Long time no see.
Or rather, write.
My first year of college is actually over, and now summer vacation has begun... or rather, it began a few weeks ago.
I'm not into the rock/punk/whatever scene anymore. I'm not into anything, really, that I was into in high school. I feel like I've outgrown bands, going to concerts, being into poser/punk/emo stuff. I'm just not that type of person. Maybe I never was.
Surprisingly, I didn't find my closest friends at college - I found them right in the backyard of the City, the dump I call home. My guy friends have become the best friends I could ever ask for, and Meeny was here for me whenever I needed her. They helped me get through everything during the year, and for that, I thank them and love them too much to even describe.
I've found myself working at GameStop, worshipping anything and everything Atlus-related, and enjoying my summer. Kingdom Hearts II was better than anything I ever expected, and there were several points in the game where I thought I was going to bring myself to literal tears. Something that rarely ever happens to me when I'm playing through some random other RPG.
So what am I playing now? I find myself playing Riviera: The Promised Land on the GBA, but it's leaving me wanting more. The battle system is great, and strategic, but the game is a bit slowpaced. I find myself leveling my items compulsively, and it's detracting from me moving ahead in the game. I enjoy the entire Trigger Point system, and the mechanics behind moving around in the Riviera world. The character dialogue is excellently translated - once again, Atlus has outdone themselves. There's plenty of it too.
The only thing that I can complain about is the horrific annoying chirp sound that occurs whenever you select a menu option. The sound is so piercing that it could probably blow your ear drums out if it were much louder than it already is. It literally gives me headaches, and is hindering me from playing the game.
My hands are also aching from playing a bit too much Guitar Hero today, but it was worth it.
I feel listless, bored. KHII left me wanting an experience that would be similar to it afterwards, and I haven't found it yet. In other words, I'm suffering from ennui.
Joe's sick, throwing up from some disease, as usual. I only hope that he gets better.
So yeah, that's my life, summed up in a few measly paragraphs about video games. Paragraphs that absolutely no one that even reads this blog will even understand. Yep.
