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Rapid Fire Gaming

While I've been taking this short break from my Final Fantasy Project I've mostly been playing Chrono Trigger , but that's not all.  In anticipation of the next couple Final Fantasy games I picked up a Playstation Vita (to play FFVII through FFX).  I've had an active PS Plus subscription for awhile so I had a bunch of free Vita games waiting for me when I bought it.  I've been trying out all of the games I could download through PS Plus and I picked up a few others too... so here are my rapid-fire impressions. Keep in mind, I think I only spent about $15 total (besides my Vita bundle) to get these games. Thomas Was Alone This is a fantastic platformer.  I never thought a bunch of rectangles could get me emotionally invested.  Easily one of the top games on this list for me.  If you are a platformer fan, Thomas Was Alone is probably on a console/PC that you own and you should buy it.  I fully endorse Thomas Was Alone . Luftrausers I actually spent money on t

Chrono Trigger Break

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I've been a little quiet here for a couple reasons.  The main one is that I got laid off from my job and went into overdrive looking for a new one.  For the moment I'm doing freelance web development for a start-up agency and loving it, so don't worry about me.  Once that was under control, I looked at what was next up for The Final Fantasy Project (FFVII!) and decided that maybe I should take a break and enjoy a non final fantasy game before I make the leap to the Playstation era. Thanks to some twitter and blogger friends - like Syl and TishToshTesh - I decided it was time to finally play Chrono Trigger.  I don't know how I've avoided this game my whole life.  I obviously love a good JRPG and Chrono Trigger always makes it into the top lists of best RPGs ever.  So, it was time to get to it. I'm so glad I did!  Chrono Trigger is a fantastic RPG.  I'm not even done with it yet but it's easily in my top two RPGs of the SNES era.  I'm no