Some vague ramblings, senseless and aimless as a colorless moth
Ahhhh, I’m on my end-of-year vacation!
This one is a real relief, I’m right in the middle of trying to finish a gigantic years-long project, and specifically get ready to demo it for the clients. But that’s a problem for January Robin, I get to totally disconnect from all that and relax for a couple weeks.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 13 – Side Quest Time!!”Ahh man, here I am with another couple hours of FFT footage, and I haven’t actually touched the game in weeks.
This is why I made such a big backlog, I knew this was gonna happen. I always get pulled away from games before the end, especially when I like them a lot. I don’t want it to end! I don’t want to have to deal with the annoying stuff that always happens in the endgame, too. The big test at the end of the semester, so to speak. Though FFT isn’t actually bad in that regard, at least.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 12 – Another Day, Another Castle”This week, things get serious.
Well, plot-wise they’ve been quite serious for a while, what with Ramza being branded a heretic and his sister being kidnapped and the massive civil war going on in the background. But now the gameplay is getting trickier as well! I’ve had it easy for a while, but now the designers are actually putting together some scenarios that aren’t remotely fair and just expecting you, the player, to cope.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 11 – The Riovanes Gauntlet”Hoo, another episode comin’ in hot!
I’m editing it as I type these words, in fact. I was really trying to get it done earlier this time, finished about half of it earlier this week, but since then I’ve been to busy, what with the holidays and all. Had a lovely thanksgiving this year, up in Seattle, probably the best turkey I’ve ever had in my life. Or at least second to the deep-fried bird I had as a kid, one time.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 10 – The Worst Ability”Uff da, left another one to the last minute.
I’m finishing this up and writing this post on Saturday evening! Really want to get ahead on these, but oh well. As long as I get it up at all, I’ll call that a victory. This is just a hobby, after all.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 09 – Let’s Become Heretics!”Ahh, I’ve been taking a little break from working on this project, almost fell behind schedule!
I’ve got plenty of recordings done, up through next year, but I’ve fallen behind on editing. It’s easy enough to slap the intro on the front, but I like to go through and make sure I don’t leave in like a coughing fit or to add little image and text popups, just for fun. I may do less of that as I work on catching up, haha.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 08 – Playing Tourist”Alright, I’ve got an extra long episode for ya this week.
I ran into a little trouble in one of the fights, but it was mostly that once you get into this set of missions, it’s hard to stop! There are a couple things here that show some weaknesses of the storyline, a bit too much happening off-screen at times, but overall it’s really strong. This is where things definitively Take A Turn, plotwise.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 07 – The Hound of Culann”What’s in a name in a fantasy world?
This playthrough has been fun for learning how the heck you’re actually supposed to pronounce a lot of these names. Some of them I still get wrong a lot out of habit, like Rahmza instead of Ram-za (like the animal). It’s hard to feel too bad though, since it is all a mish-mash of various European languages filtered through two translations and mixed together freely.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 06 – Gowg or Gawg?”Posting this LP so slowly has a bit of a surreal feeling to it.
The first ten episodes were all recorded basically daily, one after another, because I was on vacation and was having a ton of fun playing the game and recording. But now that I’m back at work, I no longer have the time or the energy for it. Like, yes, technically I have hours and hours after I finish work, but I don’t wanna stare at a screen thinking. That’s what I do at work all day!
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 05 – Betrayal at Zeirchele”Got a real barn burner this week.
Some close calls! Some big plot movements! Including the end of the first chapter of the game. Really moving right along, some of these battles took me hours and hours of grinding before. I did a little bit this time, but it’s been way, way less than usual.
Continue reading “Let’s Play FFT 04 – By the Skin of Our Teeth”
The Beige Moth 