Feeling Lethargic.....

One of the things I didn't like about school was the daily routines that I got myself into of waking up, go to school, do homework, sleep, repeat.  When summer break began, everyday was an exciting day of seeing friends, playing videogames and trying new Online games, starting new projects, learning new songs on my instruments, and slowly work myself into shape by exercising.  Unfortunately, I've gotten myself into another routine after a while due to circumstances that could not be avoided.  My friends were a lot more busier than I thought this summer and so I didn't get to see them as much as I would have liked.  One has work, the other went on several family trips, a few went out of the country, and some were tied down with chores and preparations for school.  I've been going to the gym every other day this summer in order to become more physically active and stronger.  Along with needing to get my license before I leave to College, I've been driving everyday for about 1.5 hours.  Other than that, each day I would be checking my e-mail for school updates, checking for additional forms that may need to be complete for shcool, running errands or going out with my family.  So I wake up and eat breakfast and soon after lunch, go driving, go to the gym, take a shower, eat dinner, and then I get a bit of time to do something.  One instance is what I'm doing now, writing on my blog o.0.  But yeah, I don't like how I don't have that much free time to myself to even work on my projects anymore.  There's so many things uncompleted and unfulfilled at the moment and summer break is coming close to an end.  It's so sad that it's a bit......depressing.

[New Stuff]

During last week, my family did some shopping and I was able to get a few things myself.  Besides finally buying my Lenovo Thinkpad Laptop (which hasn't come in yet), the most notable item I recieved was an 8GB iPod Touch from my sister.  She bought a Mac Book Pro with the college offer of a free iPod Touch and decided to give it to me since she receieve a 8GB Nano on her birthday as well as presenting it to me as a replacement ipod since my old one runs out of battery in only a few hours of play time (I'm still keeping it though, unless someone wants to buy it from me? =D).  I went to Guitar Center looking for a electric guitar tuner and found one for a really good price but didn't get a discount, and so I did not buy it; however, I managed to find a really nice pair of Headphones for my new laptop I can use for my music (and gaming I suppose with the fact that it doesn't have a microphone on it) and a sustain pedal for my electric keyboard to use when I go to to college.  So I'm happy with my new stuff, though the iPod has been sucking a lot of my time away.

[Download Crazy]

Ever since I got my new iPod, I've been downloading games like crazy.  I did manage to find a few good games but still feel a bit unsatisfied.  It's probably due to some previews of certain games that I'd love to have but can't find a way to get them.  One such game would be Vay, a port of a Sega CD game from 1993.  It's an classic RPG game with animé type animations and pixelated sprites.  With the iPod having no buttons, it's hard to play any other type of genre besides puzzle games, but RPGs are possible.  You tap to move to an area, and you select commands to execute them.

The other game has yet to come out.  Pantafobia is also a RPG game with the claim of having gameplay length of 100+ hours.  That actually turns me off since I've been playing short games now since I don't have as much time to play long ones.  But the twist in the game that makes me so curious is that after you beat single player mode, you get to go online and play with your character there with other gamers.  I don't know how that works, but for an online game on a handheld like iPod touch?  It sounds pretty interesting.

I know I'm not leaving for school yet, but I already miss you guys.  I feel very tired from all the things I've been doing and still need to take care of before the move down to Irvine.  Hopefully Irvine will be fun.  ^_^

First Comic Post and Handheld Games Preview

[Ragnarok: The World's not over Yet]

It's been a while since I've done a post since I'm trying to make my summer worthwhile with my music, drawing, videos, reading, exercising, and of course playing some videogames.  Anyways, I started a new comic series that I may or may not continue drawing considering how long it took just to do one page, and it isn't even up to par in terms of humor with my other original comic (to those that know of it).  There are only some of those who know I like drawing comics, and so to those that know about my older comics, the drawing on this one page might look a bit similar.  I hope to evolve out of that and become a bit more creative with my art.  Anyways, here it is:

I've been thinking of just doing Ragnarok references in my original comic, but was inspired to start its own series upon hearing my friend Danny's desire to write fanfiction stories of the experiences from the game "Ragnarok Online" on his blog page.  Danny has yet to write any yet considering that he is possibly busier than I am.  I am not completely content with my first page on this series, mainly because it took so long to do with drafting, character design, coloring, scanning and editing; however, I was at the very least able finish one page.  I was thinking on developing a strong storyline with this series, but that all depends if I continue creating it even after I transfer to my new college.  I really want to work on my art, but I also love working on my music, video and game creations (which I would like to do= last game made and finished was probably Junior year High school).  PS: A possibly better view of the comic can be seen within my new album on "Facebook".

[Ipod game - Song Summoner]

An incredibly intriguing game that came out recently for the Ipod called "Song Summoner" by the esteemed software industry "Square-Enix" (known for their Final Fantasy series) has me interested in buying a new Gen Ipod (160GB classic) so that I could play it.  [Note- I don't know every aspect of the game, so the description might be off] In "Song Summoner" you play the role of Ziggy who is confronted by an army of robots who wish to eradicate the human race and take all things musical away from them.  A man comes and teaches you the ways of using music as your weapon.  So what exactly is the weapon?  The music you have uploaded in your Ipod!!!  You choose whatever song you have and the game turns it into a playable character that will fight for you.  So what's the point in using the music on your Ipod?  Well, each time you listen to that particular song you chose to be a character on your Ipod, your character will get stronger each time:

The genre of the game is turn-based tactics (to those that know what it means), which means it's like a Role-Playing Chess game (to those that don't play videogames).  If I had the appropriate Ipod to play it on, I would not hesitate to buy this game (which I usually would when looking at Ipod and cellphone games).  It is available on iTunes for $5, so I think it's worthwhile.

[NDS - Final Fantasy IV]

Final Fantasy IV (known as Final Fantasy II in America when my dad bought it on Super Nintendo) was the first Final Fantasy game that I played (or watched my dad play, I used to always watch him play videogames).  So upon hearing Square-Enix's plan on remaking Final Fantasy III-VI on the DS in 3D got me excited.  Though I did not play Final Fantasy III that much (mainly because it did not come out in America on the NES) I thought of the remake on the DS to be interesting, especially with the incredible CG opening video to the game.

I'm not very far on it, so I don't know what to say about it.  Final Fantasy IV's CG opening on the other hand brought me to tears with it's dynamic CG opening and beautifully arranged music that brought back so many memories (I was about 5 or so when FF2, aka FF4 in Japan during that time, came out).

The obvious difference in the remake was the 3d view and rendering of all the characters and scenery.  Much of the game has been kept true to the original, so it feels very comfortable to veteran FF4 players.  But the aspect of the game that had me awestruck was the voiceovers.  The voice acting was surprisingly stupendous!  What's even stranger is that I think the english voice acting is even better than the Japanese voice acting.  I think what got me interested into Final Fantasy (besides my dad's influence on me) is the storylines (usually Hironobu Sakaguchi), the artworks (usually Yoshitaka Amano or Tetsuya Nomura), and especially the music (Nobuo Uematsu!).  The remake of Final Fantasy III was only average from the critics, but FF IV made up for it, scoring an average of 9-10 out of 10.  I don't know exactly what it is about Final Fantasy games that makes me love it so much, but I already knew I was a Final Fantasy fan when FFIV (remember, it was FFII in America during that time) came out.

hmm...I would do a review on it, but I just practically started.  It only came out 3 days ago (in America, it was out in Japan Nov. 2007).  But who cares, BUY IT!  BUY IT NOW!!!  (Though if you have an Ipod, I would suggest getting Song Summoner since it's more affordable.  FFIV DS=$40.  Song Summoner Ipod= $5).