Unfortunately, due to a death in our family, I will not be posting a gaming update this evening. Regular updates will resume tomorrow.
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
Friday, December 6, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Day 158: Downpour
This will be a short update.
In Birth By Sleep, I am at Olympus Coliseum. I don't know what will happen next.
In Final Fantasy VI, Edgar, Sabin, TERRA, and BANON are in a cave at the save point that the raft they were riding landed at. Locke is on his way back to South Figaro to slow down the Empire's forces from reaching the Returners' hideout.
Now, I am going back to sleep. Today was a good day, but turned into a bad day when a storm came up suddenly, and made working almost impossible. I have already slept ten hours since I got back home, but I feel I could sleep ten or fifteen more.
So, that's all from me for now. For the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
In Birth By Sleep, I am at Olympus Coliseum. I don't know what will happen next.
In Final Fantasy VI, Edgar, Sabin, TERRA, and BANON are in a cave at the save point that the raft they were riding landed at. Locke is on his way back to South Figaro to slow down the Empire's forces from reaching the Returners' hideout.
Now, I am going back to sleep. Today was a good day, but turned into a bad day when a storm came up suddenly, and made working almost impossible. I have already slept ten hours since I got back home, but I feel I could sleep ten or fifteen more.
So, that's all from me for now. For the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Day 157: It feels like Springtime outside!
Today I played more Birth By Sleep. Currently, I just finished the race against the Unversed and Captain Dark in DisneyTown. It was a nice change of pace from the fighting and battles in the other worlds. I especially like the Ice Cream Beat minigame. The fruit one isn't bad either.
The day of the osu! Tournament is coming closer and closer. The new news on my specific tournament is that there are only 5 players left. One of them move to the Advanced level. He chose to do it, so if wants to have less of a chance to win, then more power to him. I don't play well enough to justify my current rank, so I am happy with being in the Beginner Tournament. And anyway, I will probably stop playing osu!standard once the tournament is over. It's way too hard for me to play exclusively.
I didn't play Final Fantasy VI at all today. I meant to, but I didn't get around to it. I will play after this entry is posted.
Anyway, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
The day of the osu! Tournament is coming closer and closer. The new news on my specific tournament is that there are only 5 players left. One of them move to the Advanced level. He chose to do it, so if wants to have less of a chance to win, then more power to him. I don't play well enough to justify my current rank, so I am happy with being in the Beginner Tournament. And anyway, I will probably stop playing osu!standard once the tournament is over. It's way too hard for me to play exclusively.
I didn't play Final Fantasy VI at all today. I meant to, but I didn't get around to it. I will play after this entry is posted.
Anyway, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
Day 156: I will not read the story! I will not spoil it!
The story of Birth By Sleep is starting to get really good. I am tempted to scroll through the messages of a Skype group chat I am in to read what happens in the game. Whenever the game and its story would come up, the others would be nice enough to ask me to not read the messages because it would spoil the game for me. They like the game, and want my first time playing it to be great. And it is great and I want to know what happens. But I must resist.
Just like how I must resist watching the videos on YouTube of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The videos are taking over YouTube, what with the Japanese version being out and all. I can resist the urge.
One way to do that is by actually playing the game more. I am getting really proficient with the Ability Melding system. I have several of the 2nd-tier magic spells, and quite a few elemental physical attacks. I even have Curaga already. And all of those have given me auto-abilities as well.
And then I can always continue playing Final Fantasy VI. Locke, Edgar, and TERRA have finally met Sabin. And now they are on their way to wherever it is they are going next. I have gotten to the part of the game where they introduce Espers, but I don't remember much of it other than killing a city's residents by poisoning the water, and the weird train. Anyway, I know that the party is about to split up. That's about it.
I got a confirmation Email from Square Enix on the games I bought in their big Thanksgiving Sale. They should arrive soon. The last time I checked, everything was in Minnesota. I think that's where they keep the stock though, since it's somewhat central for the U.S. and Canada (don't quote me, because I don't actually know).
Well, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
Just like how I must resist watching the videos on YouTube of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The videos are taking over YouTube, what with the Japanese version being out and all. I can resist the urge.
One way to do that is by actually playing the game more. I am getting really proficient with the Ability Melding system. I have several of the 2nd-tier magic spells, and quite a few elemental physical attacks. I even have Curaga already. And all of those have given me auto-abilities as well.
And then I can always continue playing Final Fantasy VI. Locke, Edgar, and TERRA have finally met Sabin. And now they are on their way to wherever it is they are going next. I have gotten to the part of the game where they introduce Espers, but I don't remember much of it other than killing a city's residents by poisoning the water, and the weird train. Anyway, I know that the party is about to split up. That's about it.
I got a confirmation Email from Square Enix on the games I bought in their big Thanksgiving Sale. They should arrive soon. The last time I checked, everything was in Minnesota. I think that's where they keep the stock though, since it's somewhat central for the U.S. and Canada (don't quote me, because I don't actually know).
Well, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
Monday, December 2, 2013
Day 155: A variety of games played to day!
I guess today was a nice day gaming-wise. I played some Fallout 3 this morning, then Birth By Sleep in the afternoon, and Final Fantasy VI this evening. And now I am writing about all of that, and I hope I can it mostly finished before it becomes tomorrow.
So, in Fallout 3 today, I got all the way to the GNR building, and then I died. But luckily the autosave sent me really close to where I died, so I don't have a lot of back tracking to do. I will just have to play it safer and not go in there wielding a Power Fist. I got too happy with it and didn't notice I was running low on HP until I was dead.
In Birth By Sleep, I finally won a game on the Command Board. I defeated Aqua and Ventus. Now I am going to go up against Cinderella and hopefully win against her in the first try. As for the story, I went and found all of the treasure chests at the place Yen Sid resides. Now, I am not sure where to go. I was so happy with winning on the command board that I was just clicking away when I should have been reading the text speak.
And finally in Final Fantasy VI, I ended up not completely starting over. Rather, I kept TERRA as TERRA, and went with it. Maybe there's an item somewhere in the game that allows me to change character names. Here's hoping for a Namingway Card. Anyway, I bought the items I wanted at the Figaro Palace, and now I am South Figaro.
Well, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
So, in Fallout 3 today, I got all the way to the GNR building, and then I died. But luckily the autosave sent me really close to where I died, so I don't have a lot of back tracking to do. I will just have to play it safer and not go in there wielding a Power Fist. I got too happy with it and didn't notice I was running low on HP until I was dead.
In Birth By Sleep, I finally won a game on the Command Board. I defeated Aqua and Ventus. Now I am going to go up against Cinderella and hopefully win against her in the first try. As for the story, I went and found all of the treasure chests at the place Yen Sid resides. Now, I am not sure where to go. I was so happy with winning on the command board that I was just clicking away when I should have been reading the text speak.
And finally in Final Fantasy VI, I ended up not completely starting over. Rather, I kept TERRA as TERRA, and went with it. Maybe there's an item somewhere in the game that allows me to change character names. Here's hoping for a Namingway Card. Anyway, I bought the items I wanted at the Figaro Palace, and now I am South Figaro.
Well, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
Day 154: What to mention in a Gaming Blog.
First, I'd like to mention a few things that I have learned after having this gaming blog going for the last five months. People really like it when you mention the following video games:
I also continued the file of Birth By Sleep today. I even completed the bit over at Snow White's world. Now Terra is on his way back to wherever he came from to do whatever it is he needs to do. You can really tell how much I am paying attention to the story. I am just too hung up on how I still haven't won any of the Command Board games I have played. I have access to two boards now, but I am determined to win at the first one with Ventus and Aqua before moving on to the one with Cinderella.
Well, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto IV
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
There are others, but these three are the big games to get your gaming blog a lot of attention. Also, it helps if you talk about newer games. Yes, there will always be love for the PS1 generation of Final Fantasy games, but if you don't mention the newer ones once in a while, don't expect as many views. Also, it is perfectly okay to take a day off from posting (especially if you advertise that it will be updated daily), though people like it more if they have advanced warning. I have received messages asking if I was okay, if my Internet was fine, everything, just because I missed a day.
Anyway, what I'm getting at is that I hope if there is anyone interested in starting a gaming blog, that they enjoy everything about it. And don't do it for the money. It comes across in your entries, just like any other feeling. If your sad when you post, your readers will know by the typing style. I'm not saying that it's a bad thing to post your feelings. I post aggravated a lot, especially when that aggravation is caused by a game I'm playing. But your greed is probably the one "feeling" that I don't suggest you write with.
Now that that's done...
Today I started a game file for Final Fantasy VI. And I have already done it completely wrong. First off, I have Terra as TERRA. This bugs me so much, because when I am reading text and a Pokémon or character do something, I will in my head say, "What are you doing, TERRA!" or "PIKACHU used THUNDER WAVE." Like I am screaming at them or something. When I named Locke, Edgar, and Sabin, I named them Locke, Edgar, and Sabin. But now it just looks out of place having Locke, Edgar, and TERRA in a battle against Leafers and Dark Winds.
Not only that, but I forgot to purchase the tools Edgar can use at the shop before the Desert Castle sunk under the sand. Which while it is still manageable to win in battle, it's not as much variety, and not as much fun. I am planning on starting over tomorrow.
I also continued the file of Birth By Sleep today. I even completed the bit over at Snow White's world. Now Terra is on his way back to wherever he came from to do whatever it is he needs to do. You can really tell how much I am paying attention to the story. I am just too hung up on how I still haven't won any of the Command Board games I have played. I have access to two boards now, but I am determined to win at the first one with Ventus and Aqua before moving on to the one with Cinderella.
Well, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Day 153: A winner has been chosen.
I played a little Fallout 3 today. Not much, because it was just a travelling game session. I am on my way to the GNR building. But then I took a detour in the metro tunnels and now I don't know where I am at. All I know is that there were raiders shooting at me as soon as I exited the tunnels. Now I am once again overencumbered and I have to decide what I should get rid of to lose the extra six pounds of weight I am carrying.
I carry my PSP around with me wherever I go, but lately all I do is use it as a flashlight while I walk through the house. I just haven't had the motivation to continue Birth By Sleep.
I did some real life gaming this evening. It doesn't really have much to do with the challenge and this blog, but it was important to me at the time. I played billiards with my brother today. And I didn't too bad. I did lose overall, with a final score of 8-3. Though the final results don't reflect how I play within each game, I managed to get to the final ball every time. I play best at the beginning of a game. I can almost clear the table, but then when it comes down to the last ball, I choke and become unable to play well.
However, I was very proud of how I did in the last game. I was down to the 8-ball, and my brother had three balls left on the table. I had one of my brother's balls between the cue ball and the 8-ball, but otherwise it would be a simple tap in order to get it in the pocket. I had no choice but to jump over the obstacle. And I managed to clear the jump, knock the 8-ball in and claim the win. But in the end, I lost 8 of the 11 games we played. It was still fun!
Well, tomorrow I am starting a playthrough of a Final Fantasy game. I asked some Skype friends indirectly what I should play. I had them choose a number between 1 and 13. The result is that I will play Final Fantasy VI. And between playing Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy VI, I will try to find time to train for the tournament. Anyway, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
I carry my PSP around with me wherever I go, but lately all I do is use it as a flashlight while I walk through the house. I just haven't had the motivation to continue Birth By Sleep.
I did some real life gaming this evening. It doesn't really have much to do with the challenge and this blog, but it was important to me at the time. I played billiards with my brother today. And I didn't too bad. I did lose overall, with a final score of 8-3. Though the final results don't reflect how I play within each game, I managed to get to the final ball every time. I play best at the beginning of a game. I can almost clear the table, but then when it comes down to the last ball, I choke and become unable to play well.
However, I was very proud of how I did in the last game. I was down to the 8-ball, and my brother had three balls left on the table. I had one of my brother's balls between the cue ball and the 8-ball, but otherwise it would be a simple tap in order to get it in the pocket. I had no choice but to jump over the obstacle. And I managed to clear the jump, knock the 8-ball in and claim the win. But in the end, I lost 8 of the 11 games we played. It was still fun!
Well, tomorrow I am starting a playthrough of a Final Fantasy game. I asked some Skype friends indirectly what I should play. I had them choose a number between 1 and 13. The result is that I will play Final Fantasy VI. And between playing Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy VI, I will try to find time to train for the tournament. Anyway, that's all from me for now. So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!
Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎
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