http://home.eyesonff.com/blog.php/16905-NeoCracker The Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums are the premier place for Final Fantasy fans to meet and discuss this classic video game series. Join our community today. en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:36:39 GMT vBulletin 60 http://home.eyesonff.com/images/images_neoclassic/misc/rss.jpg http://home.eyesonff.com/blog.php/16905-NeoCracker http://home.eyesonff.com/entry.php/5780-Me-and-a-guy-Talk-about-FF-For-an-hour-and-a-half Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:14:29 GMT So far this is the third 'Podcast' if you want to call it that I've done.

http://www.aguywhogames.com/?p=111

Basically the point was to discuss whether or not FF X was a good game (And I must say, most convincing argument I've heard for it yet :p), though we never discussed Symore at all.

Really though we end up talking about all the numbered FF's, and it was quite a bit of fun! ]]> NeoCracker http://home.eyesonff.com/entry.php/5780-Me-and-a-guy-Talk-about-FF-For-an-hour-and-a-half http://home.eyesonff.com/entry.php/222-Kind-of-a-New-Years-Resolution Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:52:02 GMT So, as of late I've been slacking off on a lot of things.

And by a lot of things I mean two things.

First off, I'm out of shape, as I've not been excersizing all that much. I mean I'm a small guy, yet I'm starting to get a little flab on me belly. That's not cool man.

So, I got me a Tae Bo tape for now, since those are fairly light work outs, and I'm starting to do it two times a week. Now by febuary I plan to pick up an instructional Martial arts book, specifically one of the Kung Fu ones, since I enjoyed doing the long fist one occasionally a while back, and start doing the Tae Bo twice a week, and spend one day a week doing some form training from the book.

Come March, I'll add a fourth day where I'll be doing some of the Power and Speed training that the books have. April will see the addition of a fifth day, which will also be dedicated to Form Training.

Now the next few months I'll cut the Tae Bo out entirely, and have five days, three of which will be form training and two of them power and Speed. Perhaps I'll add a sixth day at some point and use the Tae bo tape then, but who knows.

I'm also starting to force myself to eat healthier. Mind you, I wasn't that bad, except for the excess of Mountain Dew intake as of late. I'm cutting back on that, though I don't really feel like dropping it entirely. I do love me some Mountain Dew.

Next off, my writing I've been slacking far to much on. So, I've already started taking steps to get me writing more again, and to improve on it. I've improved greatly from my High School days, though there is still much to learn. My biggest goal is to improve my ability to create an atmosphere, something I'm hoping my reading of Lovecraft will help, as I don't think there is an author out there who has near the ability at atmosphere that he does.

I started by taking an online certification from Expert Rating, who seem legit enough. Several sources seemed to point them out as legitamate. I scored great in most areas of the Creative Writing Cetification, scoring a perfect on the one section, and really high in the fiction area. THough the Journalist portion was really low, but on a whole I got a high score, and got the certification.

And as one of the ideas it had for Journaling, I went a head and created a blog over at Hubspaces. I did set up for the Google ad sense, which supposedly brings in Ad revenue, but it's a bit of a consulted formula, and reading through forums, there's isn't' much of a chance at that happening, but hey, it gives me a steady outlet to get feedback on my writing, and more of an opportunity to improve.

Here soon after updating myself on grammar, i might take the test from Expert Rating in that regard, though I"m not sure if I'll do that one or not.

And the stupid thing is, what set off this line of thought was some random comment by PG. xD ]]> NeoCracker http://home.eyesonff.com/entry.php/222-Kind-of-a-New-Years-Resolution http://home.eyesonff.com/entry.php/220-Games-that-Recieve-Little-Attention-Rune-Factory-3 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:58:59 GMT Harvest Moon may have been a well know series, but it's one most gamers have shied away from, finding the very concept of a farming simulator to be a waste of time.

So when Rune Factory first came out, a spin off of the Harvest Moon franchise, it flew under most gamers radars entirely, yet still managed to gain it's own little solid and growing fan base, spreading out from it's DS roots and landing on the Nintendo Wii with Rune Factory Frontier.

The series latest installment, Rune Factory 3, I would argue to be the funnest one to date. It features a wide cast of interesting characters, personal favorites of mine being Karina, Sophia, and Pia.

The main draw of the characters and world in Rune Factory 3 is just how delightfully bizarre it can get, all while you're main character is basically the pillar of reason in the world (Pia being the polar opposite pillar of WTF.)

The game actually encourages you to rotate fields as well, which to anyone who doesn't play these games will likely wonder just why this is cool, and any one who does play them will go 'well that's pretty rad'.

One of the key adjustments to the game play this time around is the ability to gain the assistance of townsfolk in the dungeon. Once they like you enough, you can begin bringing them in with you where they will gain levels just as you do, and you can change their weapon and accessory so they will become a more useful ally.

On top of it the voice acting is pretty solid. It may not be amazing, but considering it's a rather niche' game, it's something to be mentioned.

The weak part here is the games actual plot. It's really not that interesting by the end. They do a fairly good job and building you up to the payoff, but the payoff itself is lackluster. The growth of the individual relationships with the people in town is far more rewarding then completing the story.

The actual dungeon crawling elements are just as solid as they have ever been, and actually feel a bit smother then before. Nothing major has changed, but it does manage to alter just enough to keep fresh.

On a whole, this is a solid game, and worth checking out for any fan of the series, or just for anyone wanting to try a different type of game. ]]> NeoCracker http://home.eyesonff.com/entry.php/220-Games-that-Recieve-Little-Attention-Rune-Factory-3