I think it may be time for me to buy new glasses. I’ve had these for 4 years. They are in excellent shape, but I’ve noticed recently that I have been having rather sore eyes. At first I thought it was a cat allergy, but it’s continuing to happen even when the cat isn’t in my room, and we’ve had cats in the house for years. I have been spending long hours on the computer and PS3 recently, but not that much more than normal.

I had to think more about the economics that the E for everyone except me article. What is he suggesting that we do? His complaint is that the market can’t support AAA titles outside of a few genres, but it seems that the real reason he’s complaining is that AAA games in genres that he doesn’t like make games in genres that he does like look worse by comparison. Given this, what does he suggest be done about it?

Awhile back I played a game called Last Rebellion. It was from a small developer who had almost entirely worked on handheld games prior, as well as being a Niche developer even in their native Japan. The game wasn’t great, but it had some interesting ideas and was enjoyable at its $40 price. What struck me about the game was the reviews it got. Nearly every one trashed the game about its graphics.

I keep wondering when I make my little tiny video reviews if I should have a rating system for things. Something subjective like Howard Tayler’s movie rating system (Number of times he will go to the theater to see it.) But I’m far less picky about watching things, and I almost never go to the theater. So maybe I should come up with one that better fits my utter lack of discretion when leaping into watching a new series or video.

(Link Dead) Listen about 7:24 or so. That’s the interference from a GSM type phone, like most of the world has standardized on. Annoying isn’t it?

I was listening to the Gamers with Jobs podcast again this week and heard one of the things that annoys me to no end. They first talked about another game, saying that it was “really good once you get to X hours in” at which point they said that they hate it when people say “FF13 is a great game once you get 30 hours in” because their opinion is that that means it isn’t a good game at all.

Finished FF13. 61:49. That places it fairly low on the time costs for a Final Fantasy game recently. FF9, FF10, FF11, and FF12 were all longer. Still one of the longer RPGs I’ve played recently. It was a bit odd though. The first form of the final boss… It didn’t seem like I was anywhere near beating him, and I was in full out heal mode (3-medics) when I beat him.

The series of Clannad is a bit divisive, and while reading it I read a number of things on both sides of the debate. There were some that found it uninteresting and quit a few episodes in, there’s legions that thought it was the best series ever, and still others who thought it was just altogether bad. Given that some of the people I go to for anime advice panned it, I probably wouldn’t have watched it if not for the fact that it was on Netflix watch instantly.

Fairly active month for games and video, but not very active for books. Only managed to get half-way through one book. Probably because I was reading it on paper instead of on my phone. Games: 7. Dragon Quest 5: I’ve already posted DQ5 Review on my site. 8. Sam and Max: The Tomb of SammunMak: Yet another great episode of this season of Sam and Max. The astral projection gimmick was great, and even though the rest of the toys weren’t as good as the first episode, the whole of the storyline was excellent.

The day after I finished Dragon Quest 5, I also reached the final boss in Final Fantasy 13. Of course, as is the case most of the time in Final Fantasy games recently, I wasn’t able to beat it on the first pass. This is actually pretty unusual for me. Dragon Quest 5 was one where the final boss went right down. Most Grandia games, most Dragon quest games, even the older final fantasy games I was able to finish the game on the first try, but starting with FF9, I’ve had trouble either with the final boss, or with battles leading up to the final boss.