Currents of Time

What am I going to do with myself when I run out of meme? I will keep coming here to post and not have anything at all to say.

30 Days of Video Games

( Day 26 - Best voice acting )

Gotta get up early and run a bunch of errands before work tomorrow. aaaaa stress.

First, I know it's tacky to leave this here instead of replying directly but adshufjigko and I'm bad at that and I can't think of anything that doesn't come out with me saying I'm sorry for being pathetic all over the place (I AM AWKWARD YAY) BUT ANYWAY, thank you for the support on my previous entry. It really did help.

Now I talk about video games.

No, I haven’t abandoned FFXII.

BUT I DID PLAY ANOTHER GAME OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE CUT IS NEWER, EVERYTHING UNDER IT IS FROM A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

CAPS CAPS CAPS

Since this is all prewritten (I did beat the game before Christmas, as it is short and straightforward), there aren't a lot of places where I close in an obvious END OF ENTRY ('fraid I don't plan that far in advance). Everything under the cut for the next few entries just directly follows everything from under the cut of the previous entry. The death count is ridiculously short. I'll just post it in the last entry.

( Shadow of the Colossus PART 1 YAY )

My exciting news is that I got a PSP! YAY! (Not remotely surprising, since it was almost the only thing on my list, BUT STILL YAY!)(THIS MEANS WHEN DISSIDIA COMES OUT HERE I CAN PLAY IT WHENEVER I WANT, not just whenever my brother is home and comes to see me - or I go see him - and he lets me borrow it. Also, now I can finish playing Crisis Core.) It's one of the bundle packs. Also, it's a silver one, not a black one. (And one of the thinner ones, so, no, Dad, there is absolutely no chance in the world of my brother and I confusing ours.) (It is not the newest model, though, which is good, because the screen looks weird on that one.) It came with a Family Guy DVD (which I promptly handed off to my brother, because I don't like that show) and Daxter, which is kind of alarmingly short.

But right now I only have Daxter, so I played that. (Did I mention Daxter is short?) SORRY TO SAY I DID NOT KEEP A LIST OF MY DEATHS (my guess would be less than Jak II LIKETHAT'SHARD um. Actually, probably not as high as any of the other games, closest to The Precursor Legacy... not because I didn't die a lot, but because it's really, really short.), BUT I'LL STILL POST THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. (I think they opened a few plot holes, sadly.) Or maybe I'll just replay. Since it's short enough. (I was downstairs and it was Christmas, and I can game and have coherent conversations, but I can't game and keep a log of everything.)

(Also my mom wanted to try, so she played through the first mission. She thinks Daxter is adorable, but does not like the PSP controls. They do take some getting used to.) (I am not there yet.)

I'm getting worse and they are getting better! Or maybe just one or the other, but I think it is both.

( Yes, more racing. )

( Pain-inducing! )

I'm at 77% now, by the way. I figured that your percentage is the same as the number of races you've run, though I'm not sure if that was intentional or not. Either way: there are 25 races each cup (if the two qualifiers and the three rounds of the Grand Prix count as individual races) and there are four cups. So less than 25 races left. Barely.

Fastest delivery ever.

...... you know. Boxes get in and, with only a few exceptions, boxes get out.


... I HAVE A PLAN. Haha.

Now I need to find a suitable box.

( But first, more racing. )

( Kaboom! )

... OBLIGATORY TEXT OUTSIDE THE END OF THE CUT.

(Speaking of booms, it is still storming every day.)


My brother's chocobo made me cry today.


Anyway, combat racing. Convenient thing about racing games: when you are studying for a chemistry test and need a fifteen minute break, you can run a race or two and be completely satisfied that you've accomplished something, and still have time to go grab a glass of water or something to eat.

( The percentage tells me I'm 1/4 of the way through. )

( We all know what the second cut is for by now, don't we? )

I won't be surprised if it gets harder from here on out.

Because (a) my brain will not shut up about several things it is convinced it is correct on; (b) I do not want to study Chemistry right now even though I have a test tomorrow; (c) I found my red memory card after almost five months and decided clearly this was cause for celebration.

And mostly because, shut up, I wanted to, at least to some point.

Anyway, I'm all of three missions into a replay of Jak 3 ( not really spoilery, but cut just in case )

Obligatory text outside bottom end of LJ-cut.

It is inevitable that I rant about whatever I happen to be doing in my spare time to the people I talk to. travelers_flame heard a bit about my Jak exploits and wanted to see the games, see the plot, etc.

She didn't want to play them.


...

So, I beat Jak and Daxter in what was probably under ten hours (look, I have no idea what my time was, and that seems like a very safe guess), still managing to snag 100 Power Cells (a different 100, ha) and more Precursor Orbs than last time.

It's apparently turned into a second Ecco, in that I proclaim to hate every section of the game. Also, I hate Lurker sharks. A lot. (I did die considerably less, at least. Not that I only died a little, just that I died less. I was still crying from laughing too hard at a few of those places I just can't survive in. Why is death funny?)


Now we've started Jak II, we've only just turned the water back on, and I am dreading the racing. But Torn is still awesome, and I didn't realize we "met" (read: saw) Tess so early. (Also, grr, Kor. I hate you.)

Though the opening of that game makes a whole lot more sense now that I know what's going on.

I'm continuing the trend of dying less so far. I really hope it continues!

Here is more in(s)ane commentary for Jak 3, as promised.

( The sky is falling! )

And the dying continues!

( Die, Jak. Die. )

I thought I didn't have work tomorrow, but apparently I cannot read the schedule and actually have Friday off. Oh, well.

Alas, I cannot remember how to conjugate "to die" right now and am too lazy to go rummage through my old school notes and find it.

( ...I got my butt kicked. )

That is all for tonight!

( More Deaths. )

I'm going to assume I'm at least at the halfway point by now. Maybe finishing Wednesday is possible!

Okay! First off, Transformers Theatrical Trailer 2. I cannot stop grinning. WHY IS IT NOT JUNE NOW?

( More Jak. )

DEATH OCCURRED.

( Naturally. )

Got my paper back. I, er. I'm surprised! I got an A. Teacher commented it seemed as though I had experience writing reports. ...well, yeah. Actually, what she wrote was, "She produced a first rate research paper - I have the sense that she has plenty of experience with research paper writing, as she clearly knows what she is doing. Her shorter essays were all well composed, well edited, and delightful to read."

... *warm fuzzies*