May 18Final Fantasy VII Remake: A Chance for HopeGrowing up, I was in love with the Final Fantasy series. I played them (well, mainly watched my older sibling play them) when I was still learning to read, and when I thought swears were naughty words I wasn’t allowed to say. The franchise greatly influenced my love of stories…Final Fantasy Vii9 min read
May 10Square-Enix Has Not Properly Handled the Plugin Situation With FFXIVIn the past day or so, the FFXIV community has found itself in a new situation regarding PC players of the game utilizing 3rd-party mods and plugins to alter the way they play the game. Despite this being against Terms of Service for the entirety of the game’s existence, it…Ffxiv8 min read
Mar 28Kingdom Hearts: The Opposite of Rewarding Long Time FansI’m So Sorry For This If I were to tell the average person how much time I spent thinking about the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and how much difficulty I have doing things that are productive, they would tell me to seek help (thankfully, I’ve already beaten them to the punch on that front). Regardless, there’s…Kingdom Hearts19 min read
Mar 17Lands and Bringers of Shadow: Comparing WoW and FFXIV’s StorytellingAt this point in time, we have likely reached the end of it being in vogue to criticize the MMORPG World of Warcraft (WoW) by comparing it to its biggest competitor, Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV). …Games14 min read
Mar 12Game Design: The Best Part of MyselfI have found myself as of late in a difficult spot. People who follow me on social media may know this. I’ve struggled with mental health for a long time, but spending a substantial amount of time not working during the pandemic seemed to break in me my ability to…Gaming4 min read
Jan 17Putting the Game in Role-Playing; or, Why I Love RPG Shows but Find Them FrustratingI have found myself a quite frequent consumer of RPG media. For those not in the know, an RPG is a role-playing game, a specific kind of game (digital or analog) that is supposed to put players into the role of a specific character who they act as within the…Dungeons And Dragons14 min read
