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Fair warning, sometimes nostalgia *is* the emotion to be discussed ;)  Final Fantasy is an interesting series in that there's a trade-off back and forth between mechanics and story between installments... Some are better for one, some for the other.

I can't say I recommend the graduate degree.  It's ok and all, but the school part almost invariably feels like you're getting screwed.  Depends on what you'd go for, I suppose.  At this point, I just need to finish the thing...

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Dragon Quest IX is what sold me on the DQ series.  That game blew me away... Like someone took everything I ever wanted in an RPG and crammed it all in.  I went back and started playing the others after that one, and have been a fan since.

There's so much quality writing out there about the mechanics and history of games, but I think the emotions games provoke and why we play them in general are two topics worthy of discussion.  Sometimes, I feel professional writers on the internet are afraid of seeming overly earnest, so they keep that distance between themselves and what they write.  I have modest hopes of bridging that gap a bit... I'll probably talk about games in the meantime, too ;)

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Ah, you shouldn't be ashamed!  Nostalgia almost completely powers my love of the original Final Fantasy (foreshadowing of next blog...).  I couldn't imagine going backward if I had started in the SNES or PS eras.  Thank you for commenting, and hope you follow along!

Oh, I should add that I've already played through all the Final Fantasy games to completion when I was younger.  This will be my second time for II and III, but more like 10th or 20th for many of the others.  This time around, I want to generate some good writin' from it, rather than just go through by rote.

I've already put the smack on FF I, IV, VI, VII, and VIII.  II and III should be interesting... I played through those in college when my state of mind was far more... shall we say, enhanced? (more like de-hanced, amiright?) than it was now.  My patience should be enough to get me through it though.

My cat jumped on my NES when I was a little more than halfway through FF I, and it shut off the game, erasing my save file.  If I can pick it back up and power through after that, I'm not too worried ;)

I'll save my detailed thoughts on each version for the actual blog, but I will say that the PlayStation era does crawl compared to 8 and 16 bit.  My loyalties lie with the NES and SNES though, so who knows?

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Before the Quest began, I would have said my personal favorites were I, IV, IX and XII, but I've got a different appreciation for each this time around.  More thoughts to come on that!

Once I wrap up V (probably tomorrow), I will be halfway done (minus XI).  Of course, the second half has such monsters as IX, X, XII and XIII, so I'm not getting too excited just yet.

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Glad to have you along for the ride!  Though Final Fantasy is the starting point, many of my blogs will likely steer off in to more emotional/response territory, as opposed to the nitty gritty of the game.  More so in the older ones, since I have a soft spot for them...

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Sweet!  I dig VII, but I wasn't on the original gravy train.  Too much of a Nintendo fan boy to get a PlayStation.  I played it on PC originally, which just wasn't the same.  Finally came around when PS2 came out and my then-girlfriend bought me one (in retrospect, amazing that she spent that kind of moolah on a high school boyfriend).  Thank you for following!

Commitment is the key!  If I get too burned out on playing Final Fantasy, I'll cleanse my palate with a run through of DuckTales or a MegaMan game.  I'm trucking through the last stages of the Dark World in Super Meat Boy right now as well, but those aren't really a palate cleanser... more like a boilermaker!

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Oh man, Chrono Trigger's gimping was a real shame!  That game is like butter for RPG lovers, and the PS1 version was womp womp.  A replay of Chrono Trigger on SNES is on my radar; last time I played it was when it came out on DS...

Final Fantasy V is a great one, but I'll admit I hated it the first time I played it.  It took me some time to get the Job system, and once I realized I could turn my peoples into samurai/whitemage/blackmage/beastmaster/ninja super warriors, I was hooked.  The story's a trip, too, in a kitchy kind of way.  Perhaps the only one that doesn't take itself seriously.

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