Hey Pixlbits!
I haven't had much of anything to post in the last few days, so I've just been enjoying reading and commenting on everyone's blogs. I'm especially enjoying spunkyd99's Retronautical series. If you aren't following, you'd probably enjoy it!
I haven't been doing too much gaming lately, so I decided to do another random update. I did get some games in recently, but not too much. I played some more Fire Emblem. I fought in a battle that took around a half hour and made a stupid mistake, which resulted in the loss of a character.
If you aren't familiar with the series, it's known for it's difficulty, in that if a character dies they are gone for good. You, of course, always have the option to turn the game off and start from your last save. I can't possibly let a character die, so whenever I lose one in a battle I immediately turn the 3DS off and go back to it later, which in this case I haven't done yet. I might get some FE in today, though.
Just as an FYI, in the new 3DS title, you can actually play in a mode - I can't recall the name right now - that isn't quite as harsh. If a character dies in a battle, they are simply removed from the battlefield, but remain in your roster. I chose Classic Mode, because I'm slightly masochistic!
Today is the first day of Spring, but you wouldn't be able to tell around here. We had storm hit in the late hours of last night, early hours of this morning. My backyard was mostly green yesterday, but today looks like this...
Mother Nature is a cruel lady...
I see a shovel in my future! This isn't the last of it, either. No, we'll be seeing more of the next few days. I can't wait for warmer temperatures!
The only other interesting thing I've been playing lately is Final Fantasy V. I own it on the PSX in the collection with Final Fantasy VI, which has those horrendous load times. I haven't played it since it was first released in the US, and after reading PixlBit's FF Retrospective, trefinger's quest to play all the FFs and natron's FF Dissection (from his site, VideoGamesAreRad.com) I've kind of got classic FF on the brain.
I'm playing it in a non-traditional way, though. I'm not sure if it's kosher to talk about on PixlBit, nor what everyone's thoughts are on it, so I'll just say briefly that I'm playing it on my Wii. And it's not in Japanese.
Now that I've written that rather nebulus comment regarding console hacking, I'll distract you with a cute picture of my cat!
Penny likes to snuggle up under the blankets on cold days.
So that's everything. I hope everyone is having a good week, and hopefully I'll have some thing cool and gaming-related to blog about in the coming days!
Peace,
Surf
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