Man I haven't typed a blog in so long, I forgot how it felt like! To those who don't know, I've typed 30+ blogs before, just out of boredom, random interest, or both.
Recently I've been mislead by a temp company, so I'm jobless. Being unemployed that I am, I've been applying for jobs pretty much every day, like front desk office stuff. Seeing I've been home pretty much forever, all I can do(that's money saving), is play video games. If you're thinking "you can still go out and do stuff", put yourself in my situation, holding on to all the money you have, and then rethink what you just thought.
I bought a 360(with gamestop store credit, mind you) about 2 months ago, and it's been getting plenty play time. At one point I used to hate the 360(or just anything that wasn't Nintendo in general) back in the day, but my one track view on stuff is gone out the window. So I own a 360, PS2, Wii and a DS. I've been playing the hell out of Soul Calibur IV, GTA IV, Team Fortress 2, Burnout Paradise and Bioshock. I also have Lost Planet Colonies, but that frustrates me to no end. But it's still a great game, its sort of like Mega Man X in 3D.
SCIV's character creation mode is addictive, and the online is mostly fun. You will run across people that constantly bitch about stupid shit. GTA IV is good, but I like San Andreas better. While GTA IV has the tech, San Andreas had a crap load of stuff for you to do and explore. I still miss exploring those wild lands. Eternal Sonata is your traditional JRPG with a really great combat system. It comes out this month on the PS3 with extra stuff. I hope we'll get that stuff as DLC soon. And desptite the console version of Team Fortress 2 being limited compared to the PC version, I still believe it's the best and most fun online based shooter I've ever played. It's comical and whimsical art style delivers and the gameplay is balanced enough for you to constantly rethink your strategies as opposed to just shooting blindly or being just "anyone"(as me and Greg experienced playing the other night, stupid team mates).
Mega Man 9 was a pleasant surprise, and while it was tough, if you grew up in the 90s, chances are you have a high tolerance for hard games. I managed to snag the Achievement for beating the 8 bosses with the Mega Buster, so it's not THAT hard. Just takes lots of patience. The visuals and audio are awesome, so chiptune, 8-bit style.
On the PS2 I've been playing devoting my life to Persona 3 FES. It's definitely something that's not for everyone. Before anyone says it's "overrated", I'm going to take this time out to point out FFVII, and even though I'm a fan of it myself, think its overrated as well. But anywho, no cheap shots. It's really just a dungeon grinder with elements of social interpersonal elements. But really, I just see it as a much more advanced Pokemon, just with the theme of devils and such. I'm definitely enjoying it though. 100+ hour RPG? Count me in.
On the Nintendo side of things, casual Brawl outings here and there, the game everyone's been waiting for on the VC: Super Mario RPG, has been beaten like 4 times already, and I love Kirby Super Star Ultra. So with SMRPG and KSSU out, it feels like 1996 all over again. I just hate the inevitable fact the music in Kirby is still good, but a little bit tinier than the original. But it's tolerable. The new mini-games rock too.
Tokyo Game Show 2008 was pretty awesome, I can't wait for everything(almost everything to come out). Definitely one of the best shows I've seen.
I'm sure there are some people that was like "tl;dr", but for those of you who read this, uhh, thanks. Hopefully I'll find a job soon. But until then, it's back to more unemployed gaming and news report readin'.
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Good luck finding a job. And hopefully I can get back into where I was at in P3:FES, I had to move while playing it, got a bigger tv and started playing 360 again, and haven't picked it up in a while. I was 24 hours into it though, so I don't want to start over.
Yeah I'm about there where you are. The game finally picks up after you reach like the 60th floor, and all the Personas and Persona Fusion start to get good.
I really tried hard to get into Persona 3, but I only lasted a couple of hours. I got turned off from the beginning when it took almost an entire hour before I could even begin to control my character. Once the game finally got off the ground, I found fighting in the tower to be pretty fun, but the whole school sim thing didn't really do it for me. I didn't like that you couldn't actually participate in the activities at school or at the mall. You'd walk up to a location, push a button, and then read a one sentence description of what you did. At least throw me a mini-game or something so I can feel like I'm "playing" the game. I just didn't have the patience for the lack of interaction.
I'd love to play Persona 3. I've not got a PS2 to play it on, but I've heard so much about it I want to play it. Looks like fun. This is me typing with a sad face.
What area of the country do you live in? Maybe some D-toiders who live by you can hook you up. If you lived in SW Florida, I could probably squeeze you into an office job.
I make no money but I have to spend a hell of a lot to stay in college. I play my 360 on my 10 inch screen.
I'm having trouble finding a part time job down here in Tampa, FL to make some spending money while going to school. One peice of advice for cheap gaming, sign up for Gamefly. I pay 20 bucks a month and get to have out two games at a time, it really cuts down on the gaming costs. I've only purchased two games in the past 3 months, NHL 09 and full preorder of Fallout 3
Lets all thank this poor economy for soo much unemployment. I to I'm out of a job and to make things worse I have to wait until January to go to school and start on my futrue career. Since having a career is my best option insted of bouncing form dead end job to dead end job. I've been a destructoid member for nearly a month and still have no idea as to what to post. I wont to post some of my cartoon concepts and comic book ideas but, that sounds like redundent erragance and full of shit. As fellow members what should I do with my options?
I'd say get in on that goosex train but the shipping costs could add up.
sucks, here in latin america things are starting to get rough.
I hope things get better in the states soon, because it may get ugly over here...
I live in MD and the job market out here is rough. I apply for stuff pretty much every day with no call back what so ever.
Even when you're a gamer, just staying home all the time playing games isn't fun. You really miss going out to go to work, or being social(when you have money), but I try to make the best of it.
I don't have a job too, brother.
Yeah, job hunting sucks, I've been looking for awhile. An obscure major (materials engineering) and a crappy economy are a bad combo.
If you like strategy rpg's at all, disgaea games are great time killers for the money.
New England (southeast MA, to be more precise) is pretty bad for job hunting right now, too. Been unemployed since October, so have logged more gameplay within the last several months than I think I ever have in my life.
When I had a job, this is all I wanted to do.
Once I (finally) have a job, I'm sure I'll wish I had more time to play games.
I've got the added stress of being a single parent, too, which means I need to find something stable and with decent benefits. I'm in my 30's, and I think I've been depending on my parents more now than I ever, which sucks. We ended up moving into their basement when my apartment lease was up in Feb, just to save on rent.
So now I'm an unemployed gamer in his 30's living in his parents' basement. So cliche...