Time Warner decided to change our IP so the site went down while the new IP propagated to the DNS servers. If the IP address changes again in the future, jessie.homeip.net generally comes back faster than jessieferguson.com although they both point to the same thing. Just FYI.

Okay, okay. Maybe not worst EVER, but it definitely did not fall into either “massive bloodshed” or “fuzzy happy love for everyone” which were really the only two endings I wanted to see. For those of you who are confused, I am referring to the ending episode of InuYasha. Yes, it’s over. Well, sort of. If you haven’t seen it and want to, you should stop reading now. I’m not going to give away any big plot secrets, but I am going to discuss it.

You have been warned. Possible spoilers ahead. Turn back now.

It’s over, but nothing was really resolved. More questions were raised and a not-so-subtle hint at another series/OVA was made. Supposedly the movie coming out in December is going to kick off the next part of the series. Which means all of us stuck here in I-don’t-speak-Japanese-because-I-suck land will figure out what is going on next summer someone decides to take pity on us and fansub the movie. You know… I always wanted to be trilingual…

So, with the addition of Fable into our Xbox collection, my daily routine has changed from “work, eat, sleep” to “work, eat, play Fable, play Fable, play Fable, oh crap! it’s 2 AM, well… ok, one more second, play Fable…” This has consequently changed the “work” portion of the day into the “sleep” time. So to counteract that, the “work/sleep” time has become the “YAYAYAYAYAY CAFFEINE IS GREAT!” time. Yes, I have everything perfectly under control. jitter twitch jitter

Well, let’s see. Fable. It’s not quite what I was expecting. It’s a lot more linear than I would like, especially after hearing all of the hype. I was hoping for a Morrowind type experience, which is probably why I was disappointed. The other disappointing thing is you can only play through the game as a guy. Not a terrible flaw, but it would’ve been nice to have the option to choose.

The game itself is beautiful. The graphics are well done and the changing of your character’s appearance is a very cool feature. Since I am playing as good, my character’s hair has lightened into blond and now I have a halo and ethereal butterflies hanging around. Dustin is playing as evil and his character’s complexion is turning dark and his horns are sprouting. You also acquire scars when you get hit in battle. After eight hours of play my poor guy is looking pretty sad.

I’ve heard the game is fairly short, by RPG standards, around 10-12 hours. That means I’m looking at about 2-4 more hours before the end. It seems much shorter than that. I really have a hard time believing I’ve played 8 hours already. At least the game seems like it will have high replayability (is that a word? it is now).

Should you buy it? Yes, definitely. Will you become addicted? Yes, definitely.

The Inuyasha Movie Experience

Yes, experience. Viz had free showings of the first Inuyasha movie in theaters across the country. Dallas happened to be one of the lucky places to get the movie. So, since we had been planning a trip to Dallas anyway, we went. The movie was ok, I’d seen it before and I still don’t like the English dub, but the experience is a toss up between hilarious and very, very scary.

The movie started at 10 and it said to get there early. We arrived around 8 and quite a few people were already there. Some were in cosplay, some in Inuyasha teeshirts, and some carrying around little stuffed Kirara’s. There were lots of kids (middle school, maybe), with their moms. Lot’s of girls with high pitched voices. Heck, probably lots of guys with high pitched voices, it was hard to tell.

So, after Dustin and I played our Gameboys for two hours, it began. First, loud screaming welcomed any main character onto the screen. Then, especially loud female screaming welcomed Sesshoumaru any time a glimpse of him was seen. Then, four guys decided to be narrators and would scream out the Japanese attack names over the English dubs. I thought that was pretty funny, but apparently some other people did not, judging by the number of “Shut the hell up!” yells that followed their narration. I mean, really, “Backlash wave” is a pretty lame translation of “Bakuryuuha” even though it’s probably close to literal. Just watch the movie and wait for the building music and booming attack noises while the English voice actor is screaming “BACKLASH WAVE” and you’ll see what I mean.

The obligatory booing and hissing accompanied Kikyou any time she decided to make an appearance and a round of aaahhhs was in order for Rin. Overall, the experience was ten times better than the movie would have been by itself. At least now I know that I’m not the craziest Inuyasha fan out there.

On the way home tonight, we had the unique experience of seeing a Jeep Liberty on its side. No big deal, you say? Well, it didn’t flip on a 70 mph highway, it overturned on the gentle curve of a 30 mph city street. It didn’t even look smashed up. How is that possible?

Next, we drove by a Wendy’s that had one of the funniest signs I’ve seen in a while. Well funny in a sick, sadistic sort of way:

“Support juvenile diabetes research:  Frosty coupon books $1”