I went out and bought a VGA cable for my 360, looking to put my nearly-3-year-old secondary monitor, an Envision H170L with a native resolution of 1280Г—1024, to good use. I did this a lot when I was playing Final Fantasy IV (DS).ДЄs of about 2 hours ago, it is Christmas here on the Pacific Coast, so Merry Christmas to all. If IвЂ™m вЂњtalking to the gameвЂќ (вЂњoooOOOOOH I DODGED THAT SHITвЂќ, вЂњhey this boss isnвЂ™t so bad hey what new patternsвЂќ, etc), I enjoy that too! IвЂ™d like to say that certain вЂњpracticeвЂќ runs are just as amusing as one-shots, especially if they arenвЂ™t quite one-shots but a couple of runs leading up to a somewhat one-shot-ish run (i.e. In the case of the latter, it becomes something close to a fact, if not one. Theories only hold if they either cannot be proven true or false, or are proven true again and again. The first two were ruined from the start, and I died right before the area 1 boss on the third. вЂ¦After typing this (on the 31st), I tried three more credits at DonPachi. Of course, none of this will make not-even-5,000,000 points very significant, comparatively.

It feels better than practicing and failing, but it still doesnвЂ™t feel as good as these odd, one-shot moments. Though, there are times where вЂњconstantвЂќ (the way IвЂ™m using it might be different than the way you would) practicing helps. Taking these moments up for all their worth doesnвЂ™t always work because it doesnвЂ™t usually last for more than that one playthrough, or maybe a second. The same thing happens, but itвЂ™s not the same process IвЂ™ll quit and come back later, and sometimes IвЂ™ll do odd things and get odd progress that I had not before (which is the only reason it is odd). Quite often do I get farther than I originally did.Д«ut all of this will not exactly work for вЂњshort gamesвЂќ, such as shmups or any of the genres that came from the arcades.

IвЂ™ll either think I missed something or I just want to experience again what happened before, so I restart the game. Speaking of which, that also helps for me when IвЂ™m having trouble. And if neither, IвЂ™ll just restart the game. Maybe thatвЂ™s why I was never good with вЂњlong gamesвЂќ, such as RPGs or adventures or the likeвЂ¦ yet, somehow, if I really cared about the particular game, any gap in time makes little difference because IвЂ™ll either already remember everything relevant or will soon do so. ItвЂ™s just simply playing when you want to, so that itвЂ™s enjoyable, so that you want to keep playing until you feel ready to quit. So being good at games has nothing to do with straight-forward and arbitrary rules per se. Somehow that makes the process seem more like fun than work, which is how I sometimes feel if I try to practice so (apparently) dilligently a вЂњburning outвЂќ. I was barely thinking about the game, but about how these moods work. The times of practice that I would spend years ago suddenly all collide together and then I just jump ahead. Completely unrelated to what I say I want to do or what I practice on. As usual, it has to be the most arbitrary times when I get into that mood, and then get farther than I ever have.

IвЂ™m certain I nearly made it to the area 4 boss, while also finally making it past the beginning of that stage.

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