After spending a lazy Saturday afternoon yesterday thinking about what I should do other than just laying around doing nothing, I decided to look through my game shelf. Starting from left to right on the top shelf, I skimmed through my Xbox 360 games, PS2 games, then working my way to the second shelf I laid out my fingers and looked through my DVD collection perhaps in search of a movie... anything really to keep me busy for a few hours until the barbeque. I finally made my way through the shelves to the part that I rarily look at all these days, the one part of my shelf that has really collected dust above all the other stuff. It was my ancient PlayStation collection complete with pre-2000 classics like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Metal Gear Solid, and what's this? Final Fantasy VII, VIII, and IX, all black labeled and saturated with dust.

I then began to have a sudden nostalgia rush. I mean playing through each of those three games were all an amazing experience in their own right. They all featured distinct and engaging stories, interesting characters that you actually cared about, and a lengthy adventure with a classic and perhaps cliche Final Fantasy style ending to top it off. And what better way to feed off one's nostalgia craving than to relive an old experience. So I'm gonna give it a go and I'm not sure how long my interest will last but I'm gonna pop in my FFVII disc and see what happens. It's great to be back.