Clearly, they never played this one.
 
 

Oh man, it's been nearly two months since the last post? Wow, I guess I really was gone for a while. Then I came back and university life resumed within about a day after that. Then Japanese homework came in. Then Scribblenauts came out AND OH GOD MY LIFE IS BEING EATEN UP.
 
It's with that realization that I thought I'd take the time to quickly post another entry, if only to remind people that I am, actually, still alive and that I also wish to blatantly advertise my review of Tales of the Abyss that I just posted here on the site. I'm too mentally worn out to recap my thoughts here, but let's just say it's a pretty great game and that even if it is flawed, it may very well be worth your while to give it a whirl anyway. I hadn't played a Tales game since Symphonia, so while I still might be behind the times by going for Abyss instead of Vesparia, I'd say I still don't regret my decision to play the PlayStation 2.
 
So yeah. Are you guys still alive, too? I'd hope so, but you can never be completely certain.

I went to Akiharaba recently. I liked it a lot, as I mentioned in its own section in this blog entry. I'm too tired to elaborate much beyond that, so here are the pictures I've taken from the area thus far. They aren't captioned right now, so if you've got questions, feel free to shoot me them in the comments section. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did actually being in the area.

ここであまり書かないだろう。いろいろなことがしている。上智大学でクラスが２つ取っていて、よく勉強して、たぶんいそが忙しいんだ。日本語の二年生だけで、本当に毎日話すのはちょっと恐いけど、また行きたいよ。いつも英語を話す世界に住んでいる。コロラドにいない時、オーストラリアかニューメキシコで旅行した。どちらも面白いだったけど、ぼくは上手に言語を話せる。話しやすいと思っている。新たな挑戦がほしいんで、東京へ行くつもりだ。

でも、時々書く。何が待ち受ける？

「Giant Bomb」でゲームセンターや東京のゲーム屋だ。ゲームセンターでアイドルマスターや太鼓の達人や対戦型格闘ゲームをするつもりだ。どこか梅原大吾とするかもしれない。wwww　ゲーム屋で、買いたいゲームはたくさんある。リストを書いたんだ。秋葉原によく買い物するけど、どこでも行きたい。ここでぼくの思いを書く。

「iiotenki.blogspot.com」で生活を書くのが待ち受ける。毎日するかどうか分からない。でも、たくさん写真を撮る。面白いと思っている。

８月２１に米国を帰る。しかし、それまで、じゃまた！ありがとう、みんな！よい友達だ。^^

英語で・・・

Hey guys, I'm sorry, but since I'll be in Tokyo starting next week....

...I probably won't be writing much. I've got lots of things to do there. Since I've got two classes to take at Sophia University and I'll be studying a lot, I'll probably be pretty busy. Although I'm only a second-year Japanese student and although I find the thought of having to speak the language everyday a bit scary, I still want to go. I've always lived in an English-speaking world. Even when I wasn't in Colorado, I was traveling in places like Australia and New Mexico. Both are interesting, but I can already speak the language and find it easy to do so. I want new challenges and it's because of that that I'll be going to Tokyo.

Still, I'll be writing on occasion. So what is it that you can expect?

Well, here on Giant Bomb, it'll be about things like the arcades and game shops. On the arcade front, I intend to play things like Idolmaster, Taiko Drum Master, and some fighters. Perhaps I'll even get a round in with Daigo Umehara. (I can dream, no?) And as for the game shops, there are plenty of games I want to buy over there. Hell, I even wrote a list. Even though I'll probably end up doing it in Akihabara most often, I do want to visit most everywhere and I'll be jogging my thoughts as I go along.

At my other blog on iiotenki.blogspot.com, you can expect me to write about my daily life. What that specifically entails is beyond me, but I will guarantee that there will be pictures a plenty. I think it'll make things interesting.

I'll be getting back to the States on the 21st of next month, but until then, I'll see you later. And thank you, you guys. You've been really good friends. :)

From a recent Kotaku article about the upcoming PSP sequel to Valkyria Chronicles comes a string of comments from "Dan Quayle" and "Michael Dukakis."

I must be getting old for my generation if I know enough about American politics to find this rather bemusing. Hooray for the flexible nature of user names.


I really, really do love the Internet.