I’m lost without video games.

So, tonight I did nothing. I edited the last, stupidity long, post and planned my next move, but otherwise did nothing. I just kinda floated around for a few hours wondering what to do. Eventually, I pretended to be productive, and I came closer to finalizing my plans for this thing, all of which are scheduled to change. As I’ve said, I have four goals with this blog. I want to keep my writing skills up, take a closer look at my favorite games, replay games I once played, and play new (likely retro) games to expand my horizons. To properly accomplish this, I've opted to schedule a vague...uh...schedule:

Game to replay
Games I love
New game

I might switch it up as I see fit, and I might throw in some random posts about other stuff, but that’s what I’m going with. So, I’ve replayed a game (Vagrant Story) and played a game I knew (Final Fantasy VII), so this means I’m up to new a game. I have it ready and set up, and I think I’ll start Monday. It’s strange that it’s game two in a series, but I’ll do something about the first one over the weekend. For the rest of this week, though, I will finish the FFVII movie sequels. Advent Children tomorrow, and the other smaller stuff on Friday. Assuming nothing comes up like my CoP guild raids or my computer breaks. I even have the next two games after that ready, as well. You can't tell me I don't prepare, every teacher I've ever had!

But I also want to mention games I probably won’t be playing. As much as I'd like to take an in-depth look at them, there are just reasons I won't be. For starters, the games I wrote about in the first week of this blog. They’re too recent, and I’ll probably skip over important details. As much as I’d enjoy writing less, it seems unfair. There are also a few games I played over the last year and a half or so; Chrono Trigger, Star Ocean I and II, and pretty much the entire Ys series. The absolutely loved the Ys games, all of them, but I've played them since the spring of 2019. I played 1+2 twice over that timeframe, actually. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so maybe in another year.

I won't be playing games I outright hate. Tales of Symphonia was the worst game I've ever played, and I refuse the relive that torture.

This goes without saying, but games I physically can't play anymore. My Xbox-360 bought the farm in 2015, so the first Assassin Creed games, Skyrim, Infinite Undiscovery, and Final Fantasy XIII are all out. As are anything new and system-intensive because my computer is old and worn out. An eight-year-old laptop just can't play Ys VIII, IX, Witcher 3, or Fallout 4. I'm not against emulating retro games you can't buy anymore, but that only goes so far. I will try to keep emulation to a minimum, but if I legally bought the game, I think I'm allowed to download it. That being said...

Man, I should write less more often. I’m so relaxed now.