The start of something long

Well, the journey is about to begin. I have decided to embark on an adventure of epic proportions.

With the recent completion of my Final Fantasy collection I now have the ability to play every Final Fantasy game from I to IX (except for III) on my Playstation. I am going to play through each one in order.

You may ask yourself why someone would do this? Well, one reason would be that I enjoy these games and another would be that I'm trying to give myself an excuse and some motivation to play through them instead of letting them continue to collect dust on my shelf. (along with the rest of the great RPGs I own)

I have my Playstation hooked up to my computer through an analog capture device and will be able to post screen shots from the more important (I use that term quite loosely) or memorable scenes.

I have beaten 3 of the games that I will play: I, IV, and VI. I have started and not beaten VII and VIII. But I will be starting each game from the beginning. Something I will not do is to try and find every item, complete every sidequest (though I may try to get the Golden chocobo in VII just to spite Steve, and I'm really going to avoid the stupid card game in VIII), or get every character to level 99 (which I have attempted in the past). There is just too much to do in each game to do it all and I hope to finish this tour de force within a semi-reasonable space of time. I will try not to use any online walkthroughs or FAQs unless I get really stuck and need help just to continue.

I don't know how regular my playing will be. Hopefully as I get into the games I will want to continue and at least play an hour or two every couple days. That's probably asking too much of myself, but I'll try. (hopefully my girlfriend won't mind too much)

Anyway, the beginning is coming soon. I am in the process of moving so the start could be delayed or it will at least cause a delay when my computer and everything else actually gets moved.

Oh, I apologize for the site design. I'm not a graphic artist or layout king. I took examples from BlogSpot templates, used the layout tool at the CSS Creator, edited some pictures in the GIMP and I slapped some grays together and ended up with what you see here. Hopefully the design will evolve and grow along with the journey. I already know I'll be changing the header along with each game, but everything else can only change for the better as well.

Until next time, when hopefully Final Fantasy (the 'I' is implied) will be started.