This internal conversation happened:

Huh, an article about FFXIV offering 14-day trials? That's neat. It's longer than I played at the beta. Maybe I'd find more to like about it. I should definitely look into that. I know one person always lamenting lack of friends playing. Maybe I would like it enough to get into it.* You must not have ( Read more... )

Things are getting to (maybe?) more normal at work after the last couple days. Wrrf. That was rough. And while it looked like the connection issues were at an intermediary stage, it turns out it was hardware at our ISP. If traceroutes and similar tests are that deceptive, what good are they? Ah well ( Read more... )

So I started sampling the FFXIV Realm Reborn beta. I used to think a Final Fantasy MMO would be the one I'd get drawn into. That didn't happen with XI. So how will this one shape up... on its second release ( Read more... )

To be perfectly fair, I'd decided I wouldn't be buying the game some time back ( Read more... )