An Early Present

Poker since the comeback featured in the my last update has been relatively uneventful, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The Flames beat the Canucks in Vancouver tonight and played a hell of a game, dominating the bulk of it. Even better, we started our backup goaltender who going into the season was #3 on the depth chart (Henrik Karlsson, our #2 up until this point blew out his knee a few weeks ago). Irving has played exceptionally well in his first two NHL starts, and getting his first win against our most hated rival has got to be one heck of an experience. The game as a whole was also an awesome early Christmas present to all Flames fans!

I finished up my run through of FFT: War of the Lions for the PSP. It is my second time through that particular version of the game (probably 5th or so total), and while I tend to forget how long it ends up being when you want to unlock all the classes and get all the best equipment, it is always a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The PSP version of it really has been a godsend, as it gave Square a chance to re-translate a gem that in its original form suffered from a downright heinous localization. This got me to thinking, I'd really love to see Final Fantasy 7, Xenogears, and Lunar 2 Eternal Blue remade - the first because the first gen 3d graphics are tough to stomach, the second because they ended up having to rush through the story in the second half of the game due to budget, and the third simply because it is the second entry in a series in which the first game has been remade twice in the last ~8 years with the second being skipped though no less a gem. Perhaps one day I'll get my wish!