FFX.

I’ve purposely avoided most Final Fantasy games because of how supposedly popular they are. I’ve played through most of the original Final Fantasy before reaching a point where I had absolutely no idea what to do next. I played through a third of Final Fantasy V (Japanese translated ROM) before losing interest. I just made my characters too strong and could bitchsmack everything. I LOVE class systems and that system made me cream my pants.

Two years ago (more like three, now that I think about it), I watched Erik play Final Fantasy X. I remember. Cliff and Erik were reminescing it recently and dubbed it The Year of the Jalapeno. “Wasn’t that the year your cat ate a jalapeno?” Anyway, I remember it was around New Years. They were wandering around the Omega Ruins. That, I remember. I remember the huge grid for upgrading yourself, and having no idea what the hell it was. These few things, quickly forgotten.

Cliff knows how my memory is, and told me the plot of the entire game. So I started playing through it starting Monday night. Only now that I’m at the “end” of the game did I realize that Cliff told me this before. That’s what I love about my memory. I had forgotten every last thing he had told me about FFX. I played it without a single clue of what the hell was going on. That’s the way it should be. He’s a good friend like that, he only pointed out that he had told me everything before after I realized “Dude, this was that game!” Otherwise, he remained silent to let me discover the game for myself.

Anyway, sixty gametime hours later, I’m ready to level up at the Omega Ruins. I want to turn Kimarhi into the Shitkicker. Because nobody seems to like him. …I don’t know, I liked him immediately. I didn’t like Auron at first, he was too powerful. But. *shrugs* Hey, gotta go with what works. He’s like the Fonz, except with less bullshit. I’ve ignored Wakka as much as possible, and he.. is useful. Goddamnit. STOP BEING USEFUL, YOU CHICKEN-LOVING HOMOSEXUAL.

(Let’s be honest, Wakka is gay.)

Speaking of hornless goatlings, I’m going back to Cliff’s. There’s things going on in my life, but I haven’t the slightest desire to go into it. It’s just much more pleasurable for me to indulge in a video game.

For the record, my favorite turn-based “RPG” would be Dragon Warrior III for the original NES. Well, relatively speaking.