Someone please tell me that just because she's my favorite character does not mean I should even consider getting the Persona 4 Rise statue. It does not matter that all the figures from Persona 3 have doubled (or tripled) in price since discontinuing. It does not matter that they never make statues of the characters I actually like -- mostly ( Read more... )

ETA: Promotion is over now.

I forgot I meant to mention this: Anyone who has any interest in video games at all needs to grab Portal right now. (Fans of the game and Steam may skip this.) Right now, it's available on Steam for free. If you don't know, Steam is a program that acts as a digital video game store and storage for purchased games. You ( Read more... )

Let's talk Pokemon.

The new games, Black and White, have announced their starter Pokemon and protagonist designs. (They're on Serebii if anyone hasn't seen.) Usually I try to avoid bitching at things because they're new and different, but this isn't that. I'm bitching because they're ugly as hell ( Read more... )

How is Lorelei the supposed weakest of the Elite four? No, seriously, she has always been the hardest one for me to beat (not just because I usually fight with a Charizard). She'll just about kill me, only for the other three members and champion to be a breeze. Her level may be the lowest, but her Pokemon pack the most punch and, if nothing else, ( Read more... )

You better believe I re-beat Persona 3 by loading from my January 30th save file last night. I wanted to beat Persona 3 Portable if possible, but I'm at the point where I'm in January, at the top of Tartarus, and the Shadows aren't giving enough EXP. The solution is to either grind for hours or beat the Reaper, both of which can be pretty time- ( Read more... )

I am not getting enough sleep and, no, it's not because I'm up late playing video games. I haven't been letting myself do that, with first week of class upon us and all. (It's hard. Persona 3 Portable, Pokemon Soul Silver, and Final Fantasy IX are all begging to be played ( Read more... )

I got a Playstation Portable for Christmas. I am adoring it.

I find it a little obnoxious how much needs bought for it -- memory card, battery upgrade, USB cable -- but I think that's a given for most gaming systems right now. I'm just not used to this from handhelds. That said, I think this system is hands down better than the DS and I've only ( Read more... )

Domestic PSP 3000 is $170-ish. Domestic PSPgo is $250-ish. Japanese import of a "vibrant blue" PSP 3000 is $220-ish.

Oh, come oooon, why does it have to be in my price range? If it was more expensive than the Go, it would be so easy to shrug off, but it's not! It's blue and less than the Go and not that much more than a domestic console. It's ( Read more... )

Why have I been so procrastinate-y this semester? Gaaah, I gotta stop! And you know what's awful? My NaNo novel was being tricky all throughout November, but now that I'm done? I want to write more. Go. Figure. Augh. I promised to send it to a friend around Christmas though, so I gotta get it into decent shape soon (i.e., the scenes are actually ( Read more... )

"Horrible cold with the worst timing ever"? Turned out to be flu. Possibly swine flu, if we keep in mind there's no bloody difference in symptoms, but who knows ( Read more... )