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I was familiar with: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (the prequel to my beloved Final Fantasy VII), and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (I had played Grand Theft Auto I & II on my brother's PC on a couple holidays and loved the complete anarchy enabled by the game and the funny surprises coded by the programmers too!).

I had another "hey, you're not our target audience" reality check on my way out. At the check-out counter, the employee asked me who I was buying the games for, and I responded "Me!" I know I sounded a bit annoyed, because she backpedaled and said that she had to make sure that only "adults" were playing the Grand Theft Auto game. Ok, I gave her a pass for that. Then I took my new acquisition out of the store and home, where I could again enjoy the delights of playing modern video games.

I have savored my two games. I got sucked into Final Fantasy very quickly and accidentally finished it before I meant to. I have since started the game again, this time in "Hard" mode. Grand Theft Auto is taking more time because I'm not as good with those controls. I can't wait to finish them both and trade them in for new games (well, new to me I thoroughly intend to take advantage of the used game shelves at Game Stop!).

I have been pretty disciplined about only playing on the subway or in spare moments. As I sometimes do background work on movie sets, it has helped me while away many useless hours in holding. I am completely satisfied maybe someday I'll get around to using the web capabilities and the music player as well.

A few weeks ago, I was playing away on the subway when a summer camp group got on my car. The children were probably eight and nine years old. Two boys realized that I was playing my PSP and angled ever closer, trying to watch me playing. Closer and closer they crept until their foreheads were almost touching mine. Then, the seat next to me cleared out and they piled onto it, hanging over my left shoulder and watching me terrorize Liberty City until I had to get off the train. I have to say, I felt like the coolest kid in school.

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