subhumanzoids

I don’t even want to know how many nerd points I lose for never having played through Final Fantasy VI. To be honest, I’ve owned the game in a few of its domestic incarnations and, since middle school, have probably played the first four or five hours a half dozen times. Still, I always lacked the drive to play further, an issue I have with the entire genre that has only worsened as I get older and my attention span somehow manages to steadily decline.

However, it recently came out on the Game Boy Advance, which, oddly enough, I find to be well-suited for long, grinding games. Not only can I save most anywhere I want, but I can get things done while I attend other pressing matters, such as everything else. I can also play it on my Gamecube when I feel like making it a TV Thang.

Long story short, I’m pretty deep in the game and I really love it. The branching narrative is well-done and, though huger nerds than myself will likely argue the matter for decades, I think the rewritten dialogue is a big improvement. I need to finish it in the next day or so, because it’s really going to start biting into my productivity.

Oh goody, now you can read in detail what I think of Capcom’s Lost Planet!

There’s been a lot going on lately. At least, as much as can possibly go on with someone that “works” from home, bound not by any substantial employment shackles. In fact, when I say that it’s been quite busy around here, there’s a good chance that I’m referring to how many TV games there are to play, or perhaps the next clay-animated short that’s being kicked around in my head.

Yes, the goings-on behind the scenes of Joseph Luster are ramshackle at best. One moment, there may be a car-tune I have to write about, while the next may involve the shooting of aliens and the reaping of rewards thereafter. Rest assured, however, that I have a lot of projects up my sleeve at the moment, many of which I hope to share with you all in some form on these very pages!

I am also deeply sorry that I do not have any Black History Month clips today! How does one even follow up something like The Thing with Two Heads? If you thirst for more J-Lust, then you may find some comfort nestled in my exciting Projector Review! I will come back and post my Lost Planet review later this evening.

Addendum: you must purchase my wares!

It was reported somewhere at some point that I thoroughly enjoyed Peter Jackson’s King Kong flick from whatever year that was. “So why,” you rudely bellow, “did you not play the television game of the same name?” At first it was because I did not yet own an Xbox 360, and saw no reason to play an uglier version of the game at the time. Then, when I finally did buy one, the game was old and time is a fickle thing!

Seeking to remedy this, I recently borrowed the disc from a nameless street urchin bearing long, flowy locks and promises of bejeweled crowns at “half their street value.” Ignoring the other treasures (for now), I took the game home and proceeded to “solve it” yesterday. My brief afterthoughts? Michel Ancel (Rayman, Beyond Good & Evil) has done it again. King Kong is a blast from beginning to end, even though it’s incredibly short. The presentation is top notch and the action is often exciting and memorable. Movie adaptations that are even halfway decent are rare, so this game is much like the bejeweled crowns that the sexy urchin was trying to sell me!