Entertainment

Tonight was the San Francisco concert of "Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy" - music by Nobuo Uematsu. And you'd better believe I was there!

The concert was performed by Symphony Silicon Valley and the San Jose State Chorale at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium. It was conducted by Grammy Award winning Arnie Roth and attended by Uematsu himself.

I sat four rows back just one section off center in a VIP row. The venue was acoustically pleasing and the music, of course, was absolutely excellent. The whole experience was enhanced by three large screens that showed the symphony members and select CG scenes from various Final Fantasy titles.
Continue reading "Dear Friends - San Francisco Concert"

I just happened to check the Final Fantasy XI Community Site and found the my Final Fantasy XI character blog: The Chronicles of Latcarf is noted as a "Final Fantasy XI Community Recommended Site".


I've worked hard to keep this "journal" of Latcarf's experiences in Vana'diel up to date with news of Latcarf's travels, accomplishments and experiences, and it is nice to see recoginition from the Final Fantasy XI Community for that work!

If you haven't checked it out yet, take a look at Final Fantasy XI and while you're there, check out the link for The Chronicles of Latcarf.

Final Fantasy XI issued a major update in late February that made some significant changes in one of my favorite areas - fishing! The new fishing system is done in the style of Dark Cloud 2, which is a good system.
Continue reading "New FFXI Fishing System"