More Updates About Gaming And Food

[mark_asphodel]

 Still liking Dragon Quest IX.  Took it to Maker Faire last weekend hoping to get some "guests" at the inn, but nobody joined.  Sniffle.  Hey, I live in Michigan-- it's not like I can just travel the subway in cars filled with wired-up people playing videogames.  Public transit barely exists here, and the people on it are not too likely to be playing DQIX.

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So, a carnival came to town for the weekend.  I've been making deep-fried Milky Way bars using pancake batter for years, but I could NOT resist the chance to try a "professionally made" deep-fried candy bar.  Well, it looked just like a corn dog on a stick (I always use the small candy bars so they fry up like little pillows), and there was a little raw batter right around the melted chocolate, and it was coated in a very messy mixture of chocolate syrup and powdered sugar (gilding the lily, man).  But I ate it and it was gooey and melty and tasty and I don't regret it.  

I will add that I walked to the carnival and back.  It mitigates things ever so slightly.   

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OK.  I seem to have come to terms with FE12 to the extent that I am beginning to write 'fic based explicitly on it.

1) "Lucky Horseshoes," some army life vignettes starring Norne and her friends.  ETA: first chapter uploaded 8/7/10.    

2) "At the Hundredth Meridian," Wolf and Sedgar, post-game, AU inspired by the frontier wars in late 19th century USA.

3) "Perfect World," my barely-started attempt at an entry for fe_contest #007, an attempt to exorcise the wtf-ery of Macedon.   Even if it's not done by the deadline, this is probably worth finishing.  ETA: uploaded to contest comm 8/8/10.

Meh.  FE12 has sold 192,000 copies in three weeks.  Can we have an EU/US release date already?

Comments

[hooves.livejournal.com]

"Lucky Horseshoes," some army life vignettes starring Norne and her friends.

...Horseshoes! Glad I'm not the only one whose thought about them in the FEverse. I thought I was alone. I actually have a scene for my novelization (or two or three or...) concerning people playing games of horseshoes. And why not? It's cheap and a good fun activity during downtime to help ease frustrations. Plus I wanted to write about Florina and Ninian as BFFs and what better excuse?

ALSO. I just like the army life vignettes idea. <3 Looking forward to seeing that.

But I think this means I should actually pick up and beat FEDS now? Hm? :P

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

It's cheap and a good fun activity during downtime to help ease frustrations.

Very true. I'll say right now that, in the appearance horseshoes make in chapter one, they're about as "lucky" as rabbit feet are lucky for the rabbit!

I just like the army life vignettes idea. <3 Looking forward to seeing that.

Well, since you asked...

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6216021/1/

But I think this means I should actually pick up and beat FEDS now? Hm? :P

I really liked that game, but it's very divisive. Fans of pure gameplay like the Hard 5 mode because it's extremely challenging and even said to be on par with the most "Nintendo-hard" of the SNES FE games. Fans of the hallmarks of the SNES entries-- the bright colors, the cute sprites, the GBA character design, and support conversations-- were not very happy at all.

I personally like FE11 (obviously!). I never felt the urge to hurl it out the window the way I felt through the first five chapters of FE8, which for my money were tedious as all-get-out.

[hooves.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thanks for the link!

FE8 was like...what. It's okay. I like some of the characters. But I never made it past the chapter in Eirika's route where you recruit Amelia. Yeah. I'm that much fail. I keep meaning to play it, but...

[shining-valor.livejournal.com]

Milky Way bars? OMG! YUMYUMYUMYUM!

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

They are good both fried and frozen, which makes them Nature's Perfect Food. Except for the Nature part. OK, and possibly not the Food part either.

[shining-valor.livejournal.com]

Perfect works! ^_^

[samuraiter.livejournal.com]

Milky Way has long been one of my favorites. I like the dark chocolate variant, especially.

I also have Archanea stuff coming down the pipeline for Challenge 007 tomorrow.

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

My mother claims the dark variety once existed as a separate entity called "Forever Yours," and she was thrilled when Milky Way Dark came to the market. I prefer the Canadian Mars Bar, which is a Milky Way with (I think) slightly more of a malted taste. Yum.

I also have Archanea stuff coming down the pipeline for Challenge 007 tomorrow.

Excellent!

[myaru.livejournal.com]

Deep fried candy bars.

I feel somewhat intimidated by the existence of such a thing.

Looking forward to "Perfect World," since I'm obsessed, and you have a much better grasp on Archanea than I do, besides! If you happen to finish it in time for voting, why, it would be almost like a birthday present. :P

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

I feel somewhat intimidated by the existence of such a thing.

They were selling deep-fried Oreos, too. Not seeing the appeal of that one.

If you happen to finish it in time for voting, why, it would be almost like a birthday present.

Well, happy early birthday, then, as it's up. I have a slightly longer version with a dragon subplot that I might post later, but I'm kind of liking the shorter one now.