The Game that is Destroying my Free Time
--OR--
Yet MORE proof that Rob is beyond help



Some background:

After about six months in-country, I bought myself a PlayStation 2, both to play some of these nifty anime DVDs that I had bought but couldn't understand, and to play the occasional game. Now, the balance has shifted, as video games are somewhat easier to understand than Japanese movies, as long as I stay away from the RPGs.

I haven't been buying many games lately, though, due to the fact that most of the games released here will also be released in the U.S., and if I really wanted to enjoy them, I'd wait until I got home to buy them. Along with a U.S. PS2. (darned region coding...) Of course, odds are that by the time I get home, I won't have the free cash to buy that kind of stuff anyway.

But, this game caught my eye. It's Chou-jikuu Yousai Macross (Super Dimension Fortress Macross), based on the anime of the same name. Y'all might remember it as the first part of the late '80s cartoon Robotech. Because in the U.S., Macross was heavily edited and re-worked to become Robotech, this game will most likely never be released in the states. Besides, a different Robotech PS2 game came out in the states last year.

So, I bought it. And, I've wasted hours each night for the past week playing it. It doesn't help that Bandai put clips of the show, with the original voice actors, in the game. It also doesn't help that I remember enough of the plot to wax nostalgic even as I'm in the middle of missions (Hey! I remember when this happened!)

I'd say more, but I think I've made my case. I'm beyond help. (^_^;