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December 06, 2003

Final Fantasy XI is a drug

It's every man's fantasy to have a girlfriend, fiancee, wife, and/or mistress who has the same interests that he does. I just happen to be one of those lucky guys. Ya see, I'm a computer geek that likes to play computer games, plain and simple. I'm a computer geek with a fiancee that likes to play computer games. The same computer games that I like to play.

Yup, that's right. Amanda plays computer games. Not all of her game selections are the best, mind you, but she knows what she likes and she's hard core about it. I don't know if I've ever seen any guy gamer that's ever been as dedicated to beating a game once it's been started as Amanda is.

As of tonight, Kyle and I showed her how to play Final Fantasy XI, a game that both he and I have been addicted to since it arrived on the US shores a few months ago. I've been playing constantly, and it seems like he spends almost every waking hour on it. The only time it feels like that we're not on it is when we're at work. And if he's anything like me, he's thinking about it when he's at work too.

But, back to Amanda. Remember how I said that she's a hardcore gamer? Well, as I look at her on the computer in the other room, I begin to wonder how we're going to split up playing time on Final Fantasy. I've even debated on putting Windows back on my Linux machine (bleh, how I hate that thought) just so she and I can play at the same time. After all, I don't want to get any farther behind Kyle as it is (he's currently lvl 21 to my lvl 15). I've been able to catch up to him, as he got his copy of FFXI a month ahead of me, but it's taken some time to do so.

So now I have this problem ... and I'm not too sure what to do. Should I spend the extra money to get two HD cages so I can swap out Linux and Windows so that we can play online together? Should I blow away my Linux installation and just put Windows back on this machine (it's been over a year since I've had it on here) to satisfy both of us playing a game? And most importantly, should I keep the ATI 9800 in her machine and I keep the GeForce 3 in my machine?

Questions questions questions. I guess only time will tell. After all, she deserves to be able to play as much as I. Just gonna be interesting figuring out how we're going to go about doing it.

Posted by ed at December 6, 2003 03:05 AM

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