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An Examination of Final Fantasy VIII’s “The Extreme”
Hey did you know WordPress.com has a “reblog” function? Hell yeah let’s give it a try. I’m continuously impressed with VIII, even though I rank it amongst the bottom of my favorites for a variety of reasons. What I won’t give it flak for is feeling uninspired, sipid, or as some kind of outlier where…
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The 2020 Gameological Not Just Game of the Year Awards
Following up on the tradition we started last year, the Unofficial Gameological Discord group has put together another year end list! Looking back on the blog, I only published one post this year, so even though I played a whole lot of games this year, I’ll let that say all I have to say about…
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The Plate Has Collapsed
How Final Fantasy VII Helped Me Grieve This post contains some light spoilers for Final Fantasy VII Remake from Chapter 12 on. It was the end of May when I started this post, and the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. The streets were quiet, save for the passing of sirens at…
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Back to School
If you could go back and do high school over again, with your adult brain and all your precious adult knowledge and experiences intact, would you do it? Games let us do just this, at least for a little while.
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I’m Playing Final Fantasy XIV – Part Two
A Realm Reborn is finished, but instead I muse on old game communities.
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I’m Playing Final Fantasy XIV – Part One
In which we create a character, learn what a tank is, and get very intimate with a troll.