I got reminded that FFXII is coming out soon over here. I'd been skeptical after seeing a few things about the demo, but a search today of import reviews allayed my fears. Indeed, they made me pretty excited to get the thing. Sure, the pausable real-time of Bioware style combat sucks compared to proper turn based like previous FF and Gold Box style games, but it's still good enough. That and a good RPG only comes about once every two years, so I'll take what I can get!

In other news, phase two of my diabolic plan to learn how to cook is complete. Scrambled eggs eaten without salmonella poisoning. Next: Edible spaghetti!