Keeping Time

It seems that I have a lot of free time on my hands as of late and it seems that the majority of that time has either been wasted away at my laptop or with some sort of controller. Due to the fact that I am now officially “The Bitch” where I work, or at least for the time being, I’ve pulled in enough money to support what many might consider to be somewhat of a wasteful spending habit. On top of that, I also picked up an 80GB PS3 and an HDMI cable (why the damn thing came with composite cables is beyond me), which ran me around $380 total. It puts out at 1080p and even though I haven’t watched any Blu-Ray movies on it yet, I plan on picking up Iron Man when it comes out next Tuesday, although I must say that ~$30 per movie is a bit steep.

However, I didn’t pick any games up for a few reasons, the main one being I’m currently too enamered by Tales of Vesperia, among other things. Normally I would try my best to stay away from JRPGs, but as of late I’ve been on some sort of a roll, switching between that and Dragon Quest IV on my DS whenever I have any downtime, which, as previously mentioned, I have plenty of.

That boss = a bitch

I also went out and picked up Spore, which I honestly haven’t played that much, but to be fair, it’s not all that deep, so I don’t really feel like I’m missing out. It’s definitely a game for the Maxis crowd and I think that if you expected anything less than casual you’re crazy, although I will say that the game was hyped a bit too much. As for some quick impression scores, they’re as follows:

Spore: ****/*****
Tales of Vesperia: *****/*****
Dragon Quest IV: ?/***** (Honestly haven’t spent enough time with it, although I have a few opinions)

I’m honestly just trying to plow through as many games as I can until Fable II comes out in late October.

On a side note, I love how butt hurt people get when you try to discuss their religion with any sort of logic instead of with blind faith. I realize that religion really shouldn’t be looked at under a logical microscope in the first place, but I don’t think there’s any problem in questioning your beliefs; it can only make you wiser.