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this wknd

Apr. 16th, 2005 at 11:38 PM

this weekend:
-dinner guests
-getting my hip-hop education (dr dre, snoop, wu-tang, public enemy)
-fiona apple, bloc party, british sea power
-obsessed with the new (forthcoming) ben folds album, despite myself
-disgaea
-almost done drawing
-when i'm done drawing i have so many great things i'll be doing!
-i have like 20 songs to record
-i have like 20 paintings to do, too
-i want to keep playing disgaea until i get bored of it
-that usually happens pretty quick
-but i kind of want to get to like level 1000 or whatever
-it's really goddamn cold in here

Mood: giga cold
Music:fiona apple - please please please

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dryponder wrote:

Apr. 16th, 2005 08:32 pm (UTC)

Your gaming makes me feel productive.

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yaytime wrote:

Apr. 16th, 2005 11:09 pm (UTC)

Welcome to the Terrordome

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goraina wrote:

Apr. 16th, 2005 11:16 pm (UTC)

-obsessed with the new (forthcoming) ben folds album, despite myself

have you...ahem...um...listened to it yet? (wink, cough)

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 07:25 am (UTC)

Yeah... I realize that came across sounding silly. I keep listening to it despite initially figuring I'd hate it. (His last EP was utter garbage!) The first four songs on the album are really great.

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goraina wrote:

Apr. 18th, 2005 12:22 pm (UTC)

i agree. Super D had me convinced that my hell-nor-high-water fandom days were over...and i am pleasantly surprised by how much i like the new album (which we aren't even supposed to be listening to yet, as it doesn't come out till the 26th).

(and i was gonna tell you the person to email for the link to the mp3s, but it seems you are sly like me.)

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music_slut wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 02:01 am (UTC)

Oh, please don't say that. I managed to avoid picking up Disgaea way back when, my reason at the time being "I still haven't finished Dark Cloud 2 yet." I don't need any more temptations to pick that game up.

Although the game is two years old now... is it cheap?

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 07:26 am (UTC)

I borrowed it from my brother. I don't think it's one of those discount games yet, and there's always the possibility it's out of print.

It's for math-heads! The story is stupid, but the system is incredibly deep. You'd get obsessed with it so fast. I advise you not to touch it with a two-hundred-foot pole.

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halliday wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 08:18 am (UTC)

It's out of print. Kiza was telling me that last time we saw it at GAME CENTRE down at Yonge and Bloor. I think they had it for 30 bucks or something there.

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 09:40 am (UTC)

My brother collects RPGs, with a goal of having all the good ones. Especially out-of-print. He also has Phantom Brave and La Pucelle, which I might borrow after this one gets boring.

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music_slut wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 09:26 am (UTC)

See, now I want to touch it so bad! Look what you've done! Hopefully the out-of-printness of it will prevent me from doing so.

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 09:39 am (UTC)

It's not as "tactical" as FFT (I haven't played a tactical RPG that has been, even the GBA version), but it definitely has its own merits.

The thing I liked about FFT is that strategy almost always paid off, and the maps actually encouraged some form of forethought and tactical planning. Other strategy RPGs I've played tend to be unchallenging in that department (ie, best tactic is always to rush in and hit them until they die).

The main strength of Disgaea is the ludicrous potential of the numbers therein, and the ability to level up and tweak every character and item until they are exactly how you want them. The main joy comes not in seeing your strategy pay off, but in seeing how big the number that pops out of the guy's head when you kill him can go, I think. And I'm only at level 23! (out of thousands, plus you can transmigrate and start again from level 1 with more potential).

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music_slut wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 11:38 am (UTC)

Aaaaa! Stop! You are an evil person! I must resist! I hear you can level your characters up to level 10,000? O_@

Also, have you seen Bengal's Disgaea fanart?

http://www.cafesale.net/bengal/gallery/couleur/etna01.jpg
http://www.cafesale.net/bengal/gallery/couleur/etnanude.jpg

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 12:56 pm (UTC)

The character designs are lovely (although obviously "inspired" by FFT), although the actual characterization is super-lame, derivative, generic fantasy-anime bullshit. (At least so far, and I just finished the 4th episode.) Fortunately, you can skip most of the story segments.

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music_slut wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 02:14 pm (UTC)

Well, what else is new? Somehow I doubt anyone who would actually buy any kind of 'tactics' RPG would honestly be concerned with the plot.

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halliday wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 05:27 am (UTC)

No no no... DUDE. While Wu-Tang, Public Enemy, and Dre are hype (don't forget NWA and DMX niggah), what you really need to is to cut the shit and get down with the Dip. DIP SET BITCH! Purple City (Crips and Bloods together, blue and red, makes Purple City) Bird Game. Harlem Diplomats are the new hotness. Killer Cam, Santana, etc. Crips and Bloods as one. Even Kanye West is Dip Set (he's considered the black sheep of Purple City because he's the only one that's commercial). Dip Set has the hardest rhymns and is completely underground, but they're produced by Rockafella Records.

Plus they majorly hate on 50 and Murder Mace, who are total pussies. The only guy worth a fuck in G-Unit is Blackhand, and that's only because of his almost comical reliance on stabbing as a solution to any problem (during a blackout, he got scared that they were going to be killed up, so he started randomly stabbing, and stabbed 50).

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 07:43 am (UTC)

aaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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(Anonymous) wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 05:37 am (UTC)

Woo! New songs! Woo!

Don't mind me.

-matt

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 07:27 am (UTC)

I think I have 22 songs to do at this point, but I dunno if all of them will make it to the public.

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first_ave wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 03:18 pm (UTC)

this reminds me.. i was talking to my music mentor back in here in Toronto, and i was trying to get help with lyric-writing.. he asked me what the inspiration was for "Killer Baby" and i said you wrote it. and he suggested that i get you to write more lyrics for me........ *loaded silence*

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 04:28 pm (UTC)

I'd be up for more collaborations... not all of my lyrics are as good as that one, though, sadly...

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first_ave wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 04:55 pm (UTC)

that's fine by me. my lyrics are hard to come by.

which reminds me.. you should come online sometime so i can send you my new song

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jesaja wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 03:10 pm (UTC)

disgaea huh? I like them apples.
just out of curiousity, about what level are you on now?
I just started on my second run. gonna get all endings and try to get them angels.

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Apr. 17th, 2005 04:30 pm (UTC)

I only have Laharl on level 23 (I think i just jumped from 17 to 23 yesterday when I found an item world level with invincible panels). I haven't been playing it too mucb because I'm theoretically finishing up my book...

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parkas_4_kids wrote:

Apr. 18th, 2005 05:27 am (UTC)

dude, Disgaea totally fucking rocks! i picked that game up on a whim (because ATLUS almost always has kick-ass games) and it's easily one've my favorites. ever. you should look into picking up Phantom Brave, which is sort of the sequel. i haven't really started playing it yet, cuz i wanna beat Disgaea first, but it's just as amazing....

which chapter are you on in Disgaea...?

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