Making Money Ain’t Easy [8 comments]
Brittney
July 24, 2010
As I sit here wishing I were in San Diego for Comic-Con, I decided that Tara, Kristina and I need to start raising money or SOMETHING to get our arses there next year. Of course, this will require us to work. Not that we don’t have day jobs already, but I’m trying to think of other ways to make mullah besides bake sales, car washes and the like.
…And yes, I know what half of you are probably thinking right now. And making money that way is just not a viable option.
Anyway…
I then got to thinking. If ONLY making money in real life were like making money in videogames. Things would be so much easier.
Or would it?
Making Gil in Final Fantasy titles is relatively easy. All I would need to do is wander the world in search of ginormous, menacing beasts and swing something to the extent of a sword at them. Slay the beast, get gil. And if luck were on my side, I may stumble upon a treasure chest.
Grand Theft Auto also crossed my mind, but was dismissed rather quickly as I don’t want to go to prison for murder, assault, robbery, burglary and of course, GTA convictions
Then it hit me. I may be deadly with a weapon in the virtual world, but in real life I’d be lucky if I could haul something like the Buster Sword around. So I thought of less violent ways.
What about Link? How does he fill his wallet with rupees? Be it bushwhacking, treasure hunting in the ocean, collecting insects, or storming the villagers’ homes and smashing their pots against the wall, there is always a way for that guy to make bank. Sure, he battles drooling Deku Baba’s and fire-breathing Dodongos to get cash from time to time, but I could bypass that.
Oh! What about Harvest Moon? I could slave away at the ranch for hours and grow crops and raise livestock. But that would be extremely, uh, BORING.
There are so many other ways to make Gil, Rupees, Gold, etc…but if I had to choose from these four examples, I would have to go Link’s route. Slashing brush and breaking people’s decorative house wear is not my cup of tea, but it’s definitely better than going to prison, getting a farmer’s tan or stabbed by 1000 needles from a Cactuar.
Meh…
It looks like I might be washing cars or baking cookies in the near future.
What’s your favorite way to make money in the gaming universe?
