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So, over the weekend, I crashed shimering2's house and we played video games. Lots of video games.

... By lots of video games I mean P3: FES and way more Dissidia on my PSP than we should've been allowed to.

( Thoughts on the Answer, as we didn't get far due to my refusal to level grind and change party members ha ha. Mostly about quirks of the party AI, though )

( SO MUCH DISSIDIA. Mostly talk about how much I suck at characters not Onion Knight and how awesome I am at playing Onion Knight (at least, against AIs). Ten gets +10 ego points. )

( Short thoughts on latest Deadman Wonderland. Cut for spoilers )


OKAY MY HEAD HURTS FROM TOO MANY VIDYA GAMES.

Oh. I apparently now have unlimited storage on photobucket. That's um. surprising!

I've been picking through the internet for Dissidia fanfiction, but good Dissidia fanfiction has been rather slim pickings, sadly. I did find something I couldn't help but laugh at, though:

I Never - "What is Cosmos to do when she inherits Jecht's hidden stash of booze? Start the drinking games, of course! An affectionate pastiche of the first ten Final Fantasy games."

( Anyway, Dissidia. Now talking a little bit less about gameplay and more about concepts )

( There's still some gameplay thoughts, though )

2nd of what will hopefully be just 3 Dissidia spammings before I stop playing so I can study for exams. I MIGHT BE A BIT RAMBLY BECAUSE I'M FUNCTIONING ON 4 HOURS OF SLEEP.

( Mostly gameplay and AI thoughts, though. Squall, Zidane, Onion Knight )

UNFORTUNATELY PSPS SEEM TO HAVE PRETTY SHORT BATTERY LIFE COMPARED TO A DS, and the fact the green, flashing low battery life light is UNDER MY RIGHT HAND, my PSP's battery died just when I started fighting Cloud of Darkness 8|

Quick, someone beat me in the face before my ego inflates any further!! /can handle criticism fine but praise makes a Ten explode??

Also, linked from radio_aspen, possibly one of the coolest things I've seen recently.


I seem to be all creatived out, so I guess I'll take a break from writing and drawing for a while and work on things like presentations and exams 8( I did play some more FF7 after my piano exam (was alright, could've gone better but wasn't TOO bad. The piano keys were really stiff though sob) and I can't believe how little cash I'm running around with. I blame all the Fort Condor visits, but seriously I resorted to selling my Ethers for money! I don't remember ever having money troubles in a Final Fantasy game before! In fact, I was so short on cash I couldn't play any of the Wonder Square games (except Mog House) in the Gold Saucer after paying for single ticket. THAT WAS SO TRAGIC. TRAGIC I tell you! ; A;

I. I DON'T THINK I CAN GET OVER HOW FUNNY THIS GAME IS ASFGHJKJ;K even some of the instruction menus have character and humour.

I also swapped my Steal Materia from Red to Aeris and... I'm pretty sure steal is supposed to be based off dex (which I'm sure Red has more of than Aeris) yet Aeris is doing a much better job at it. I wonder if it's because she's actually got thumbs, or if it's because of her sneaky personality...

( EDIT: Some short blah blah blah about TWEWY. Neku is an interaction whore )

I managed to get ff7 working, which has resulted in me drawing terrible things like this (contains silly and panties).

( Thoughts on replaying the beginning of FF7 )

9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
I've been hit with the post Christmas sick thanks to the food I've eaten, so in the moments where I haven't been feeling like a miserable pile of crap with a massive headache, I've been cycling between playing Kirby Superstar and 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors aka 999. The main reason for the cycling (usually when I cycle between games, it's to keep things fresh) is because 999 is surprisingly terrifying. In hindsight, I probably should have checked the genre before playing. So yeah, I don't play this game at night anymore.

Anyway, any spoilers regarding 999 will appropriately marked in this post.

( More like 999ightmares )
tl;dr I think 999 is a really good game! And really well written (aside from a few stray grammatical errors here and there) It's just not a game that really sits completely comfortably with me due to the game style.

Deadman Wonderland 40
'Sup ceiling Toto.

( In which I talk about what a lazy consumer I am. And about how I have no idea what is going on anymore. Some spoilers from earlier chapters. )
TL;DR I FEEL LIKE HOW GANTA FELT. CONFUSED.

I will split this into two.

( Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. In which I make Soma eat Sky Fish and slaughter many of the wrong enemy )
( Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. In which Soma swaps out fur and brings in knee high boots )


EDIT: RECEIVED THE BEST ENDING FOR ARIA OF SORROW IN JUST INDER 12.5 HOURS. ALSO, SOMA IS LEVEL 69. I swear I don't do these things on purpose.

Me: /about to go to Route 204 after catching nothing but Bidoofs and Geodudes (and 1 Abra)
Me: WISH ME LUCK, LUKE!
Luke: GOOD LUCK!
Luke: BIDOOF BIDOOF BIDOOF BIDOOF
Game: A WILD BIDOOF APPEARS!
Me: I HATE YOU, LUKE.

Me: /convinces Luke to join zergling and I in Nuzlocke Hell with his Platinum game
Luke: WHO SHOULD I PICK?
Me: /dicerolls
Me: Chimchar
Luke: WHAT
Luke: NOOO

( Battle Record )

ALRIGHT this post is going to have significant tl;dr about Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 and a little for 358/2 Days, along with some tangentially related gaming mechanics and writing stuff. I have a love-meh relationship with Square most of the time, and this is no exception.

( Kingdom Hearts )

( Kingdom Hearts II )

Overall, they were games I enjoyed, but I can't say I'm terribly interested in Kingdom Hearts material because I just can't get into the plot. I'll add that I'm enjoying the manga adaptations because they're so cracky xD

Anyone here played Ikaruga? It looks and sounds utterly fascinating (based on screenshots and art, because lol internet + Youtube) and seems more my thing than Touhou (I love me sum fighterplanes).

( Ten's thoughts on the games she's playing, now with more haikus! Represented are: Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, PMD2:Explorers of Sky, Pikmin 2, TotA, ToV, BRAAAWL, Ico. Yes, I'm currently playing 8 games. )


( Lol RP babble. tl;dr Ten is a lazy bum and has also realised what was bugging her so much while trying to play Toto )