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con over; cats; Lost Odyssey; DDS
Con was awesome. The only big thing I might've changed (if I had the magical power to do so) was to be more awake-feeling during it. ^^; I got home last night around midnight, and slept until 10:30 or so; I'm still kind of sleepy, but better, and I keep remembering things and grinning even more than I did at the time. ^___^ I got to meet in person and hang out with so many awesome people! That's what a con is all about. Convening. ^^ And porn on the internet = totally the best way to make friends
Unfortunately I have exactly one picture on my camera. But most of the time I was with other people more successful at photography, so when pictures become available I will be sure to point people there. ^^
In other news, though!
Today was scheduled recovery day, for obvious reasons. After getting up and lazing about a bit, I had to head over to my parents' to pick up my cats. My parents have cats of their own, but mine were staying isolated in one room. We did, however, do an experiment while I was there, bringing in the nicest of my parents' cats (Star, my old cat) in to say hi to Fran and Balthier.
...Star was pretty upset about this, sort of huddling by the door and hissing whenever she looked over at the others, but Fran and Balthier just sort of laid there calmly and watched. So at least my cats will probably take their new friends fairly well, when I move this weekend. ^^;
I also ended up having to stay around for dinner, and this meant I hung around and watched my dad play Lost Odyssey. Which was... entertaining. You see, my dad has never played an RPG before (the closest to an RPG was Mass Effect, and he didn't finish it). So he kept saying things like "there are so many cut scenes" "what, I have to micromanage equipment" "there's this complicated system with the elements of the monsters" "what, it's game over if my whole party dies?" "why do I have to run around the whole environment and see if anything gives me a 'press A' prompt?" To which I kept replying "That is pretty standard for RPGs." And occasionally "And nicer than some." And I helped him finish the first boss battle. ^^;
The game itself looks pretty interesting, though, from the hour or so I watched. And the graphics are amazingly fancy. I will probably check it out myself eventually, although DDS is my first priority at this point.
Speaking of which! I'm probably going to start DDS this evening, and as usual, I'll probably be playing it without a guide. I'm pretty sure I'm spoiled for a bunch of stuff already - or at least will be when I start getting enough context for everything I've heard over the past two years to snap into place - but I'm trying to avoid being spoiled any more.
HOWEVER I seem to remember there are some particularly important dialogue choices I should know about?
Con was awesome. The only big thing I might've changed (if I had the magical power to do so) was to be more awake-feeling during it. ^^; I got home last night around midnight, and slept until 10:30 or so; I'm still kind of sleepy, but better, and I keep remembering things and grinning even more than I did at the time. ^___^ I got to meet in person and hang out with so many awesome people! That's what a con is all about. Convening. ^^ And porn on the internet = totally the best way to make friends
Unfortunately I have exactly one picture on my camera. But most of the time I was with other people more successful at photography, so when pictures become available I will be sure to point people there. ^^
In other news, though!
Today was scheduled recovery day, for obvious reasons. After getting up and lazing about a bit, I had to head over to my parents' to pick up my cats. My parents have cats of their own, but mine were staying isolated in one room. We did, however, do an experiment while I was there, bringing in the nicest of my parents' cats (Star, my old cat) in to say hi to Fran and Balthier.
...Star was pretty upset about this, sort of huddling by the door and hissing whenever she looked over at the others, but Fran and Balthier just sort of laid there calmly and watched. So at least my cats will probably take their new friends fairly well, when I move this weekend. ^^;
I also ended up having to stay around for dinner, and this meant I hung around and watched my dad play Lost Odyssey. Which was... entertaining. You see, my dad has never played an RPG before (the closest to an RPG was Mass Effect, and he didn't finish it). So he kept saying things like "there are so many cut scenes" "what, I have to micromanage equipment" "there's this complicated system with the elements of the monsters" "what, it's game over if my whole party dies?" "why do I have to run around the whole environment and see if anything gives me a 'press A' prompt?" To which I kept replying "That is pretty standard for RPGs." And occasionally "And nicer than some." And I helped him finish the first boss battle. ^^;
The game itself looks pretty interesting, though, from the hour or so I watched. And the graphics are amazingly fancy. I will probably check it out myself eventually, although DDS is my first priority at this point.
Speaking of which! I'm probably going to start DDS this evening, and as usual, I'll probably be playing it without a guide. I'm pretty sure I'm spoiled for a bunch of stuff already - or at least will be when I start getting enough context for everything I've heard over the past two years to snap into place - but I'm trying to avoid being spoiled any more.
HOWEVER I seem to remember there are some particularly important dialogue choices I should know about?