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As EDI says in the best Mass Effect 3 ending, "I am alive...and I am not alone." That's right, folks. Quinton (now my legal name!) is back. For how long? Who knows. One thing's for sure -- I'm always a little shocked that Leon has kept up the tradition of labeling these topics as though I'm still here. I guess it pays to be close friends with the guy!

To celebrate my return, I'm going to "SELF"-ishly make the first post all about me. I'm attending college and working on campus in a comfy little teaching assistant gig. I've been living in North Carolina for about two years now. It's pretty! Summers suck (though not as much as Floridian summers) but autumn, winter, and spring are all decent-to-great. I've been working on my #style game a lot and working out in general. I do my hair up all nice and neat.

What have I been watching? The Dragon Ball franchise! And the TNG/DS9/VOY era is getting yet another rewatch too because of the upcoming show. Which upcoming show? Star Trek: Picard, of course! What else am I looking forward to seeing? Star Wars: The Mandalorian! The Expanse's fourth season! Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker! The Crown's third season! Amazon's Wheel of Time and Lord of the Rings shows! The third season of Star Trek: Discovery! Star Wars: Obi Wan! The Cassian show! And more NOVA. Always more NOVA.

What have I been playing? Well, I bought a Switch last October and it has gotten a crazy amount of mileage here. Breath of the Wild has officially replaced FFVII after 20 years, taking the throne that is "Quinton's Favorite Video Game." I also greatly enjoyed Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Octopath Traveler (GOTY 2018 tbqh), Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee, and plenty of local matches in Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. What haven't I enjoyed? Diablo 3... first and maybe last Blizzard attempt on my part, that. Still on the Switch queue, bought and waiting: Mario and Rabbids; Link's Awakening; Super Mario Odyssey; Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze; and more. On the horizon? Pokemon Shield; Death Stranding; Jedi: Fallen Order; Animal Crossing; The Last of Us Part II; Ghost of Tsushima; Breath of the Wild's sequel; and of course, FFVII Remake.

There is one particular video game that I have been logging crazy hours on recently, and it's my first ever MMO. I've never really had any interest in this subgenre but all the talk about XIV having a great world and overall storyline got me to give it a go. I like it a lot overall! Fair warning: I'm still on the A Realm Reborn content. I am given to understand that they're all more beloved than the initial content package so I'm looking forward to them a great deal! Here's some listy-list thoughts:

What I Like:
+Eorzea is a wonderfully realized world. Already with A Realm Reborn alone, it's at least as well-realized as FFXII -- probably more so. It's a welcome sight.
+The Gold Saucer. Chocobo racing! Triple Triad (which is playable throughout the world too)! Lord of Verminion! Event Square! Jumbo Cactpot! Doman Mahjong!
+It feels like a modern, intricate spin on the oldest FFs.
+Many of the characters. Y'shtola, Merlwyb, Minfilia, Urianger and Nero are all early standouts.
+The job class system. I'm presently a level 45 bard and it's great. Gonna look into samurai and red mage once I hit 50.
+The soundtrack. So many strong tracks already.
+Exploration. <333

What I Dislike:
-The especially MMO stuff, unsurprisingly. I look forward to when I unlock the ability to do dungeon content with NPCs instead of having to queue to deal with other players. That said, most of them have been pretty nice. It's still not my favorite thing in the world though.
-A lot of the presentation has been fairly stilted. I am happy to excuse it, usually, because of the mountain of delicious dialogue which abounds absolutely everywhere. But there have been some particularly pivotal scenes already that have lost valuable momentum because of this. There have been a couple of really great ones, however.


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~Slowbro, after this we'll go to Johto...
On a bird named Pidgeotto...~