Reality Out of Sync

What I thought was, I’d have a new and interesting person to talk to by the name of Jin. Had an interesting conversation with this person the other day. I’d like to continue that. Might be building a wordpress site for this person. I might even host it if they ask nicely.

It’s my Friday, and I’m really excited about that. Not that I’m going to do anything, because I don’t get paid until Monday and I’m broke. Yay me. I have to stop by someone’s house and install Adobe for them because I took away their administrative capabilities because I hate having to go back and forth to their house to repair stupid things like, “Oops, I got another virus for the 5,000th time and I can’t figure out why. Fix it right now!”

I started playing Final Fantasy XIII yesterday, absolutely fantastic; although linear at this point in the game. I hear it expands outward later. I hope so, because I’m kind of bored with the way it’s going at this point. I’ve only been playing for about 6 total hours though. So I can’t really get down on the game yet.

I also have Star Ocean to finish up, but I just haven’t been on top of it due to fatigue from the job (they are mentally killing me there) and the fact that I have been super focused on Heavy Rain. I swear that game is just out of this world awesome. I downloaded the soundtrack too, because even that is awesome.

I just woke up like 45 minutes ago after sleepin’ part of the day. I guess today was my catch up day because I haven’t slept worth a damn for the longest. As a side note, yes, I know you can’t really “catch up” as it were on sleep.

Here comes the money shot:

Hour glass just doesn't do it justice.

Finished off my first run through of Heavy Rain officially yesterday. That was pretty fantastic. This game has all the elements of a pretty decent movie if one were so inclined to film it. I’m a big fan of Madison Paige in this game. A strong and sexy character, if not sometimes a little overzealous. Maybe that was my playing of her though. I think I may have put too much of my own decision making under the given circumstances to the characters. A lot less caution, more “fear is temporary, the goal is more important and we must reach it no matter the cost”. I’m going to put much more thought into how I view each of the character’s personalities so that the story plays out differently. I enjoyed the ending I got though, which is really the goal of all games right, to enjoy the ending?

I had been looking forward to this game for such a long time that I was almost prepared for a colossal let down, as has happened in the past; however, I was totally surprised. The entire game is freakin’ awesome. I hope QuanticDream puts out a lot more on this franchise through DLC, or creates a few more games in a similar vein.

I think I need to see a doctor. I’ve got this whole motion sickness thing that’s been going on for like two weeks now. Sometimes it’s okay, but most of the time I feel pretty unwell when I track items with my eyes or if I move a little too quickly from one direction to the other. It’s really freakin’ unpleasant. I’m sure it’s something stupid.

I was chastised about my penchant for Asian chicks. In fact, I was told not too long ago that my penchant for Asian chicks was a bad thing. Holy crap whiskey-tango-foxtrot?? Certain phrases were used such as: school boy looking, formless, flat as a board.

Really?

Hmmm...less cloth, more on your hands.

I had carrot juice for breakfast. Fantastic!

I’m a game addict. I buy video games because my heart is an emotional black hole that requires constant sensation. Just to avoid feeling dead inside all the time. So I turn to video games, it’s my way of dealing with the bottomless pit of despair. To help quell this constant emptiness I purchased two games, Heavy Rain and Dante’s Inferno. Dante’s Inferno is basically God of War with a  penchant for the bizarre. It takes you straight into Hell and tries to disturb you more with each moment that you’re there. The further you progress the more one encounters grotesque obstacles to their path. It’s visually beautiful and oh so disturbing at the same time. This is probably why I enjoy it so much! How far will it go? I don’t know — and here’s why!

Heavy Rain was released yesterday. Heavy Rain has been on my radar for a long time and I’d pretty much decided that if the demo was even sort of decent, I was going to get the game and play the hell out of it. Turns out the demo was fucking amazing. I haven’t actually slept since I purchased the game. Partly because I was up all damn day playing it, and also because I had to work in the evening. Now, I’m soon to get off work and guess what I’m going to do? Yep, go play more Heavy Rain. The best way to describe it? Watching a movie you take part in. Not just simple select a dialogue and then watch it play out, but take action within the context of the movie playing out on the screen. It’s fuckin’ fantastic. I’ve played it non-stop save for this whole work thing. I need to figure out how to accomplish PS3 Heavy Rain action at work. =-/ Hrm.

Let’s see what happens when I get home! Will I sleep? Will I play Heavy Rain? How far will I go for the game I love?

Okay so it's not exactly Real World Bunny - It's Game Bunny? Excellent?

So, while I was performing maintenance I chose a theme called Star Ocean. I’m also going out to buy Star Ocean for the PS3 today. Star Ocean is just a fantastic series, and I’m pumped about getting it today. I had actually thought it was to be released on the 15th – FAIL!! It’s been out since the flippin’ 9th, I’m sad on the inside. =-(

I learned an interesting bit of information today, something I think I read before but didn’t commit memory, because it sounded familiar. Japan does Valentine’s Day correctly, yet another reason Japan rocks harder than just about every other country in the world. What the fuck happened in my country that valentine’s day got all screwed up and became such a freakin’ pain? Which brings up another point, when did it become kosher to put yourself in debt to finance an engagement (we haven’t even gotten to the wedding part) after you’ve already spent more than your fair share of money for some chick you want to marry? If you count up all the dates, gifts and other such things, you’re way in debt already. Now you spend some lump sum to prove that you want to marry the chick (if marriage is in your belief system/social construct). How exactly does that make sense? Ah well, it’s a lose lose situation. If this gets brought up, I’m a chauvinist, or just an unloving son of a bitch. Glee?

It’s now my weekend, and I am getting out of work now. My week has been suckish, and I’m pretty tired of stupid mistakes (mine or someone else’s misinformation [by mistake or whatever]) becoming a crucifix upon which I get nailed. I don’t mind my mistakes coming back to me and me being spoken to about them. I think it’s a little out of sorts that without any formal training other than trial by fire, that I’m expected to know everything and make flawless decisions. Everyone is busy, it’s not like we have days where we get just one ticket every 4 hours and we can take the huge amounts of free time we have to search docs and be totally self-sufficient. Eh, ionno. I’d prefer I be told I made a mistake and how to better resolve the issue than get spoken to like a child, written up, and then sent off with no more information than I had when the entire situation erupted in the first place. I’m sure that’ my bad though. I also find it cute that when I point out issues that are not my fault, but am blamed for, it’s perfectly fine to just ignore my input on the matter — also my bad, I’m sure. Whatever, it’s the weekend and I’m playing Star Ocean. Fantastic!

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