Monday, September 20, 2004

Comalla come come, there's a young man with a gun

I've recently started playing Final Fantasy XI again, and I have to say, it's better than I thought. Better than it was the first time, because I gave it more of a chance. Higher levels get more fun, and I'm not even that high at all. The graphics in this game are amazing, especially when compared to other games of its genre. The environment are relatively realistic (not including that damned omnipotent force that prevents me from swimming). There are sandstorms, waves, rain, thunderstorms (with sound), and many other weather changes. It's really neat. Probably my biggest problem with the game is that, after level ten, you basically need other people. Which means you're screwed if no one will take you in. Soloing gets pointless because it yields less experience and more downtime. It really encourages playing with others, which is a good and bad thing. right now I'm a level 16 Red Mage on Gilgamesh Server, desperately awaiting level 18 so I can get a subjob and nice un-clunky lizard armor (I actually get that at 17, but I'm too lazy to run to San'Doria or Bastok [both of which take a long time to get to without a chocobo, the latter taking the longest]). So yeah, if you're on Gilgamesh server, send me a tell. I've also been reading Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, which is... damn good. It's just really fun to read. It's kind of confusing to explain, you just have to read it. And you should, since most of his books have to do with this series. In other, less nerdy news, I finally decided to download Windows SP2, which was more of a pain in the ass than anything. What did it do? 1. It gave me a super-special Windows Security Center thing. All it does it tell you what to do. IT DOES NOTHING ITSELF. 2. Aparently updated security on IE. It's about damn time, but I use Firefox anyway, so that doesn't apply to me. 3. Nothing, as far as I know. So now I have this virtually useless thing taking up spac eon my hard drive. Great. School. School is not fun. That's about all I can say. I have no particularly insane teachers this year, but none that are particulary sane either. Meh. Oh, and waking up early completely sucks. I want my sleep, dammit!

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