I haven't moved into my office yet because of work from home, but when I went to check the keys worked I was greeted with the lovely surprise that the previous owners left it a complete mess. Cleaning that up is priority number one for me. I also have various work goals I'm trying to get done, but in general I'm going to try and force myself to take a few days off. I have a pretty unhealthy work ethic and I think WFH has really made it hard for me to turn things off, so learning how to do that will be a personal improvement goal for the break.

In terms of fun stuff, Japanese amazon had Person 5 Royal and Ni No Kuni 2 available for reasonable prices because of black friday, so I'm gonna bust those bad boys in. Also considering buying a membership to the Atlanta Zoo/Aquarium, since it pays for itself after like 2 visits.

Update on FFIV replay: still stuck on the final dungeon. Was so damn close to the save room but I wiped on the Red Dragon fight. This game has plummeted in my FF rankings. Christ.

@dmcmaster I feel like people aren't appreciating how huge this is. This is a massive deal, both in terms of general game development and in terms of Japanese work culture. I really hope other companies follow suit

@dipset People forget that Chrono Trigger is only like a 20 hour game despite the fact that it's a JRPG, and it's widely considered one of the greatest games of all time

Games should never be longer than 35 hours, and very few games should be longer than 30. If you are not a role playing game you shouldn't be longer than 22 hrs.

@jdincinerator I got my friend's PS4 for cheap shortly after they revealed the PS5 for essentially the same reason. I'll be set for at least the next year and a half in terms of backlog games, it's great.

@phbz I've never owned an XBox or particularly cared for Halo, but I distinctly remember thinking, "damn, graphics will never get better than this" when Halo 4 came out. Honestly, still kinda true. I think the cutscenes for Halo 2 MC also gave me that reaction. No clue what's happened since then.

@dmcmaster That's a bad title. Japanese version is essentially just "New" The World Ends With You, which is at least better than the non-sensical "Neo." Clearly "2" would've been the best and most appropriate option here.

@scotty I made a post about this a while back when I also got myself a belated vita. Some good games on there if you're interested:
https://forums.easyallies.com/topic/2687/best-games-playable-on-vita/15

Breath of the Wild gliding feels extremely good, but I'd argue it was preceded by Mario Kart gliding so maybe I should go with that...
Also shout out to Mass Effect 2 and 3's vanguard charge/slam ability. Just excellent audio-visual design.