I have been wanting Valkyre Profile since it first came out like in 98 I believe. I remember holding the box in my hand at EB, and not sure if this is the game I had been hunting down, or the game my brother in Cincinnatti told me to stay away from. Stubborn me can't ask questions. So, I didn't buy it. The next time I saw it either. Or the following time etc. I knew I wanted eventually but, for whatever reasonI just didn't want to put down the cash on it. I think at that point I had gotten burned by a few games and wasn't in any rush to do so again.

Eventually finding the game was next to impossible. Or I would see it and I was window shopping and didn't have the funds for it. I would hear about the game here and there but, never able to get my hands on it. My brother got it, beat it and traded it off. Which made me upset. Then finally SquareEnix announced they were rereleasing a port of the game on the PSP. Fanfreakintastic!!! An another reason to use my PSP since I mainly use it when I am about to fly or get really bored with the PS2 or X-Box....or my wife won't put out.

I get the release date...and it comes and goes...NO ONE has it. At the time I lived in Marshfield, WI by way of Columbus, Oh. Needless to say it was hard getting my hands on certain games. I am no longer in a major city in the country. I am just southwest of the Middle of Nowhere. Then, I tried E-Bay, EBGames online...no one had it. I couldn't believe I was going through this again.Even a few months down the road. Nothing. The universe was out to get me....again.

Fast forward like 6-8 months later I am with my 6 year old son, (In Ohio) and I was buying us new winter hats as it got really cold, and he lost his and my wasnt made for this kinda weather. I thought I see what was over in the video game section...just in case. And there it was mocking me. laughing at me. Valkyrie Profile. Its later in the evening and getting someone in the department is damn near impossible for whatever reason. I thought no biggie. I got Caine--my son--today so Ill hang with him take him home and tomorrow, Ill buy the game. I have a flight early Wednesday so Ill get time to play it.

I get the game the next day with no hassle....and I start realizing...I haven't seen my PSP charger in awhile. I have a spare one in Wisconsin....not a lot of good it does me in Ohio. fanfreakintastic again...just not in a good way. I look all over the place and no charger to be found. I look at the case, and I am not sure...but, I swear I heard a child's giggle as I looked at the unopen package. I made some calls and the chargers around here were going for like 30 bucks. F that.

I go back to Meijers..and find one for 10 that has a USB cable. Not that I need one...but its cheap. I get home and get ready to charge the PSP....and notice this thing has a docking station that you connect the charger too, or you charge it to your computer, and charge it.....Chaka mad. Chaka real mad. I couldn't believe this. I go to charge it, and and hour later its still telling me its at 0% power on the battery.....I wait an another 30 mins same deal.I make sure its all plugged and in looked up a few things online about charging via USB port. Turns out it takes A LONG ASS TIME to charge your PSP via your computer. But, I did find out you can do it via your PS2 and it might be a little faster.

So imagine how angry I was when its 3 in the morning and its been charging for like 2 hours its only at 21%?! Well this morning once it was fully charged I took it back to Meijers, and traded in an old game to GameStop, and got me a real charger.

That little kid finally stopped laughing, and Chaka is no longer real mad. I have finally gotten to partake of Valkyrie Profile! I am a happy man finally!!!!

Now if I could just find the case with the manual.....