didn't need them. Whatever it was, they had a lot of new ones to scan through. I managed to find a copy of Jak and Daxter! I'm so happy! (I had one once, it did not work properly, and I was never able to finish the game.) I found Jak II and grabbed that, too, since I never see any of this series (and because they were both way cheap). (The case on that one was in terrible shape, but they gave me a new one when I asked.)

I've looked them over, and they're both in great condition. Both have the manual, no marks on the discs... I actually think Jak and Daxter must be new-as-used, because wow.

So I'm going to start playing it again. I hope it's still fun and wasn't just me being young and stupid and easily entertained. I will cry.


...Yes, I'll well aware I could order these games online. I prefer not to.



I've decided to take a break from FFXI. Yes, I have role-playing journals for my XI characters. It's either that or swamp everyone with it everywhere else. I'm not happy about this, but I'm also not happy with things that are happening between me and the people I know playing it right now. Hisime is upset, and Hisime is not supposed to angst. She's too cute and happy for angst, so I'm giving her some space until she feels better.