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Back to school

Dear Diary,

Another uneventful day. Got to school on time, saw Mitsuru wow the entire school with her speech, checked out some extracurricular activities, bought and sold some weapons at the police station, and finally, at the stroke of the Dark Hour, defeated some Shadows with the help of Junpei, Yukari and Tarot-inspired Jungian manifestations of our psyche. Same old, same old. Kinda beat right now, going to hit the sack. Life at Gekkoukan High School continues tomorrow.

Persona 3 FES: my mind is blown.

In more ways than one.

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By Gobi – Sunday, July 6, 2008

The pretty dead

Beauty and brains … brains …

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By Gobi – Saturday, July 5, 2008

Japanamerica

Re: Speed Racer. “‘I lost my parents when I was young, so another thing that made a big impression on me was the structure of the family in American films … All of these things eventually appeared in ‘Speed Racer,’ and they all came out of my longing for American home life.'”

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By Gobi – Friday, July 4, 2008

Green Beam Lamp flashing

Ultra 7 mugged. That’s no way to treat a defender of the Earth.

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By Gobi – Friday, July 4, 2008

The Undying dead

Final Fantasy XII Vayne
(Image source: Square Enix.)

Final Fantasy XII complete!

The final battle(s) were every bit as frustrating as I anticipated. After three failed attempts, I was left feeling the ultimate Ultimate Bad Guy was all-too-accurately named. He did not seem beatable with characters between levels 38 and 45, which were what I had. The thing that was galling about this was failure meant replaying almost two hours of boss fights. And that’s with the cutscenes skipped.
Continued…

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By Gobi – Friday, July 4, 2008