I'm in mid-January in Persona 3 FES and bought On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 right when I got home from work.  My plan was the beat the former and start the latter tonight. 

But then my best bud came over and we played NBA Jam for three hours. 

Worth it.

DLed, will play it later tonight.

Wedding #3 of 5 for 2012 is first weekend in July.  This weekend is the bachelor party.  About to head down to the old college town, hoping I can afford whatever debauchery is planned.

New goal: beat Persona 3 FES before June 25th so I can make the switch to Rain-Slick 3 when it lands on Steam.  Right now in FES I'm near Christmas.  I've been told that the game ends in late January.  I think I can do this.

Reading Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard.  This is my second Leonard novel, and hot damn it's great.  The man is totally unpredictable in his plots (except the nice, hardworking, lonely white guy usually gets the girl at the end) and his dialog is incredibly snappy.  Gonna try the Elmore Leonard book that Justified is based on after this. 

Look for deals on NewEgg.com and at parts stores like CompUSA (although I'm not sure they have them in your region...).  Amazon.com isn't bad either, but newegg really is the king for thrifty computer parts.  My last build, which is about a year old right now, cost me around $1,000, but I was able to splurge on a good monitor and videocard because I saved over $300 on deals for memory, CPU, and motherboard.

If you have mighty, mighty patience, then Dragon Warrior VII is worth a look.  I say Warrior because that's the only way you can play it in English legitimately. 

...And I'm a little surprised at Square-Enix.  Why haven't we seen a DQ VII remake yet?  It's been 10 years!  PSV, 3DS, take your pick!

Holy smoke, I was planning on finishing up my barely-started Okami save file later on this year, but I can get an HD version with trophies for only $20?  I dig it.  I think I might have $20 or so floating around my PSN account already. 

Tried out Glory of Heracles on a whim, and it's... okay?  It's a fairly simplistic RPG, like Legend of Heroes (pre-TitS) with better systems in place or Dragon Quest with less elegance and charm.  Dunno if I'll continue. 

Yesterday my dad and I were removing an old oven hood at my new house - we're gonna install a microwave where the hood used to be.  When we pull it out a shower of ancient, dried-up bird shit comes cascading down from the vent that the hood covered up.  That vent connects the chimney, so... you can probably figure out how it got there.  My dad and I spent almost an hour cleaning up all the bird poop out of the oven and cutitng out a wood panel to seal that vent for good.  Happy father's day, Dad. 

I think I'm near-ish the end of Persona 3 (gearing up for December full moon), but I dunno what I want to play next.  Leading candidates are Persona 4, Final Fantasy XII, and Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana.  Never played any of them before. 

My favorite YouTube series got a new entry earlier today: Epic Rap Battles of History: Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs

Shit, maybe I should skip Persona 4 and try out this FF XII business.  I've only played I - X in the main series. 

I'm about 35 hours into Persona 3 and it's only September.  I think I'm underleveled, since whenever a new character joins I'm at least 4-5 levels behind.  Whatever, trying to max out S.Links with Yukari, the StudCo president, the drunk monk, and the dying depressing guy. 

For whatever reason the entire epilogue in Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete really worked for me.  The game has a sad ending that isn't 100% satisfying, then after the credits you finally get a full party incl. Leo, a fully-explorable world, new items and collectibles in virtually every corner, and three meaty dungeons before a new final boss that gives you a happier ending.  Great stuff. 

The red moon episode in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, and its resolution in the game's Good Ending.  What a silly game to get all teary-eyed about.  The Disgaea series is all about grinding, bizarre humor, and making big numbers roll across the screen, but each of them surprised me with its heart. 

And damn, I'm going to avoid spoilers even though it's 14-15 years old, but the special event at the midpoint of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.  You think you have things figured out, you explore the castle in full, you find the two rings, you equip the magic glasses, and you fight the boss at the top and then... you realize you're just halfway through.  My favorite videogame plot twist of all time.