When I was just about to give up searching and perhaps find a different game to play a pop-up ad, which somehow got through the several ad blockers I had, flashed on my screen. The few times I found it for download it was either a foreign version or the download speed was so slow the estimated time of arrival was weeks later. I tried dozens of sites searching for the game. Hours passed with nothing to show but hair-pulling frustration. Now, I just needed to find the game online and I would be well on my way through Spira. After some searching I found a working emulator. I knew about emulation on computers and decided it was my best bet if I wanted to play the game again. I had no money and a broken console but I really wanted to play it again, if nothing, for the story.

Final Fantasy X was probably the most nostalgic game of all the games I had at that time. Looking at it, I remember playing many games I loved on it, but one game was above all others. I knew I should throw it away but sentimentality kept me from disposing of the system which brought me so much joy. It sat collecting dust in my tiny studio apartment. I had sold all my games but no one would buy the broken console. I had a Playstation2 that, unfortunately, was no longer working. My sleep schedule was on a graveyard routine so sleeping at night was nearly impossible while I searched for jobs. In the winter of one year, I was unemployed and needed a way to kill time.

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