September 9th, 2010

Wow, it's the Dreamcast's ELEVENTH birthday in the United States! Crazy! I'm still dreamin', and it's still resting comfortably right next to my 360, PS3 and Wii, while most of my old systems are packed on a shelf somewhere.

Final Fantasy XI (PC): Not an overly-heavy FFXI run today, but it began with an Undead Swarm. Started off with two Besiegeds, hooking up with Unicornessence and some randoms, and it ended up being pretty fun. It was a two and two alliance during the lamia fight, and our ranks "jumped" up to six total for the savages.

It was enjoyable on the whole (perverted lil taru...), I'ma make it a point to hit up more alliances during big battles!

LEGO Batman (360): Fun stuff! Initially we passed around the controllers, alternating between myself, Frank, Abby and Mom, and made some nice progress. The levels are shorter, but not too short, making it easier to digest than, say, the massive, meandering levels of LEGO Star Wars. It's interesting they choose to use the 1989 Batman's soundtrack, but not in a bad way considering how epic it was. It repeats a little too often, though.

Found out after beating the Riddler's campaign that the corresponding evildoer's missions are unlocked, as well as the Arkham Asylum. There's where the create-a-character mode is (whew, we were worried there wasn't one!), as well as the massive collection of random NPCs to battle. Neat!

It ended up being myself and Frank, and we played pretty deep into the night, doing the first Riddler mission as well as doing a few into the Penguin battles. We also debuted our new heroes, his "Nude Man," a naked lego guy with a purple turban (he ditched the purple cape), and my generic badass, "Dog Puncher," making his first appearance since WWE RAW 2 on the original Xbox.

Valkyria Chronicles II (PSP): Not a whole lot, didn't bother trying the VIP Escort again, but I did knock out "Being Cruel to the Kind" as well as Lotte's special mission "Recovering the Camera." I normally don't dig the reporter types like, at all, but Lotte's pretty cute! Will almost be unfortunate if I'm nearing the end of her story path, though!