I finally finished Lunar Eternal Blue, which I actually enjoyed quite a bit.  I looked at my collection of video games and I realized that my backlog has gotten to the best of me.  Some games I'm no longer interested in, and I probably should have rented them to begin with.  I think I've discovered that I should just join a rental service and spend less money on games.  I would probably save money overall. 

I've also had this compulsive habit of getting a game only because I've played other games in the series and I have to "complete the series."  But I don't have the time anymore and I just can't seem to catch up, especially with console games.  Since I travel a lot I seem to keep up with the portables (note they're also cheeper).  It's harder for me to keep up with the console-based games and I think it may be time for me to stick with the games I REALLY like.  In terms of my collection this will mean I will be playing fewer PS2 RPG's.

It occurred to me that Kingdom Hearts 2, after a long silence from Square Enix is finally coming out in North America with a March 28th release date.  It looks and sounds like an amazing game.  However, even if I got a copy at launch, I couldn't play it because I want to play Dragon Quest 8 first.  I can't play that until I catch up with some of my previous RPG's.  See how I'm stuck in a cycle.  Of course I could just decide to play something else, but here's my point:  those games I was only marginlly interested in I will never actually play.  So why waste the money and just rent those games? 

I started Suikoden IV and I just couldn't get into it.  It wasn't awful, but I did spend about a half an hour trying to line up the boat to the port so I could complete the first mission.   I earned a ton of money from the enemies I fought, but I don't have the patience to deal with faulty mechanics. 

Now I'm left with a quandry:  What do I play next?  I'm working on Four Swords with Dave, and Legend of Heroes (which is a cute game despite the bad translations.  Hey at least it's not Lunar Dragon Song) as my portable game.  Since I'm moving across the country I want to keep my portable games available for the trip, I can't work any more on that one.  Decisions Decisions.

Well okay, my options are any game in my collection that I haven't personally reviewed.  I've also started packing, and the game cube is resting in its cute little case.  I think that leaves me with the few PS2 RPG's that aren't 500 hour N1 games.  I think I'll wait on La Pucelle for a bit.  :/