Yeah yeah, it's been a long, long time. Wow, since May? Well, I guess I should explain, and make this one look like my other blog posts...

Well, yeah, as my half-arsed prologue to my blog proclaims it's been quite a few months since my last blog post. If you haven't noticed, that means I really just stopped caring. I mean, yeah, it was productive, and fun at times, but time constraints, the mass amount of games I've gotten since May, and yeah, work to pay for all of those games made it so that this is just not worth it.

Among that, several things kept me away from Gamespot as well. First was the .5 increment system, which I still dislike, but have gotten over it, and while I didn't like Jeff G., seeing him go was controversal enough for me to understand Gamespot was corrupt, but this is all old news.

Of course, I still came back every single time I got a new game, and added it to my collection, as I needed a list that kept track of every single game I got, and honestly, I think that is all I'll ever use this for. The few people on my friends list who actually are tracking me might possibly read this, but eh, it's been so long, I wouldn't be surprised if I ever got any comments on never seeing a blog ever again.

So, that's it. There might be a slight chance I'll update this blog, but with this post that I'm looking at each and everytime I come on my gamespot profile, and the long stretches of time that I wait inbetween each blog, no one will miss it.

Uhm wow, that sounds quite melodramatic/emo. =P Not quite my intention. But yep, if anyone still wants to contact me, I have all the 7th generation consoles, (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, PSP, and DS) so that would be the best way to talk to me, I seriously want more PSN friends anyways, since I only got the PS3 recently. ^^ Comments of course will always be open, so yeah, I'll check this everytime I get a game.

And so yep, for myself though: 575 games in collection as of this writing. Not to gloat, but I LOVE stats. xP Well, enough farewells, I guess. See you around on Live or PSN! ^_^

Retro revival week? Huh, whatever, I still don't know where it originated, but if it was on the forums, that's probably why I never heard about it. Whatever, people playing retro games is always a good thing, right?

One of the first rivalries in the history of video games has arisen yet again within me. No, it's not as extreme as say, Sonic and Mario were, or the more recent Samus and Master Chief battles, but it's still worth mention, as I need to have a decent introduction to my blog. What I'm talking about is Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star.

Yeah, it's true it wasn't a varocious fight between the 2 franchises, mainly due to Final Fantasy's presence being a lot bigger then Phantasy Star, if not just for the fact that the first games were in a generation that was dominated by the NES, but nontheless, it still does have an uncanny rivalry. For your Final Fantasy I, you had, well, Phantasy Star... uh, I. For Final Fantasy IV, there was Phantasy Star II, (sure, III would be more appropriate for the time of release, but c'mon... Phantasy Star III stunk) and of course, Final Fantasy VI had Phantasy Star IV.

Now, jump a good decade or 2 to my predicament. I need a good MMO for Xbox 360. There isn't any. So I have to stick with whatever's available, and lo and behold, Phantasy Star and Final Fantasy are budding heads yet again.

My question is, which game should I get? Phantasy Star Universe, or Final Fantasy XI? 2 Playstation 2 games conveniently on the Xbox 360, both being old rivals, and both requiring a (ridiculous) $9.99/month fee to play.

I could say the advantages of each game, but that would be a little long, aye? Let's just say that PSU has better graphics, costs $29.99 on retail (without monthly fee), has a single player mode with easy achievement points, and I'm familiar with Phantasy Star Online, and know what it's like. Final Fantasy XI is one of the few Final Fantasy games I've never played, costs $19.99 new, has no single player mode, is actually a real MMORPG, as PSU only allows 6 players at a time on a quest, has no achievement points, but It's completely new, and I would like something... different. I'm not a big MMORPG fan, with PSO being the only one I've ever tried, so, what's your opinion?

Seems there's a retro revival week. Well, I've never heard about it outside of other blog posts, but I'll play along. I don't need to make a list, or something sentimental about "the good ol' days" of the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, as I play "old" games every week, if not every day as I like to jump a lot from game to game in my collection.

Instead, I'll show you what is perhaps the most legendary character of all time. The Dopefish .

Fear Him. If you have no idea what the Dopefish is, or where he's from, I pity you.

Yeah, a new layout for my blog seemed to be in order. I didn't like the old look, as it just felt, well, old. I needed something easier to use, for the most part, so here it is! What, it's not too special? Well, I'm sorry if I'm not a perfect artist with this stuff, it took me a whole 10 minutes to make the images, so quiet you.

Hm. 2 blog posts in less then a month, that hasn't happened in a while now, has it? Yeah, I know, I've not been paying full attention to my blog in the latest months, again, due to writers block... or not. It's just an easy excuse.

Anywho, I've been playing one series of games so often lately, it's (almost) the only thing on my mind lately. Granted, I bought Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis in the past week (the latter just today), but my brother plays those. Me? I play Tales of... games on just about any system I can get ahold of. Tales of Eternia (or Destiny II in US) for PSX on either PC or PSP, as I don't have the real thing... yet, Tales of the Abyss again for the PS2, Tales of Legendia I bought just about 3 weeks ago for PS2, Tales of Symphonia for the Cube was beaten for the 4th time, Tales of Destiny has had some play time, Tales of the Tempest is being played again for the Nintendo DS, and that's about it.

That's a whole, say, 200 hours or so of gameplay in just Tales RPG series as of late. Yeah, I could get other games, and I have, but I just don't feel like playing them. What was the point of me telling you this? Does it matter? It's a game site, right? Good, that's what I thought.

I know, I've already talked about games, but I need to talk to you about the games I just bought in the past, oh, 2 weeks. Of course, I haven't passed these, so I'll give you what I think of the games so far.

Obtained: April 14th, 2007

First is, well, you know, Tales of Legendia, as I've already mentioned it earlier. So far, it feels like a step back in the series, as I've heard already. The 3D battles in the previous Tales of Symphonia was turned back into a 2D sidescrolling button mashing feature, but without the intensity of Tales of Eternia. Other then the disappointing battles, the game is better then I expected overall. The graphics are better then Abyss, the world map in particular looks great in comparison despite being released 6 months earlier, and the characters are fun and lively as well, living up to the Tales name, so I can't possibly hate it.

Obtained: April 20th, 2007

In my never-ending, on-going quest to get just about every good game obtainable for all the systems I own, I decided to finally get Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour on my last paycheck along with a 2 gig memory card for my Sony PSP. The memory card was a whopping $69.99, but at least this was a more reasonable $17.99. I wasn't exactly going to be hit with many surprises, as I played it already, and it was just as fun as I remembered it. Easy to pick up and play, and very... uh... Mario-esque, almost to a fault. Glad I finally got it, though, even if I got it for my little brother, not me.

Obtained: April 25th, 2007

$44.99 at Gamestop, used. Yeah, rediculous, I know, but dagnabit, I needed it. I loved Mario Tennis for Nintendo 64, and the price didn't go down at all since release. I got a quick refund for Gunstar Heroes and Comix Zone when they didn't come from Ebay, and it was enough for me to go ahead and finally get this game. Outside of the price, I don't know much else. I've been writing this blog instead.

Well, there's my new blog layout. Why I never bothered with "recent games" before just doesn't make sense to me, as I like to keep track of when I get my games, but oh well, it's here now, and it makes this blog post extra long.

Blog posts after this in this layout won't be near this long, as I won't have so many games to post about, unless I get a review up, or something. Comment, please, I want to know if you like this layout, or if it's just too darn long for your tastes. Thanks.