Hrm. Let's see:
# In Dragon's Dogma I am nearly at the dragon fight (his name is, apparently, Grigori, and I know why, but it makes me want to giggle). It seems to have taken forever to get here, though (I dread the post-game, I imagine it'll take even longer). I had an awful boss fight, against two Wights, which seemed to be really gimmicky (they constantly raise the undead, so your pawns seem to focus on killing them rather than the bosses. And then, when they choose to do special attacks, the camera switches and focuses on them, and I'd often be running, so it messed about with my sense of direction which was also irritating. AND THEN. You have to alternately hit each wight in order to damage it, but I discovered this the hard way; i.e. I used up too many blast/oil arrows in the meantime. It took me forty minutes and I'm not fucking amused). I did gain two levels in the fight and at least one vocation rank so I guess it wasn't all bad but EVEN SO. *shakes tiny fists of rage at Capcom*
# My friend Sam talked with me about video games on Wednesday, and that was cool. He said he thought he had the PS2 Star Ocean game, and I could borrow it if he did. As it turns out, he didn't, so he's lent me Breath of Fire: Dragon's Quarter instead. (He also had Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within, but I can't remember if the PS2 games are supposed to be any good, so I didn't take it for the time being).
# As it turns out, he says he's also having trouble concentrating enough on reading books. I lent him my book about Japanese culture, and he said he'd give it a go, but he wasn't sure if he'd get through it or not. Found that interesting. (He's a few years younger than me, and I thought it was my age, though it started when I was around 29).
(Let me tell you, I am in the middle of silly with this right now. I'm reading a Christopher Pike book - Witch - and it's taken me a couple of months to get to the midpoint of the book. I'm not going to stop reading because I can't remember exactly how it ends. But boy is it taking its time).
# Talking of reading, I finally finished Stone Ocean in JJBA! That's only taken three months! (Thanks to stupid brain, mainly). I am still boggling at how it ended, so I don't want to start on Steel Ball Run yet. Does not compute, essentially. I knew it was coming, but I didn't know how and it's the how that's the mind boggling part.
# I think that's everything.
# In Dragon's Dogma I am nearly at the dragon fight (his name is, apparently, Grigori, and I know why, but it makes me want to giggle). It seems to have taken forever to get here, though (I dread the post-game, I imagine it'll take even longer). I had an awful boss fight, against two Wights, which seemed to be really gimmicky (they constantly raise the undead, so your pawns seem to focus on killing them rather than the bosses. And then, when they choose to do special attacks, the camera switches and focuses on them, and I'd often be running, so it messed about with my sense of direction which was also irritating. AND THEN. You have to alternately hit each wight in order to damage it, but I discovered this the hard way; i.e. I used up too many blast/oil arrows in the meantime. It took me forty minutes and I'm not fucking amused). I did gain two levels in the fight and at least one vocation rank so I guess it wasn't all bad but EVEN SO. *shakes tiny fists of rage at Capcom*
# My friend Sam talked with me about video games on Wednesday, and that was cool. He said he thought he had the PS2 Star Ocean game, and I could borrow it if he did. As it turns out, he didn't, so he's lent me Breath of Fire: Dragon's Quarter instead. (He also had Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within, but I can't remember if the PS2 games are supposed to be any good, so I didn't take it for the time being).
# As it turns out, he says he's also having trouble concentrating enough on reading books. I lent him my book about Japanese culture, and he said he'd give it a go, but he wasn't sure if he'd get through it or not. Found that interesting. (He's a few years younger than me, and I thought it was my age, though it started when I was around 29).
(Let me tell you, I am in the middle of silly with this right now. I'm reading a Christopher Pike book - Witch - and it's taken me a couple of months to get to the midpoint of the book. I'm not going to stop reading because I can't remember exactly how it ends. But boy is it taking its time).
# Talking of reading, I finally finished Stone Ocean in JJBA! That's only taken three months! (Thanks to stupid brain, mainly). I am still boggling at how it ended, so I don't want to start on Steel Ball Run yet. Does not compute, essentially. I knew it was coming, but I didn't know how and it's the how that's the mind boggling part.
# I think that's everything.
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