January 25, 2009: Relaxing Video Game Sunday

Today is my one day off for the week and the plan is to do nothing but relax.  I have really been looking forward to today. The whole family slept in really late this morning.  When we finally got up and headed on down to the living room our first order of business for the …

Final Fantasy III

In 1990, Squaresoft (now Square Enix) produced its third and final Final Fantasy installment for the 8-bit console generation targetting the Japanese Nintendo Famicom.  Like its predecessor, Final Fantasy II, FF3 was not translated for western audiences and was exclusive to the Japanese market.  In 1994 Square produced Final Fantasy VI and released that title …

January 24, 2009: Jenn and Angelo Come to Visit

I was really not ready to get up this morning when the alarm rang at a quarter till seven, but I knew that the deployments this morning were high priority so I got down to the basement and got to work.  Oreo came down to the basement pretty quickly so that he could sleep on …

Wii Fit: First Impressions

We first got the Wii Fit almost immediately after its release with the intent of it being a Christmas present.  We did not end up unpacking the Wii Fit or setting it up until quite some time later and just now have been using it for three days. Nintendo’s Wii Fit is a combination of …

January 23, 2009: Another Busy Friday

Another early, cold, exhausted morning.  I can’t wait until Sunday when I actually get to sleep in a little bit.  Although, of course, the joke around the office is that the production data center will go down on Saturday as developer and contingency have gone down the last two weekends like clockwork.  If so, no …