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don't give your heart to a stone
Yesterday, it was my comics friends' Xmas fair at one of the stores in town, so I went to that. (The place used to be a functioning food store, but sadly had to close, so is now used like a pop-up space? I'm glad it still gets used, as it's a really awesome building).
I didn't buy much, because I couldn't justify spending loads of money, especially not after having to shell out on a new kettle. The old one sprang a mysterious leak so, rather than get electrocuted, I thought I should buy a new one. But the old one was, like, 20-25 years old, so it had done well, all things considered.
ANYWAY, what I bought was:
# Conversations with Myselves by Cat Byrne, which I've wanted since I first saw some of the art over a year ago.
# a poster by a guy called Ben Haith, who I follow on twitter. It is a spoof of the E.T. poster, except instead of Eliot's bike in the moon, it's a teapot, and the text says "Eee, tea" and then, "there's nowt like a good cuppa". And although I don't drink tea, it made me laugh out loud when I saw it, so I thought I ought to buy it. I'm going to put a photo up on twitter, anyway, so I'll link it when I do
# I also bought a badge from my friend Chris, which had several painted medieval ladies looking well not amused on it. I almost always buy badges from him, because I am addicted to the things. Also his art (which has been on most of them until recently) is awesome. And I like the whole using medieval art as reaction images type thing.
I did really, really want to buy Wired Up Wrong by Rachael Smith, but like I say, I couldn't quite justify it to myself, so I didn't. Maybe after Xmas.
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In spite of watching all the cutscenes from FFXII, and listening to the soundtrack on repeat (no, you're obsessed ;) ), I still REALLY REALLY want to play the whole thing again. I guess I will have to just get the PS2 out, because if I can't justify ten quid for a book, I certainly can't justify the cost of a PS4 and the Zodiac Age (...or any of the other PS4 games I want).
I noticed, watching the cutscenes, how much less Vaan annoys me now I'm older. I mean, I still find him irritating, but I appreciate that that's down to how well written a teenager he is. I think I noticed this last time when I actually played the game, but possibly didn't note it physically then.
I really ought to finish my FFXIII replay first, but it's been, like, a month? almost since I last touched it, and I've lost interest again.
(To be fair, I did only pick it up again after finishing Oblivion for something to do, so...I guess I could drop it just as easily? I dunno. Guilt is a weird beast, to be sure).
I didn't buy much, because I couldn't justify spending loads of money, especially not after having to shell out on a new kettle. The old one sprang a mysterious leak so, rather than get electrocuted, I thought I should buy a new one. But the old one was, like, 20-25 years old, so it had done well, all things considered.
ANYWAY, what I bought was:
# Conversations with Myselves by Cat Byrne, which I've wanted since I first saw some of the art over a year ago.
# a poster by a guy called Ben Haith, who I follow on twitter. It is a spoof of the E.T. poster, except instead of Eliot's bike in the moon, it's a teapot, and the text says "Eee, tea" and then, "there's nowt like a good cuppa". And although I don't drink tea, it made me laugh out loud when I saw it, so I thought I ought to buy it. I'm going to put a photo up on twitter, anyway, so I'll link it when I do
# I also bought a badge from my friend Chris, which had several painted medieval ladies looking well not amused on it. I almost always buy badges from him, because I am addicted to the things. Also his art (which has been on most of them until recently) is awesome. And I like the whole using medieval art as reaction images type thing.
I did really, really want to buy Wired Up Wrong by Rachael Smith, but like I say, I couldn't quite justify it to myself, so I didn't. Maybe after Xmas.
~
In spite of watching all the cutscenes from FFXII, and listening to the soundtrack on repeat (no, you're obsessed ;) ), I still REALLY REALLY want to play the whole thing again. I guess I will have to just get the PS2 out, because if I can't justify ten quid for a book, I certainly can't justify the cost of a PS4 and the Zodiac Age (...or any of the other PS4 games I want).
I noticed, watching the cutscenes, how much less Vaan annoys me now I'm older. I mean, I still find him irritating, but I appreciate that that's down to how well written a teenager he is. I think I noticed this last time when I actually played the game, but possibly didn't note it physically then.
I really ought to finish my FFXIII replay first, but it's been, like, a month? almost since I last touched it, and I've lost interest again.
(To be fair, I did only pick it up again after finishing Oblivion for something to do, so...I guess I could drop it just as easily? I dunno. Guilt is a weird beast, to be sure).
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ugh, this game is so good. I started the remake, then dropped it at Giza because I got distracted, but I really want to dive back into it (and yet the list of other games to play is so huge?!)
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I UNDERSTAND THIS COMPLETELY. If only we could just get paid to play vidya all the time, maybe our backlogs wouldn't be so huge?
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I always think that it should be games we enjoy playing that we should get paid for but, were it an actual job (like a games journalist, say), I know we'd have to play things we didn't like. But in my ideal world, it's me getting paid to play all the FFs and stuff like that. And no, we would not have to finish games we didn't like, because life is too short.