Whee, fourth post

A blog is not a forum, so I guess I need to do the most work...

What shall I write about? Michael Jackson was declared innocent yesterday. Okay. Or not okay. I have nothing else to write about this...so I'll write about computer games instead.

I'm a big fan of RPG games. Until two years ago, I thought “RPG” was a subset to only computer games. Then I learned that some people play “role playing games” with just pencils, paper and dice, or even without them. I think these RPG’ers are super geeks—contrary to my usual conception that using the computer to do something is geekier than doing the same thing not using it.

Many of my favorite RPG’s come from Japan. Among the first computer games I played was “Cage-Song of the Ocean” (「海の檻歌」), the third game of the “Gagharv Trilogy” by Falcom. For a game released in the late 1990's (you check yourself, I'm too lazy), it was really old school. I'm not proficient with names of old-school gaming consoles, but its graphics were at the same level as some of them. Its story was linear, so everyone who played it probably had about the same experience. But Falcom managed to make such a simple game very enjoyable. The story was cutely childish, a little educational, but also epic and sometimes emotional. Bah...that's all I can write about it for now, even though I enjoyed it so much. Afterwards, I played the other two games in the Gagharv Trilogy, which came out before this one. Most people who played all three games of the trilogy seem to prefer these two. By the way, they are now released for the PSP.

I've also played Baldur's Gate and BG2. I liked the huge worlds, culture, freedom, scenary, and well-written main story and quests. But unfortunately, I couldn't keep up with the difficulty, and started cheating with editors soon, and eventually lost interest in the game.

I don't own any gaming consoles, but I played a few games on my friend's multiple consoles this year. The most memorable one was Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter. This is a crazy game. It does have a story, but not much of a plot...it's relatively short, but you're supposed to play the game again and again, or play parts of it again and again...despite these crazy designs, I enjoyed it like a classic.

Now let me talk about my favorites in other genres...

Or let me get a life and do something else. Stop writing! Later.

Tags: computer games , RPG