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I am SO fierce! I am a Twilight Princess superstar! Nevermind that I am consulting Gamespot like a crack addict, but at least I am getting somewhere since my last post. I was proud to finally nunchuck my way out of the Forest Temple (swinging my fist at the cruel designers who invented those giant skulltula arachnids…HORRID, horrid things). **shudder**

After a lot of effort, I finally mastered the stupid spider-pod bomblings! Guess when? You got it…during the boss fight. Oh yes, all the way at the very end of the Forest Temple. Why didn’t someone tell me I could have used the boomerang to double-target so that I never had to throw the stupid exploding things and blow myself up in the process!!!! What’s the point of cheating with a walkthrough if that useful little tidbit is not in there!? Ah well, live and learn. Killed the boss no problem once I had that down, and am now finally onto the next quest – Kakariko and Eldin.

Go me!!! Um, I mean Link. Check back for more as we make progress defending against the forces of shadow! No doubt with Gamespot‘s very available help, and of course the random Google when I get wedged into a too-tight spot like when I ran out of oil in room 13 of the Forest Temple and had to run ALL the way back outside – my silver lining was that I randomly learned that you could be a cheapskate and pay just one rupee instead of getting pecked to death for thievery. Sweet! What did one ever do without walkthroughs!?

Oh right…they tried and died, and did it again. Old school kung-fu.

I have been waiting for Final Fantasy: Crystal Bearers since May 2006 when it was first announced, and all I can say is that IT BETTER BE GOOD! I have been a fan of Final Fantasy forever, back when it was on the Super Nintendo console in the early nineties. I mainlined Final Fantasy, so much so that I wrote my Cambridge “A” Level exams while being completely addicted to Final Fantasy II and III. I remember hiding in my room with the TV volume on silent when I was supposed to have been studying. I lied to cover my tracks too. Sorry mom! But I digress. I cannot wait for when this game drops on December 26, 2009. Check back for my review then! Right now, I will try to contain myself with Zelda’s Twilight Princess.

Let’s just say it has been a loooooong while since I broke out the role playing games. Ok fine, not that long – I actually went old school a few months ago and replayed Final Fantasy II & III on my PC. In the interests of looking for something new (while waiting for FF Crystal Bearers supposedly on sale December 26, 2009), I decided to give Twilight Princess a try. I am not ashamed (fine, a little ashamed) to say I am now stuck just nine minutes into the game. If you are TP gamer, you know what that means – yes, I’m still in the village chasing after cats, using my hawk to knock down stupid beehives, and trying to find the kid’s mother with the fishing rod!! Ok, I’m calm now. I just did the inexcusable – I googled ‘walkthrough’ and went to Gamespot‘s guide. I’m terrible, aren’t I? If you have any tips, I’ll take them. If not, check back soon – I’m sure I will be stuck somewhere else once I use the cheat and nunchuck my way past the first ten minutes!