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Tag Archives: final fantasy
Final Fantasy IX: Collecting
This is the inaugural post in a short series that I am going to be doing about Final Fantasy IX. As you may know, I have been playing the PSX-era Final Fantasy games in order to give them a fresh look. From nostalgia-wrapped Final … Continue reading
Posted in Final Fantasy
Tagged final fantasy, final fantasy 9, final fantasy IX, links, video games
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On Final Fantasy VIII
1. Lets get the boring stuff out of the way. Final Fantasy VIII is often derided as being the worst Final Fantasy game of the PSX era. As this very whatever article on Edge puts it: “The standard line on the trio of PlayStation … Continue reading
Posted in Final Fantasy, Video Games
Tagged art, final fantasy, final fantasy 8, photography, video games
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In Praise of the Worst Design Moment in Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 7. Cloud, Tifa, and Barret have to save Aeris from Shinra. To do so, they have to make their way from the lower level of two-tiered Midgar to the top of “the plate.” The plate hangs over the lower … Continue reading
Pat Holleman Writes on Authorial Intent
I don’t have a whole lot to write today–I had some big hang-outs with a friend that started at 9am, which hasn’t left me a whole lot of time to do internetting and the kind of hard-hitting journalism/complaining that you … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged criticism, final fantasy, pat holleman, reverse design, video games
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