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Jimmy’s mind is truly a twisted place

“I had a dream that Cinnamon died months ago while I was at school and y’all didn’t want to tell me because you thought I’d be too heartbroken so you got an identical shih-tzu named Scorpio to replace him.

I don’t know how but I found out and I was like ‘Who is this dog?!?’ and mom said ‘His name is Scorpio.’”

so instead of a daily meme i guess this has turned into a whenever-the-hell-i-feel-like-it meme. and in that vein:

03. A Game That Is Underrated:

Vagrant Story pops up in underrated game lists so often that i don’t even think it counts as underrated anymore. but the sad truth is that no one has heard of this game, and even fewer have ever played it. which is really unfortunate considering it’s gotta be one of the best games in existence. the story and dialogue alone are enough to make it stand out, but on top of that you’ve got some seriously unique, fun, and addictive gameplay. plus replay value. cinematics are excellent, and the soundtrack is probably the best in any game. ever. it’s just fucking eerie and moody and glorious. witness:

not to mention the characters. i named my dog after one of them. Ashley Riot and Sydney Losstarot are some of the most complicated vidja game characters you’ll find. well, moreso Sydney than Ashley. Ashley mostly just kills things and has mental breaks. i still love him, though.

it’s not just them, though. the game is measured with a cast of varied characters. there’s Hardin (who i lovelovelovelovelove) and Grissom and Duane and Guildenstern and Rosencrantz and poor Samantha. there’s also zombies. lots of zombies.

there’s very little that Vagrant Story does wrong. in fact, off the top of my head, i can’t really think of anything. i guess there’s the fact that it did take me an embarrassing amount of time to understand the combat system, but once you get the hang of it, it’s ridic how addictive it is. i guess another negative could be that, if you know how to use the combat system and your weapons correctly, the game becomes pretty easy. the Iron Maiden levels still make for excellent replay value, regardless of the difficulty level.

point is, Vagrant Story’s one of my top five favorite games of all time, and for good reason.

booya, baby

newegg, i live in SC. you know i live in SC. why you gotta be shipping my order to MO, then TN, then back to MO, then IL, as if that progression somehow is getting my order closer to me? is my newly-purchased GOTY-edition Fallout 3 just going to circle the united states perpetually? are you going to charge me extra shipping for this?

Tennessee is closer to SC than Illinois WHAT ARE DOING THIS MAKES NO SENSE

anyway, tumblr i done forgot you were a thing for a while. meme?

Day 02, Your Favorite Character:

Zell Dincht, duh. FF8 was my first PlayStation game as well as my first RPG. i took to it like a fat kid to a river of chocolate. Zell was instantly my favorite; be it the ridiculous hair, the tattoo, those retarded shorts, something about him endeared him to me instantly, and there wasn’t a time i willingly removed him from my party the entirety of the game.

Zell fights with his fists, when everyone around him uses guns and swords and gunswords, and even if it’s most likely because he watched a lot of kung fu movies as a kid and thought shit like that was cool, you’ve still gotta admire that. one of my favorite game moments is when everyone’s captured and imprisoned, and they’re all so fucking useless without their weapons. except Zell, who gets to save the day for once, even if he ends up being comedic relief again in about .2 seconds afterwards.

i always kind of felt bad that the other characters never took him seriously in the game. yeah, he’s a little over-zealous, and has a temper, and is a momma’s boy and kind of ridiculous, but he’s also loyal and dedicated and doing pretty well for being an 18-year-old mercenary dealing with some pretty upper-tier shit levels.

plus he’s half of my OTP-FOR-LIFE. so there’s that.

because i was told people actually read this

tumblr you pretty much only exist for memes

VIDJA GAME MEME OHBOY

Day 1: Very First Vidja Game:

first one i ever owned? Super Mario Bros All Stars for the SNES. couldn’t tell you the first one i ever played, but it was probably Mario.