Sheet of Flame

After taking stock of my backlog, I decided that I needed to start cutting it down. Chrono Trigger, I’m proud to say, is now complete and put away. I completed all of the extra content barring the new dungeons and monster arena. From what I’ve seen of the arena, it’s pretty much useless anyway.

I miss that kind of RPG. It reminded me of why I didn’t care for FFXIII; it’s nothing like the older Square Enix games and that’s a damn shame. I’m glad that I finally got a chance to finish, though, and it’s made me want to give Chrono Cross a shot. I’d gotten close to beating CT before but my save files were completely wiped when, during our vacation, the van took a bump and my portable setup jiggled whilst I fought Lavos. I just couldn’t bring myself to play the game all over again. That was over ten years ago.

I spent the July 4th weekend in Wisconsin with my girl and her family. During that time, it was tremendously hot and I helped install a patio. Did I mention they don’t have AC? So I was constantly sore, tired and unwillingly to try and finish another game that I’d already started. Because of this, I returned to some games that I’d already beaten so that I could mindlessly play them again.

Empire: Total War saw play. My Spanish democracy demolished the Poles, Swedes, Greeks, Iroquois and the single holdout of the United States–Maine, if you were curious–all in the name of a world united. I also quickly breezed through another round of SMT: Devil Survivor. I was accidentally stuck with Yuzu’s Path which, I’ve been told, is the worst of them. Oh well.

I also read through the entirety of Bone. That’s a whole ‘nother beast.