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Aidan Moher

Jun 18, 2020

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Weaponized Nostalgia: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix, PlayStation 4)

How Final Fantasy VII Remake’s opening hours use nostalgia and modern gaming ideologies to redefine how we think about remakes.

: This piece contains open spoilers for Final Fantasy VII Remake’s first five chapters and the entirety of the…

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Aidan Moher

Aidan Moher

Hugo Award-winning writer with work in Kotaku, Wired, Uncanny Magazine, and Tor.com. He lives on Vancouver Island with his wife and kids.

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