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Apr. 20th, 2020 04:45 pmLe sigh. I have mixed feelings about working from home for my job of late. On the one hand, I can actually go to the kitchen and get food whenever I want, as opposed to just not getting a chance to eat during shift. And I can move around, listen to music as loud as I want, and have way fewer people constantly asking me questions. Not to mention I don't have the constant distracting hubbub. However, my laptop only has one screen instead of my normal two, and it slows me down dramatically. Neither can this win 8.1 do multiple desktops as win 10 and linux can, which also makes everything more difficult. But having had the week prior to Easter off due to disciplinary action (two days of ~3 hours sleep each, a long day, and working from my bed, I fell asleep two or three times), I already miss the time off. Particularly as we have a lot of work and not enough people to work remotely, so we who can are working hella long shifts. A job I already very much dislike and find emotionally and mentally draining, and now even longer!
I don't even know how long I'll work on a given day. Maybe 6-7 hours, or maybe they'll have me work 11-12, and I won't have any idea until I'm already in it. I only know what days, but even starting times I don't usually know until mid morning. Ending times are not really guaranteed either, other than we almost never dial past 10pm locally. But will I only have east coast work and get to end my day by 7ish, or will it be west and I may not get done until 10 or 11? Adding insult to injury, after they're done, I then get to write reports! Extra reports with lots of extra work for jobs that went poorly! So the worse it went, and the more you are brain-fried, the more you have to do... Bleck.
In other news, I just finished the FF7 Remake. It's mostly good, though a few negatives keep it from being truly excellent. It fleshes the characters out really well, and I didn't feel it was bad to build more of their backstories and such. The combat is pretty darn fun. It actually makes you use items from time to time. Also nice is that materia doesn't have negative stats like in the original, and your weapons gain points to use toward a kind of sphere grid for each one, letting you improve stats, add more materia slots, etc. Boss fights take forever; not sure if that's a plus or a minus. Due to the nature of the revamped fighting system, the game gives you way more kinds of materia. Some I like, others, meh. But it definitely becomes a constant battle as to which ones to use.
It's interesting how this game is like a parallel universe to the original game. Most things are the same, but certain key events have shifted some. Some I like, some I don't, and some don't make much sense... I am very likely now to go and play the original. So good. Pacing is a little bit of an issue throughout this game though. And I mean actual pacing, like walking. So many, many times the game suddenly decides that now is not a time for running, and forces you to walk at varying speeds, for random-seeming lengths of time. Occasionally it's to make sure the conversations going on don't get cut short, which I understand, but numerous other times for no definitive reason. It becomes more and more noticeable over time, and is incredibly frustrating and breaks immersion frequently. On the plus side, I think the voice acting is incredibly well done. Sometimes a game or some such will add voices, and it's like, that's not how they sounded in my head. But this one was done well, and I enjoyed them all. A coworker says that Barret at first sounded like Mr T, on whom he was partly based, but now all he can hear is RDJ from Tropic Thunder, and that's hilarious. I enjoy Aerith especially. Her chipper personality and teasing really makes her more of an interesting person. I still dig Tifa something fierce, even more so now (dem stockings yo). Now I actually care about some of the Avalanche crew, mostly due to enjoying Jessie immensely. Though, what's up with Biggs' voice? It sounds like it was recorded in a hallway or something. Also, Barret's daughter Marlene is the cutest child ever.
I don't even know how long I'll work on a given day. Maybe 6-7 hours, or maybe they'll have me work 11-12, and I won't have any idea until I'm already in it. I only know what days, but even starting times I don't usually know until mid morning. Ending times are not really guaranteed either, other than we almost never dial past 10pm locally. But will I only have east coast work and get to end my day by 7ish, or will it be west and I may not get done until 10 or 11? Adding insult to injury, after they're done, I then get to write reports! Extra reports with lots of extra work for jobs that went poorly! So the worse it went, and the more you are brain-fried, the more you have to do... Bleck.
In other news, I just finished the FF7 Remake. It's mostly good, though a few negatives keep it from being truly excellent. It fleshes the characters out really well, and I didn't feel it was bad to build more of their backstories and such. The combat is pretty darn fun. It actually makes you use items from time to time. Also nice is that materia doesn't have negative stats like in the original, and your weapons gain points to use toward a kind of sphere grid for each one, letting you improve stats, add more materia slots, etc. Boss fights take forever; not sure if that's a plus or a minus. Due to the nature of the revamped fighting system, the game gives you way more kinds of materia. Some I like, others, meh. But it definitely becomes a constant battle as to which ones to use.
It's interesting how this game is like a parallel universe to the original game. Most things are the same, but certain key events have shifted some. Some I like, some I don't, and some don't make much sense... I am very likely now to go and play the original. So good. Pacing is a little bit of an issue throughout this game though. And I mean actual pacing, like walking. So many, many times the game suddenly decides that now is not a time for running, and forces you to walk at varying speeds, for random-seeming lengths of time. Occasionally it's to make sure the conversations going on don't get cut short, which I understand, but numerous other times for no definitive reason. It becomes more and more noticeable over time, and is incredibly frustrating and breaks immersion frequently. On the plus side, I think the voice acting is incredibly well done. Sometimes a game or some such will add voices, and it's like, that's not how they sounded in my head. But this one was done well, and I enjoyed them all. A coworker says that Barret at first sounded like Mr T, on whom he was partly based, but now all he can hear is RDJ from Tropic Thunder, and that's hilarious. I enjoy Aerith especially. Her chipper personality and teasing really makes her more of an interesting person. I still dig Tifa something fierce, even more so now (dem stockings yo). Now I actually care about some of the Avalanche crew, mostly due to enjoying Jessie immensely. Though, what's up with Biggs' voice? It sounds like it was recorded in a hallway or something. Also, Barret's daughter Marlene is the cutest child ever.
