Bahmi > Every other race

On my last route of Hakuouki (Hijikata) and it happens to be the longest. It's dragging so much at this point and I believe it to be the fault of the main character and her utter lack of a personality. She pretty much exists at this point to be saved. She has so little agency in most of the routes, it is so frustrating. Really the only route I felt she had any sort of power in was Toudou's route. Maybe it'll improve later in Hijikata's route, but I doubt it. I still really like the game, the rest of the characters are a great, but I'm just anxious to finish it.

Kazama's route was okay, but it was too short and felt a little tacked-on. The route had so much potential too, but by the time it begins to capitalize on it--BAM credit roll. Updated route preference is: Harada > Okita > Kazama > Toudou > Saito

No such thing! You can never have too much of delicately styled facial hair. Blasphemy!

Started playing Harvest Moon: A New Beginning again because I'm hardcore as fuck.

I don't remember how to play this game and I'm surprised my barn didn't burn down. Now I'm making my living selling bugs.

Oh I've met you all. You just might not remember meeting me. Or me being there. Or me looking through your windows.

Rift is a really well done MMO. I've played WoW, Rift and GW2 over the past year (not at the same time, but switching from one to the other) and my favorite of the three has been Rift. There's just something so inherently cool about the actual Rifts and joining up with random people to close them. If you tackle one that is appropriate for your level it can be really challenging and keeps you on your toes.

Congrats! What you going to grad school for, if you don't mind me asking?

No need to apologize and you make some good points about shaping the situation. I wish I would have thought of that at the time, but I was too angry to really think. I know that there are rules and regulations in place but I can't really think of them off the top of my head right now. I'll definitely keep the idea of "shaping the situation" in mind for next time something like this pops up.

Current haps: Had a nice dinner with the fam today, and got to play some Fallout: NV. Overall, good day.

Really wanted to punch a patron today. First time I've ever been truly pissed at a patron. For those of you who don't know, I work in a library as a paraprofessional, doing a lot of the same stuff librarians do, but with a few key differences. Anyway, one of the dudes at the computer lab was being rude to a 14 year old kid because the way the kid was moving around in his seat made the chair squeak. I was behind the reference desk just 6-7ish feet away from the kid, and it was not close to being loud enough to warrant being considered a nuisance. The kid wasn't doing it to be annoying, he was just adjusting the way he was sitting for comfort. However, the guy next to him pretty much berated the poor kid for it, and the guy to the other side of the kid started to fucking laugh. He was laughing at a 14 year old kid being scolded by some random guy over stupid shit. I wanted to deck both of them. Seriously, I understand teenagers can do annoying stuff just to be annoying, but this kid was harming nobody and was minding his own business. Of course, I can't say shit unless the kid tells me he is being harassed, otherwise it is out of the staff's hands. The worse part is that the guy who scolded the kid is actually a nuisance and does annoying shit all the time. Real fucking manly to pick on a 14 year old kid and laugh at him.

Spring is a great time no matter what sex one's interested in. :D

Yeah, I've heard arguments for both sides for AFfC. My bf liked it a lot, but Brienne is one of his fav characters, and Cersei is too interesting to pass up a chance to peer into her character. I started AFfC recently myself, and I have to admit, the "Prophet" chapter is pretty damn interesting.

Ditto. And there are a few I'd prefer to blissfully forget.

I'll give this a shot. I believe completely 100% that this was created to pander, and I have 0 interest in the sex appeal of the characters (I like my dudes big and hairy), but occasionally its nice to have a show like this where I know what to expect and can shut my brain off and watch people do things. I'm also curious to see how the anime that was inspired from a commercial turns out.

I might get this. Kinda burnt out on Hakuouki right now (even though I'm still trying to push through those last two routes), but I still want to support Aksys and the localization of VNs.

Played some more Hakuouki.

I've got to say, I'm getting a little tired of the game. I've done all the routes except Kazama (which I am trying to do now) and Hijikata (since his is the longest, and most likely the most canon). The Saito route was both long and slow, most likely do to the fact that Chizuru spends most of the time standing around watching people talk. I get that they made her bland so the player can slip themselves into her, but it made for one boring-ass route. Harada and Heisuke were a lot of better, especially in the Chizuru department. And to be honest, Saito just was not all that interesting to me. I prefer characters who are more animated, I guess.

So far my route preference is

Harada > Heisuke > Okita > Saito