The return

It has been a real long time since my last entry, rascalrus asked if i lost my interest for blogging. In reality its more like i had no inspiration, then again, not as if anything happened in my life lately. I think i have no desire to post something whining about how tiresome my work is and all that, nor do I want (at least at this juncture) to disclose the juicy snippets of some of my friends' personal lives. What do I blog about then?

Three days ago I found the answer, as I was walking past Best Denki, they were showing the trailer for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, all of a sudden, the memories came flooding back. It was like seeing an old friend after years have elasped. Its the kinda thing only a fellow gamer can understand, FFVII was a landmark moment in the gaming chronicles, the gaming landscape had forever evolved, as those modern day console RPG can be divided in pre-FFVII and post FFVII. If what I am saying doesn't seem to make sense, you obviously are not a gamer, but nobody is perfect. :p

Anyway, the sheer exhilaration of seeing all the old favourites returning is amazing. Seeing them in action brought me back almost 7 years ago when I played FFVII for the first time. Cait Sith, Red XIII, Yuffie, Vincent, Barrett, Cid, Tifa, Cloud and even a brief cameo from Aerith, all the old friends back and better than ever before. I was reminded of all the hours I spent in front of my trusty old PS with them. Sigh....... It has been a while since there was a 'real' new final fantasy, XI is an online game, not quite the magic of final fantasy while X-2 was plain campy, not the traditional FF that I know and love so well and XII seems to be continually delayed. The latest word is that XII is expected next year feb in japan, we can only hope.

The seems to be an indescripable void in my life without the magic of FF, Advent Children only served to remind me of that. With the news of Hironobu Sakuguchi leaving SquareEnix to form his own company, will the magic of Final Fantasy live on. A hopeful fanboy can only pray.........