FFVII Crisis Core – Part 43: Rock Bottom Remainders

 Summary: We take on some of Genesis’ forces, and then the remnants from Wutai remnants: the Crescent Unit. It’s like this undying hydra!
 

Coldrun Fitness - Day 6

A small moment today I'm happy about: at mid-afternoon, around 3:00pm, we had fresh bagels at work.  I was going to eat one as a snack, but decided not to.  Had dinner at home a few hours later and was good.

Coldrun Fitness - Day 5

Coldrun Fitness - Day 4

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 42: Friendly Neighborhood Copy

Summary: Zack heads back to the church, and an Angeal copy monster protects him and Aerith from an angry mech. (What a weird sentence to have to write.) Some missions clearing monsters around Midgar and Modeoheim.

Coldrun Fitness - Day 3

Coldrun Fitness - Day 2

Ate lots of Goldfish crackers at the end of the day.  Meant to only eat a little.  My mistake was eating from the bag.  Next time, I'll pour some into a small cup and put the bag away.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 41: Left in the Dust

 Summary: Zack chases down Hollander, fighting off mechs left and right. He and the Turks secure the city, but Hollander pulls a Zaheer and escapes.

Coldrun Fitness - Day 1

Week 0 morning weight: 275.2 lbs

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 40: A Short Rest

Summary: Zack takes a vacation, but shit gets real, and real quick, when Genesis clones attack. Zack and the Turks head to Junon to help against Genesis clones there and to secure Hollander.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 39: Bathed in Sorrow

Summary: Zack confronts Angeal and Hollander. Angeal goes super-Saiyan (but only physically; he seems to morally stay pretty sound). Zack is forced to kill him. Things move on.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 38: Modeoheim

Summary: Zack heads to the wintry beauty of Modeoheim. He moves through a rather expansive bathhouse, finding an Angeal-cloned monster.

On Trying: Year One of Coldrun Gaming

I started this blog over a year ago with two goals: play through the FF series unspoiled and lose weight.  The first goal has been a wondrous and joyful success in my opinion.  The series has been a blast - yes, even you, FF2!  Already playing an FFVII add-on WHAT THE HELL I'M SO FAR IN THE SERIES AND STILL HAVE SO MUCH TO GO WOOOO!!!

The second goal?  Not so strong. 

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 37: Genesis Falls

 Summary: Zack fails repeatedly to be stealthy. Eventually he reaches the mako excavation site, saves Hollander from an attacking Genesis, and kills Genesis. OR DOES HE? (Probably? I don’t know.)

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 36: Cloud Uncover

Summary: Zack gets dragged by Tseng back into the story at Modeoheim. Their helicopter crashes, and Zack, Tseng, and a certain spiky-haired infantryman move towards a mako excavation site.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 35: To Catch a Spy

Summary: Zack wanders around Midgar trying, helping Shinra catch spies from Wutai’s newly-formed Crescent Unit.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 34: Quadriceps of Steel

Summary: Zack hangs around the Shinra Building. I get a squatting mini game that’s more intense and fun than it has any right to be, and talk to some of the denizens of Sector 8.

Coldrun Fitness - 7/15/15

Finished both my goals today.

Coldrun Fitness - Half Success (7/14/15)

Succeeded in my two goals today, though really didn't want to do the exercise goal.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 33: Zack Tyson’s Punch-Out!!

Summary: Some various missions, and thoughts on the game’s cool combat system.

Coldrun Fitness - Calorie Count (7/13/15)

Weighed in for the first time in a while, and I'm at 273.4 lbs.  Not as bad as I was expecting to be honest.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 32: Weapons Development

Summary: Zack staves off Genesis’s attack on Hojo, then helps Shinra with some weapons development missions.

Coldrun Fitness - The Next Eight Weeks (7/12/15)

Today was a good day.

I haven't thought about fitness in a while.  I tend to bounce between massive extremes.  Not doing anything one week, and planning out some long and unrealistic path from now until my ideal body state.

Here's what I'm trying now, both in fitness and in other parts of my life:

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 31: Pallin’ with Hojo

 Summary: Zack moves through the Shinra Building to guard Hojo. Revisits an old/future location from FFVII. Plays around the laboratory a bit, kills some loose test subjects, gets some treasure.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 30: Date Night

Summary: Zack and Aerith spend time together. They’re interrupted when Genesis attacks the Shinra Building. Zack meets up with Angeal and Sephiroth.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 29: At the Market

Summary: Zack and Aerith spend some time together in Sector 5, mostly at the market. Zack gets his pocket picked and conned repeatedly, before helping out the thief.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 28: Yuffie’s Anonymous

Summary: A series of totally-not-at-all-related-and-100%-anonymous agents (a.k.a. Yuffie) contact Zack to get him to dig up treasure on “their” behalf. Zack’s actually in on the game this time, and helps Yuffie out anyway. Oh, and Zack dances with a chocobo.

FFV Four Job Fiesta - The End?

Things were going pretty well for my natural run of Knight, Mystic Knight, Geomancer, and Dancer. A bit squishy, but the Dancer could rip off a series of Sword Dances for massive damage (25% chance though) and the Geomancer in the right location could dominate.

And yet here I am. Giving up. Stuck at World 2's Exdeath.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 27: Electromagnetic Hell

Summary: Zack works on two mission campaigns here. First, starts helping Shinra develop ESP, and second helps them fight through random electromagnetic fields around the world for some reason.

Fitness Stuff - July 3, 2015

Haven't walked in a while.  Went for a 15 minute walk tonight while finishing an audio chapter of "Worm."

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 26: Satanic Ostriches from Planet X

 Summary: Forgettable campaign story, just Zack killing monsters to get stuff for Shinra, but very challenging mechanics. Lots of dying to lots of things. I fail repeatedly to complete the last mission in the campaign due to ostrich monsters who keep one-shotting me and I give up. Grr.
 

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 25: Five Saints

Summary: I finish off the “End the War with Wutai > Behind the Scenes” campaign. The last missions are mechanically nasty, and I take down the leadership: the Five Saints of Wutai.

FFVII Crisis Core – Part 24: The Treasure Princess of Wutai

Summary: YUFFIE YUFFIE YUFFIE. In this session, a young Yuffie manipulates the shit out of Zack to steal some “treasure” from Shinra and it’s wonderful.