Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

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@TheJGG Thanks for dropping the link in your signature! I considered suggesting that actually, but I wasn't sure if that was a route you'd prefer. Looks like the music idea factory is still going strong, so I'm looking forward to digging into more arrangements! I've started listening to the top of the list while posting. While I'd like to see how much the page count is upped with Thanos's posts, I completely respect the decision to not include his commentary. I must've missed that memo; I've been skimming some threads, but I'm mostly keeping my forum activity to replies only for now.

It has been years since I've written fanfiction, and much of it has been lost to time. Deleted boards, archived/lost threads, plus the fact that, back in the day, I was VERY bad at keeping backups of what I'd done. Sure, I saved the files, but I lost a lot of content when the family Windows XP machine died over a decade ago. That thing lasted for nine years. It survived the internet, video games, papers, digital art projects, whatever video editing program came before Windows Movie Maker....That was a sad day. I would certainly read a novelization of Xenoblade Chronicles! Definitely a lot of material to work through and explain. Hopefully, it would explain some of my own questions about life on the "corpse" of a titan. I also wondered about the scale, as well as how they were technically on level ground as they traversed up the Bionis's body.

I had a blast with the E3 2019 Direct; it was worth watching from start to finish. Some Directs range from meh to pretty friggin' amazing, and that one is close to the top for me. I do agree that the Switch eShop is subject to more shovelware than in eShops past, at least to my observation. I also agree that some decent indie games that wouldn't have much exposure elsewhere do have more of a chance when compared to other platforms like Steam. I'm sure the indie showcases help out in that regard. I know I probably wouldn't have given some games the time of day if not for those showcases and word of mouth (or text) here and elsewhere.

I've liked Mario since I was very young, but I wouldn't say I was ever completely obsessed with the plumber. It's one of my favorite platforming franchises, and I do enjoy some of the spinoff series as well. Dora was a bit under my age group, but my sister was obsessed with the show for years. I've had a preference for first party games for years. Mostly for quality reasons. Though there are some very good indie and (until Adobe Flash was killed off) flash titles out there. Some "games", while serviceable, are poor imitations compared to some more quality titles. It saddens me how some ad-ridden freeware passes for entertainment.

Both the Middle-Earth saga and the Harry Potter series are very good, in my humble opinion. Though I've only went through the former more recently, so some of my opinion on the Wizarding World may be rose-colored. The movie adaptations were very good and, for Hollywood, really stuck with the source material in most instances. Though when it comes to the movie adaptations for Tolkien's works, I've only seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I haven't seen the three movies based off of The Hobbit, but from what I understand they spread it a bit thin, omitted a lot, and went a little crazy with the creative licensing in other aspects. Outside of money, I really don't see why they stretched it into three movies. There's a lot of ground to cover if they want to make the movie(s) blow-by-blow, but I would've thought two would've been more sufficient.

While I like visual novels, I haven't had much opportunity to dig into them. It's funny since I like reading, but the closest would be some of the puzzle games I've played. Not sure if I've mentioned it here, but I'd like to dig into both Famicom Detective Club games too...on a slight discount. I realize a lot of work went into the titles, but I have a hard time dropping that much cash on digital content. Doki Doki Literature Club is one that's popped up recently, but I haven't really looked into it. Can't say I know much about it, but color me intrigued.

On sleep: I did get a little more mileage last night, but I did have to set an alarm in order to make an early dentist appointment. The tradeoff was eating some excellent French toast and eggs at a local place afterward. I'd been meaning to try their breakfast menu, plus I had to recover from the trauma of dental x-rays somehow. (Nothing going on; those are just procedure once a year) Your watching schedule certainly would suit me, but with your sleep patterns, I can definitely see how the times are more of a problem.

While I've seen headlines about Final Fantasy VII Remake's second ending, I've avoided those in fear of spoilers; I've already had THAT one event from the original spoiled, some I'm going to stay blissfully out of the know as much as possible. As for the DQ III HD-2D remake, your expectations of what you'd like sound similar to my own. I'd like a little extra content, though not a smattering of it. And a 1:1 adaptation wouldn't bother me much. Though I admit I'd feel differently if I'd played the game previously. Xenoblade Chronicles certainly knew how to pace itself. Other than a late-game grind for some of the content that made me take a few days off - one of the few criticisms I have since there was a point when enemies were either too weak or too high to properly deal with, so I had to farm and kite Gogols - I enjoyed it all from start to finish. I also ordered the game at launch but didn't receive it until the day after.

Ouch. That must've been a hard one to take. Though from how you describe Hamilton, he isn't one to let something like this get him down; I'm sure he's one to step back in the ring for next time. I love how worked up the announcer's voice is, that must be quite a job! I'm usually not one for sports, but even some of the drama makes its way to my eyeballs through friends and family lol.

10.6 GB for Trials of Mana on the Switch? Now I'm glad I want to get it physical. There are worse file sizes to be sure, but I'm usually very conservative with the SD card space on all my devices lol. I think I'll enjoy the game, even if I have to mute the parts where Charlotte speaks. Some of the VA work isn't bad by any means, but some of it really grates when I've played through much better scripts. XD