Various Memories of PShome

I was totally hooked. Even though it was supposed to be free-to-play, I spent money (don't want to remember the amount). Because of that, I stopped playing other games. My default look was 'Kuro's' headwear, a ninja costume, and a drum on my back. It was a great system where talking to strangers online would lead to making new internet friends. What I remember most is casually chatting with someone who turned out to be a survivor of the Great East Japan Earthquake. When I joined a club, I found out it was a kid from my neighborhood, which led to a small offline meetup. By neighborhood, I mean within about 100km (anything within 100km felt like the neighborhood). We've drifted apart, but it was fun lending and borrowing games. I traded 'Operation: Racoon City' to get 'Ar tonelico 3'. If only I had only known about the Japanese version, how happy I would have been... I learned about the volume difference with the overseas version from an info site. Since I had 2 PS3s, I jumped into the North American version (the beginning of the end). If the Japanese version was exploitation, the North American version was a treasure trove of giveaways, like 'take it, thief!' I spent even more than on the Japanese version (don't know the amount). My default look became the Anubis head and wings on my back. Compared to the overseas version's treasure trove of transforming robots and non-human avatars, the Japanese version was... It was added later, but it was just a downgrade from the overseas version (no gimmicks for the price). Yeah, word count.