Ovarian Analog: 2009

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Persona 3: FES

Log:
5/29 Dark Hour: Attempting Devil Arcana, need more Courage, then Academics, then Charm. Seeing Zaz on Sunday. Raising all personae and arcanae. Mondays and Fridays go to Student Council. Tuesdays and Thursdays, go to Kendo. Wednesdays and Saturdays, see that kid. Sundays, play MMORPG. 3:31am 4/19

Monday, April 13, 2009

Gardening Mama

Review:
I bought this on Friday and played it all night. Then on Saturday, I played it all day (and night). I was supposed to start my essay, but oh well. (At least I finished it with ease.) It's a little different in gameplay than the Cooking Mama line, but not by much. The screen layout is the same. Timer, gauge, any extraneous notes. If familiar with Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends, you'll get the present system, dressing up Mama, and title layout--it's the same, really. However there are different sections of the garden. Again, not difficult, just different. As usual, there were some moves that took someone else to show me--particularly scooping out 20g of fertilizer. Music is the same monotonous, catchy tune. Overall, it's just a good as the others. I think my favorite thing overall is the Giant Pumpkin. It's HUGE. My least favorite would be the storm tasks and pests--mice and virii. I think the bugs are utterly adorable.

Log:
Harvesting tomatoes and strawberries. 1:50am 4/14
Growing strawberries and corn. 2:17am 4/14
Growing rainbow tulips and harvesting carrots. 12:36am 4/15
Growing giant sunflowers. 10:15pm 4/18

Trivia:
Dioecious--seed-bearing plants that have seperate male and female plants (i.e. not male and female parts on the SAME plant)
Gynoecious--female dioecious plant (genome: XX)
Androecious--male dioecious plant (genome: XY)
(There are some lifeforms that do not have an X/Y genome for gender, but Z/W--birds.)

Current Book: The Pathological Protein by Philip Yam
Current Music: Jester's Theme from FFIX
Misha's Current Game: FFIX on PS1

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Green Trading Cards

SET Completion Extras

2008
Panda: COMPLETE
Arctic Ice: COMPLETE
Desert Spirit: COMPLETE
Rainforest Flowers: COMPLETE
Waterfall: COMPLETE
Polar Bear: COMPLETE
Rainforest Birds: COMPLETE
Daisy: COMPLETE
Famous Mountains: COMPLETE
Butterfly: COMPLETE
Coral: COMPLETE
Whale: COMPLETE
Monkey: COMPLETE
Penguins: COMPLETE
Rainbow: COMPLETE
Tiger: COMPLETE
Rainforest Frogs: COMPLETE
Dolphins: COMPLETE
Giraffes: COMPLETE
Hummingbirds: COMPLETE

SET Completion Extras
2009
Orchids: COMPLETE
Leopards: COMPLETE
Extinct Animals: COMPLETE
Roses In Art: 4-1-4
Exotic Fishes: COMPLETE
Endangered Anim: COMPLETE
Sunrise/Sunset: COMPLETE
Cheetahs: COMPLETE
Foxes: COMPLETE
Lotus Flowers: 10-0
Water Reflections: COMPLETE
Elephants: COMPLETE
Fruits: COMPLETE
Patterns In Nature: COMPLETE
Roses: COMPLETE
Sea Turtles: COMPLETE
Rose Bouquets: 17-0
Lightning: COMPLETE
Sky At Night: COMPLETE
Aurora Borealis: COMPLETE
Plains Of Kil. 1: COMPLETE
Plains Of Kil. 2: COMPLETE
Outer Space: 23-0
Flowers Of Seas: COMPLETE
Caves/Caverns: COMPLETE
Green Energy: COMPLETE
Seashores/Banks: COMPLETE
Colorful Birds: COMPLETE
Cardinals: COMPLETE
Dahlias: COMPLETE
Extinct Plants: COMPLETE
Emerald Isle: 32-1, 3, 7, 13-17
Ancient Wonders: COMPLETE
Starfish: COMPLETE
Crocus: COMPLETE
Water Drops: COMPLETE
Rabbits and Hares: COMPLETE
Bird Eggs:COMPLETE
Silent Cry: COMPLETE
Pathways to Nature: COMPLETE
Healing Scents: COMPLETE
Seahorses: COMPLETE
White Lions: COMPLETE
A Tree For Tomorrow: COMPLETE
Rainforest Tribes: COMPLETE
Birthstones: 46-1, 2, 5-10, 12
Insects: COMPLETE
Mustang: 48-0
Wheat Field: COMPLETE
Jellyfish: COMPLETE
Lemurs: COMPLETE
Loving Mothers: 52-1, 3-18
Rock Formation:COMPLETE
Natural Wonder: COMPLETE
Snowflakes: COMPLETE
Temperate Rainforest: COMPLETE
Fatal Attraction: COMPLETE
Mushrooms: COMPLETE
Flowering Trees: COMPLETE
Rainforest Lizards: 60-0
Desert Dunes: COMPLETE
Food Crops: 62-0

Monday, February 9, 2009

Sand and Dragons

Misha has been playing Prince of Persia: Two Thrones, and it looks pretty cool (and I lot better than Warrior Within, which was a surprisingly HUGE LET DOWN). Of course, originally this was on the list for me to play, but somehow I ended up watching him. (He felt really bad, so I reconciled that he's just doing all the hard work, and in Warrior Within, that was DEFINITELY the case.)

We're loving the whole Prince/Dark Prince scenario. It matches a lot with his inner hatred for Farah in Sands of Time. (Again, something missed in Warrior Within. He had absolutely NO personality. Now he has two!) (Misha is also enjoying the first chariot race.)

Misha, while he was out at the mall (buying more PSP games, his new toy), he brought back Spyro: Dawn of Dragons. We had, for some odd reason, heard it was quite bad (he bought it because it had two-player co-op that was tempting us for quite some time), and now we have no IDEA why anyone hated it. While there's still that damned little dragonfly, the rest of the characters aren't THAT bad. (Just look to the originals, I suppose, lol. And to those wondering, I played the 2nd one a lot. Still... Am, technically. Trying for the whole 100%.)

I thought as a co-op, it'd be pretty strange. And it sort of is. We, from time to time, can't get up a cliff wall every so often, but it's not too bad. I think you have to talk a little more than normal. The two dragons are chained together (by magic, of course).

What made me quite amused was the God of War controls! This game has so many God of War similarities. I'm not even sure if I can describe it. I think the main feature that's pretty obvious is that there are those finishing-move buttons for bosses (not entirely the same, but they're there) and the button-mashing to open a chest. My favorite move, so far, being the throwing around of the gublins. The flying is pretty fun. (Misha likes that a lot.) And I like the little collectables, although I'm not sure if I'll EVER finish it 100%. The Elite Warriors are MURDER. (I managed to kill one, to find that Cynder, the female dragon, died, and therefore I didn't actually accomplish anything.)