Level 3-1 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

   Time to dust off my Wii! To play a Gamecube game...

   Confession #7: I left work early to pre-order my Wii, but when I picked it up I left it in the package for a whole day so I could rearrange my room to maximize the playing experience.

   For my second unconquered game I decided to play another of my favorite franchises, Fire Emblem. I believe my first exposure to F.E. was in Smash Bros. Melee's 26 character roster. (14 more than the original Smash Bros.) The Fire Emblem series was represented by Marth and Roy (I preferred Marth). I read about their backgrounds in the Trophy room and eventually bought Fire Emblem for my GBA. three years later when it was first released in the US. In which the story revolved around neither Marth or Roy, but nevertheless I was hooked. It was probably the game that started my interest in turn-based Strategy games and eventually Advance Wars cemented that passion into my gaming soul.

Level 2-3 The Wind Fish Conundrum

Confession #4: I reset if I get a puzzle wrong in Professor Layton games.

Progress: 45 Hours, just beat Yunalesca. First Game Over.
   I've been pretty busy lately, but eventually I got some time to play and write this post. I finally got my first game over today in Final Fantasy X.  It happened during my fight with Yunalesca. Her first two forms were really easy, especially with Yuna's Holy magic doing 9,999 damage per cast. Then when the boss went all Medusa's head on me her first move was to cast Mega Death. Even with a low accuracy, low probability move all three of my party members kicked the bucket. I was like, WTF! So I restarted and went to customize some armor with Deathward or Deathproof or something... Nada. Plan B was to summon an Aeon when she was almost dead in form two. Worked like a charm; Ixion almost finished off her third form too. This fight turned out to be easier than the one with the Sanctuary Keeper on Mt. Gagazet. (Even though I lost once.) So with the second round of rapid-fire boss fights over, I get to get back on the airship. Here I am, back at the end of the game! I don't think I can take Sin head-on yet, so I'm gonna try to level up and work on my equipment. All three characters have finished their sphere-grid sections and are just starting on new ones. Tidus is gonna start at the beginning of Rikku's and Wakka and Yuna are jumping into the middle of Auron's and Lulu's respectively. (Kimhari doesn't have his own section. He would've made a good black mage with Halberd's +20% Magic.) Now that the progress section is squared away it is time to talk about something I'm calling The Wind Fish Conundrum...

Level 2-1 Final Fantasy X

Confession #2: I was scared of Dodongo's Cavern in LOZ: Ocarina of Time

    The first game on my list of games to complete is Final Fantasy X. Previously I got to the end of it twice and put it away. (Don't even ask, because I don't know why I didn't just beat the game.) The same thing happened to me with FFIX, but when I picked that game up for the second time I continued the save file and beat it in less than an hour. On second thought I think this game may be the most appropriate of all. The main boss is a giant, whale-like creature called Sin. From now on Sin will be a representation of my own sins. I must begin to atone for my Gaming Sins by finishing this game. The memories of incomplete video games continue to haunt me and there is no better way to begin my endeavor than by playing this game. It is time to put the smack-down on my metaphorical Sin!

Level 1 - Prologue

*1st Post!
Who cares?*

   Before I can start having fun, I must inform you of the events that led up to the creation of this blog. I used to play video games constantly. Birthday parties were just excuses to have more that one friend over to play Smash Bros. and Goldeneye. My love of video games began when I was really young, less than five in fact. My babysitter's children all played Nintendo (NES) and even suffered through teaching me how to play. That year for Christmas my Dad bought one for me and while he read the instructions, I plugged it in. (Perhaps not the best parental supervision) My first game was the "Super Mario Bros. / Duckhunt / Track and Field" combo cartridge. Nintendo and I had great times with all of its systems, except the Super Nintendo. (Thank God for ROMs)
   Fast Forward to Middle School- My brother and I did chores for a whole year to save up for a N64. It came with "Mario 64" and we bought "Ocarina of Time with it". Chris A. introduced me to "Monster Rancher 2" and the Playstation. Then three of my friends: Garrett, Tom, and Matt got me hooked on Blizzard games. (I actually had played "Gobliiins" for DOS) Thus began my love for Starcraft, Diablo, and eventually Warcraft. I resisted the "World of Warcraft" craze until I was in college.