tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:12:37 +0000AllThe GamerIRLReviewsThe OtakuRantsGame DesignJapaneseArchivesGame DevelopmentMomoko In EorzeaProgrammingRandomIcewind Dale 2HobbyRPGSelf-madeWeiss SchwarzDnDGuidesAboutContactMy Gameshttp://neetgeek.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Faylar)Blogger292125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-5222641179500486594Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:11:00 +00002016-01-18T17:11:05.375+08:00 Ok. It's time to close this blog. The time and effort I spend trying to upkeep this blog is too much considering the things I have and want to do. Might as well spend the time to do something more productive. Till the next time this blog is open again! It was a nice run. You can try finding me here at best: Twitch @ twitch.tv/momohoudai or maybe when I actually get it up:http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2016/01/neetgeek-closing-ceremony.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-1384899463862790493Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:03:00 +00002015-12-14T18:03:49.419+08:00AllIRLRantsI haven't posted in a while (again), mostly because I didn't feel like I have any energy and time to rant about anything blog worthy. Living alone in Japan has been great, but it made me realize that the me before that wanted to live/work in Japan is very different from the me today (who also wanted to live/work in Japan, don't get me wrong). I would always think that nothing is going to change.http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/12/december-bit-of-rant-before-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-5527931813479984217Sun, 18 Oct 2015 04:29:00 +00002015-10-18T12:29:03.079+08:00AllIRLI have finally settled down and have enough space and time to blog a bit.  Well, the pieces are slowly coming together in my stay here. SIM card arrived a week ago, allowing me to freely travel to...places (ie Akiba). Before that, Johnny and I were sharing this Wifi rent thingy. It has caused a lot of inconveniences mainly because we cannot be separated from one another, otherwise we wouldhttp://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/10/october-in-japan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-6796130312496566658Tue, 22 Sep 2015 02:21:00 +00002015-09-22T10:21:13.875+08:00AllIRLUmu! Just nice 1 month before last blog post！ This month has been kind of hectic off-work wise. My stay in Japan is confirmed and I will be leaving on the 1st of October, so I was dealing with things like Visa, shipping packages and all the other annoying details. The stay will be for 2 years...it's the kind of duration where people think it's long but it's really not. 2 years of army, then 2 http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/09/september-2015-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-5569318620456023113Fri, 21 Aug 2015 02:18:00 +00002015-08-21T10:18:56.093+08:00AllIRLRantsThe Otaku I can't believe I forgot about blogging about this, but the truth is, the performance was so great that there really isn't much to say. It's pretty much close to undescribable, like most other concerts I attended. The concert is what I expected it to be plus a bit more. Lisa is, as usual, energetic, engaging and terrific on stage. The plus side I got was that the VIP seats were extremely http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/08/lisa-in-singapore-2015-recount.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-2661886216915570415Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:00:00 +00002015-08-12T00:00:06.747+08:00AllRantsSingapore's National Day has passed again, this time it's 50th year since independance. I'm personally not very patrotic when it comes to my country, but I do appreciate what it had done. Because of that, I don't really have many comments about what was done to celebrate this milestone. Some people say it's excessive, putting SG50 onto everything from locally themed apps, to fishcakes shaped to http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/08/august-2015-update-sg50-version.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-4723075908864072928Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:16:00 +00002015-07-13T16:18:16.125+08:00AllRandomRants I haven't done an update so since I'm feeling kinda down recently, I'll do one right now in the middle of July. Games are really awesome right. They take you out of the real world and let's you enjoy the virtual...yada yada, you know what they say about entertainment. Well, Heavensward just dropped around a month ago and I have been spending most of my free time playing it. As far as the http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/07/mid-july-2015-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-4086458081497561209Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:32:00 +00002015-06-19T17:46:17.086+08:00AllMomoko In EorzeaRantsThe GamerOkay second part of Heavensward patch notes regarding existing class changes. Below are just some of my thoughts and speculations. Maybe in the future I can look back and see if they came true? Disclaimer: Note that the only classes I haven't played are Ninja, Warrior, Monk and Archer so what I view from those classes are purely from a bystander perspective. The existing skill changes http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/06/ff14-heavensward-existing-class-patch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-3184272891136966577Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:28:00 +00002015-06-19T17:33:05.195+08:00AllMomoko In EorzeaRantsThe Gamer Preliminary Patch notes are out! Here are my thoughts for most of them. Let's start from the top. Real talk here. Playable Content Areas New areas and stuff. Not much to comment other than graphics. Art-wise for normal non-snowy areas look very Vanguard:SOH style: lots of brown, lots of medieval, lots of ruin, lots of moss, and...brown. Snowy areas look very Everquest: Scars of http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/06/ff14-heavensward-patch-notes-30-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-1788683070984223781Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:56:00 +00002015-06-17T10:56:46.305+08:00AllGame DevelopmentRantsA bit overdue, but I'm gonna just drop this here: My Casual Connect 2015 Report. http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/06/casual-connect-2015-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-1852441541094188635Wed, 27 May 2015 17:07:00 +00002015-05-28T01:16:08.745+08:00AllMomoko In EorzeaRants(This post is pure 'rant' style. I'm just going to type whatever's on my mind in attempts to recount what was on my mind with minimal vetting, if any at all. Sorry for any bad English you encounter. Please enjoy my verbal vomit ^_^) Last Tuesday, our FC senpais organized a really fun Escape-style event for us which I had the honor to participate in. Let me do some small background information http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/05/momoko-in-eorzea-part-5-disappearance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-3763304155010557521Fri, 22 May 2015 14:27:00 +00002015-05-28T01:07:35.135+08:00AllMomoko In EorzeaHeavensward is coming in around a month time! So some of us are kicking into the gear of clearing as much content as we can before it hits. Well, firstly, we cleared T9 for the first time as an FC! It was a swell journey, hiccups here and there but we finally cleared it.  Secondly! I got my monetary goal! I think when I started this goal, desync level was zero, http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/05/momoko-in-eorzea-part-4-new-weapons-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-3921889543997659441Mon, 04 May 2015 13:39:00 +00002015-05-04T21:39:26.462+08:00AllRandom It's April and a month more to my birthday!  So me and a group of friends did a 3-day Tioman retreat. For those who don't know, Tioman is a nice island off the coast of Malaysia. It's nice to experience life with almost no internet for 3-days. Some of my friends went for a full snorkeling, but I was more in a slack-ish mode and really only wanted to eat Ramly burgers, drink beer and http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/05/april-2015-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-5967666773906330492Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:53:00 +00002015-04-13T21:53:25.008+08:00AllMomoko In EorzeaThe Gamer Man...I just finished the final cutscene before Heavensward T_T What an emotional cutscene. So damn much is happening and so damn much happened that it is impossible to talk about it without spoilers. I had many screenshots but alas I cannot share them without spoiling.  But it was...a great closure before the expansion hits. Square Enix can finally make good plot?! What ishttp://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/04/momoko-in-eorzea-part-3-final-cutscenes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-5405684235218944438Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:34:00 +00002015-04-07T14:22:57.733+08:00AllMomoko In EorzeaThe Gamer Hi all! Easter has come and gone yesterday, both in Eorzea and in real life. Since this is officially the first time I'm doing an Easter related event, I actually consulted the Great Wikipedia to now more about it since I'm not Christian. As usual, Wikipedia was filled with too much random details that confused me, but what I do understand is: 1) Christian Holiday? 2) It's 2 days http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/04/momoko-in-eorzea-part-2-easter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-1881322777669905880Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:00:00 +00002015-04-02T00:00:12.955+08:00AllMomoko In EorzeaThe Gamer Heavensward expansion is just around the corner, so what better time to jump start this little blog by chronicling what I spend most of my time doing after work: Final Fantasy XIV! (」`o´)」(／`o´)／ Let's go!!! First, a few introductions! A bit of myself. I have been playing MMOs since I was 14 I think (man it feels so long ago). Started with Everquest saving 1 dollar a day, then to the now http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/04/momoko-in-eorzea-part-i-introduction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-3310639244258760693Sun, 29 Mar 2015 11:03:00 +00002015-03-29T19:07:47.614+08:00AllThe Otaku I rarely type long posts but god Lantis Feastival was INCREDIBLE. Every singer was godlike, and seeing the audience so happy just makes me feel happy too. It's great that despite racial and cultural differences, we can all enjoy the same anisongs together! Man where do I start. Choucho started off immediately with her soothing voice in her "Girls and Panzer" OP "DreamRiser". From there, http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/03/lantis-matsuri-2015.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-4381815621692674813Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:05:00 +00002015-03-05T17:06:08.551+08:00AllGame DevelopmentWow, last month was madness. Tons of crap happened. My mother's attempt at matchmaking, Chinese New Year, and a loooong mad rush to meet deadline at work. I was drained and on a verge of burnout the last couple of days. Thankfully, I think I'm better now. I guess there's not much I can do about it but complain. Poor decision making, disrespecting pipelines, leading to risk quality assurance http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/03/death-of-maxis-but-of-course-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-6635310873539819007Sun, 01 Feb 2015 13:32:00 +00002015-02-01T21:33:22.815+08:00AllGame DevelopmentProgrammingRantsIn just about 4 months, it will officially be my 2nd year working in the games industry. I have been meaning to write about what I have learnt in my 1st year but since I was not doing any real development, I withheld such a post. Now that I was given a chance to handle bigger problems, I would like to think that it is nice to write something up here. So far I have had a hand in porting a game to http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-few-things-i-have-learnt-feb-2015.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-7613820512807715100Fri, 02 Jan 2015 07:22:00 +00002015-01-02T15:22:16.404+08:00All It's *that* time of the year again! Time really flies when you are working. This year is the first year I spent all year as a working adult and before I knew it, 2014 has gone. What has happened over the year? It's hard to recollect either because too many things happened, or nothing particularly interesting happened. Time flies so fast it gets harder to tell what happened when. A http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2015/01/happy-new-year-2015.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-1820826825244664330Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:29:00 +00002014-12-11T00:29:30.225+08:00AllRantsThe Otaku It's that time of the year again!! Foo~! AFA2014 has been pretty amazing for me. It seems that every year it just gets better and better! Generally, it is much more spacious, though I felt that there is a lot of unused space. Like they could have made the indie section more spacious.  Met a couple of my FFXIV FC mates cosplaying SCH and WHM!! I didn't get to see their booth in the http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2014/12/afa2014-aftermaths.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-1640327227512202534Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:12:00 +00002014-11-24T19:26:01.412+08:00AllJapaneseWell, I'm back from Japan. What can I say? I have done all I could over there and it has been a blast! This trip could not have been more perfect. During my trip, I: Met up with colleagues and friends training over there. Obtained a bunch of goodies I order from a good friend staying there! (Hello Kitty Rurounin Kenshin!) Went to Artnia! Went to Capcom Bar Went to FF14 Bar Met up with http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-post_88.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-4632085226062375575Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:05:00 +00002014-11-24T18:09:43.512+08:00AllJapanese たっだ今、みのりんの誕生日と１０周年コンサートが終わりました。 どんな備えても、みのりんをやっともう一回見たら、ほとんど泣いてしまいました。俺は泣きにくい人から、そこまで感じさせられることできれば、すごいことです。 ですから、このコンサートは確かに俺の大好きなコンサート中の一番最高になりました。好きな曲をいっぱい歌えて、みのりんをびっくりさせて、とても楽しみました！ そのより、第二のアンコールに一番好きな曲を歌いました！ ものすっごく嬉しくなりましたわ！ 嬉しいな。。。 そのコンサートを経験したら、なんかやる気が盛ってもらいました。来年の仕事をできる気がします。 本当にみのりんを応援するのはいつの間にかもう１０年に過ごしました。初めて応援するとき、多分人気アニメのハルヒからですね。それで長門有気の役でみのりんのファンになりました。それから、http://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-post_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-2606826931822202330Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:00:00 +00002014-11-24T18:08:43.434+08:00AllJapanese 今からはじめての一人で日本旅行が始まりました。実は先週の間、心が一応ワクワクしてた★(･ิ ･ิ〃)。一人で日本に生きられるのは子供からの夢の一つのです。 空港機について、SQはさすがにすごいですね。サービスは確かに喜ばれたほどいいです。それに加え、音楽の選択肢はすごいね。fripsideとkalafinaのアルバムもはいっていました o(^▽^)o 一つ映画も見ましたよ。この映画は前から見たいの[猫侍]といます。なかなか面白いと思いますので、帰ったら必ず同僚たちに推薦することにします。 そんなに多いエンターテインメントと持ってきた宿題があれば、６時間にはいつの間にか過ぎって、日本に到着しました。 (ノ´∀｀)ノ ワクワクです!  そして寒い! 寒いけど、寒すぎない。もっと涼しい感じです。 シンガポールhttp://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-post_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273826697703696264.post-2366033964764799134Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:35:00 +00002014-11-02T18:36:01.276+08:00AllRants１０月になりましたね！ もうすぐ日本旅行の時間です！今みのりんの音楽を聴いて楽しみになりました！ まず、ゲームの話！ 確かに新ロロナのことですね。このゲームを終えたくないわけじゃないけど、どうやって最強の装備を作る企画時間が多い。でももう大丈夫です！最強の武器は先週末で作って、残りは防具だけです。完璧に作り次第、しばらく新ロロナをやめて、ほかのゲームをやるに決まっています。 しかし、やはりロロナを逃げられなかった。その理由は： http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/atelier-quest/ 先週から配信が始まりました。何か可愛くて楽しいです。本当に逃げられないw。課金したいけど、今の都合が少し悪いせいで、課金できない。日本旅行でWebMoneyカードを買うことにします。 ゲームといえば、２５－２６月のGameStartをボランティアhttp://neetgeek.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Faylar)0