Patrick Sounds Off: Gameplay is King. No Exceptions.
by Patrick MifflinA certain omission from my upcoming Top Ten JRPGs list invites a deeper conversation about battle system design philosophy, so I’ll break the ice.
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Tag: final-fantasy
Patrick Sounds Off: It Got Yoshi-P, Too…
Just like Hajime Tabata’s “Final Fantasy Disease” comments, it’s hard to take Naoki Yoshida’s statements about the JRPG genre label entirely in good faith, given the circumstances…
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A Conversation About Live Music in Games, and the “Crystalline Resonance: Final Fantasy Piano Concert Tour”
by Danreb VictorioLast month, Square Enix wrapped up their “Crystalline Resonance: Final Fantasy Piano Concert Tour.” We unfortunately weren’t able to attend the show nearest to any of our territories due to previous engagements, but we were granted a quick moment with…
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Eduard’s Top 10 Games of 2020
by Eduard GaftonWe’re kicking off our GOTY coverage with Eduard Gafton’s Top 10 Games of 2020!
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“Final Fantasy VII Remake” Review
by Anthony PerezThere is an important caveat that any review for Final Fantasy VII Remake should carry. Did the reviewer play the original and how much did they love it? In my case, I did play the original and it’s one of…
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[CRX] Awesome gaming cosplay and thoughts on Crunchyroll Expo 2018
Crunchyroll Expo took place last weekend in the San Jose Convention Center, and it was an absolute success. Just about everything was bigger and better this year than it was last year, and that of course includes the cosplay.
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Awesome gaming cosplay from FanimeCon 2017
FanimeCon 2017 has come and gone. Known as the biggest anime fan convention in Northern California, otaku from all over the United States head to San Jose to bask in their fandom of Japanese pop culture.
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“NieR: Automata” Review
by Brandon PerkinsJapan has given birth to some of the most unique and eccentric game developers in the field. Hideo Kojima, for example, went a long way in adapting and articulating the language of film in his games. Fumito Ueda, whose minimalist…
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“I Am Setsuna” Review
E3 2015, to Square Enix, will undoubtedly go down as the show where the real Final Fantasy XV stood up, and the company’s decade-long AAA investment finally entered the home stretch. It will go down as the show that saw…
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Patrick’s Top 10 Games of 2015
So, another year’s gone by already… kind of disturbing how fast that happened.
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ATWAR: The Changing Climate, Calming the Coming Storm, and the Rising AVALANCHE.
by Ted Dedon#SaveShenmue and the Rise of the Shenmuenista A lot has happened in the last week. Whether you are a gamer or non-gamer numerous events have entered the cultural consciousness, for better and for worse. For gamers, E3 has wrapped up and, in…
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Day 0 Update #15 – Skype Happens
by Filippo DinolfoThis week, Filippo, Brandon, and Patrick are joined by Leigh Lamb. We talk about Mortal Kombat, toxicity in online gaming, and whether you should be able to keep old games alive. All that, despite Skype hating us.
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