-
Wired’s Review of FFXIII
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
There’s a preview of sorts of FFXIII over on Wired. It’s not really all that favorable, but then again he hadn’t reached the “open” part of the game yet, and seems hung up on comparing the gameplay to other titles in the series. I’ve seen a few such pre-finished reviews (also over ( Read more... ) -
Year of El Tigre
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
明けましておめでとうございます！It’s the year of the ->寅<-. Yippie!
“10 years ago” has been the Internet Theme for the past day. For me, 10 years ago…
* I had just left Japan and returned to the US, been in the states for a little under a month with 1 wife, 3 cats (Subaru, Chobi and Ku-chan), ( Read more... ) -
If you have 50 bucks, you can buy the best anime ever
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
I just noticed the other day that my favorite anime epic, Twelve Kingdoms, is now packaged into one super-DVD set for only $50 at Amazon.
Link here: http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Kingdoms-Complete-Aya-Hisakawa/dp/B0021BSOHW
If you’re not familiar with it, it’s basically the story of ( Read more... ) -
America’s Greatest General…
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
…is probably Zuo Zongtang.
In just 30 years, he rose from total nothingness to conquer every American Chinese restaurant in the nation, as well as the hearts and minds of the American Chinese-restaurant-goin’ public. The first time I ever remember seeing or hearing of it was in 1990 ( Read more... ) -
More FFXIII
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
Just as I suspected, I was about 10 minutes away from a big boss battle and major cutscene that basically set the game’s plot in motion, tying all the characters together in a tight party.
* The role system: Introduced about two hours into the game. Each character gets a number of “ ( Read more... ) -
FFXIII: First Thoughts
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
It arrived yesterday! So last night Orie and I dug into the latest episode of the Final Fantasy franchise. Just note that in these posts I won’t be posting “spoilers”, I’ll be breaking down the basic story elements, framework, gameplay, etc.
So, last night I played for a little over ( Read more... ) -
Camp Nerdly. Got your planner and pencil? Good.
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
Not an official call to arms or anything, just a joyous celebration that we got the first weekend we requested. Kudos to Mark Causey for pulling it off.
Prince William Forest Park, outside of DC (where it is each year).
May 21-23, 2010.
Much more discussion will happen on it later ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts for a Tuesday
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
Cat Life: Maggie bit me yesterday, pretty bad. Blood all over. What a mean old cat. I don’t like siberians.
Books: Reading lots of management books recently, I’ve been really interested in topics of working with people and creating a better work environment, even though I have no ( Read more... ) -
ImPlayingFinalFantasy13AndYoureNot.COM
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
「みっしょんこんぷりーと！」 (”mission complete”, in cutesy hiragana) is the message I got from mixi.jp from my good friend Okiko from Kobe, of whom just two days ago I asked a big favor.
In short, Final Fantasy 13 was released today, Thursday December 17th, in Japan (21.12.17; year 21 of the ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Monday
Originally published at KIT KOW SKI. You can comment here or there.
* The last time I took more than one vacation day in a row was back in July. I’m feeling the weight of needing to get out of here for a few days to relax and get it together.
* Not coincidentally, by January 2nd I’ll have one full month of vacation time amassed.
* Will probably do ( Read more... )