Fire Emblem

Admittedly, the Fire Emblem series has been one that I've not followed all that closely over the years. Maybe it was overkill from other strategy RPG type games (Disgaea). Mostly the thought that deaths in these games was actually death for these characters and that kind of scared me away from it. I had some experience into this matter with Final Fantasy Tactics. There were quite a few battles restarted to save a fallen friend.

But this newest entry into the series, Fire Emblem Awakening, sure looked interesting to me.

So I scoured the Internet for info, trying to find out what this game was all about (besides the permadeath). What I found only increased my interest in the game tenfold! But it comes out on Monday! This Monday! Surely that gives me enough time to reserve this!

I was wrong.

Apparently my local GameStop has been sold out of reservations from a couple of weeks ago. From what I've heard, they are even saying they are not sure if they will even get any more copies beyond what was reserved. Really?

So now the anxious game of hunting down a copy of this game begins. Surely there cannot be that few copies? While the world would not end if it were true, I would certainly be one very disappointed gamer.

The Space Between

I promised myself that I would try to at least write a little more often again, if only just to keep myself sane. Well that didn't quite work itself out now did it? But here we are, already into February and... where exactly did January go? I could have sworn it was just here a minute ago. Funny how that pesky time manages to slip by me so often.

But all in all, I have been trying to keep it together as it goes and that seems to occupy a great chunk of my time these days. I think mostly because my back continues to deteriorate as the days have gone by and that is a major source of fear for me. What bothers me is that I don't know how to stop it or slow it down. It just seems to be getting worse. Well, maybe I do have a few ideas on how to change but I am too stupid and stubborn to do it. But I know that I have to do something about it soon or else things are bound to get a lot worse and that is somewhere I don't want to ever be.

Lately I have been passing time by watching a great deal of "survivor" reality shows (but not Survivor itself. Is that still around?) and it is kind of enlightening. My poisons of choice recently has been Man vs Wild and Dual Survival.

Oh and Elementary, which is not a survival show, but the modern twist on the Sherlock Holmes characters. Fun show. It is just a little frustrating with the numerous breaks the show has come across since it started last year, but for me? It has certainly been worth the wait so far.

I'll write a little more later on, my back is starting to bug me and my legs are getting sore enough that it is getting a little "jumpy." I am definitely not looking forward to getting any older.

Side note: I forgot it is the first of the month and they test the emergency siren alert system... thing. The siren was a bit longer then I remember it, should that be a cause for concern? No, no I'm not checking Twitter or various local news websites just to be safe. What am I, paranoid?

Yes I am.