how to waste $16 in twelve steps

1) put Final Fantasy X-2 on your Gamefly queue, just to fill out the list
2) let it move up the list until Gamefly jumps over two (2!) other games to pull it for you
3) play the opening stage of the game
4) realize your heart has gone on from this particular story
5) realize characters upgrade their abilities based on what dress they wear
6) sit in stunned silence about the course of events leading you to play video game dress up
7) realize you are actually not 14 year old girl (ignoring blog post to the contrary)
8) immediately stop playing game
9) let game sit next to PS3 for weeks while attempting to convince yourself “It’s a Final Fantasy game, it’s gotta be better”
10) become irrationally angry at the game for not being better, while continuing not to actually play for it
11) eventually look at your credit card bill and remember not playing games cost just as much as playing them
12) throw the game in the return envelope when you’re heading to the post office for something else.
(bonus: go buy Burnout Paradise and regret not having gotten that much sooner.)

There’s a longer post about playing older Final Fantasy games on my DS that should’ve been written months ago, but it didn’t quite happen. Maybe I’ll get it out of my head at some point.

Gamefly sent me a Warcraft Free For 15 days for DVD. For my own sanity, I’m not sure if I’m going to open the envelope.