Love, hate it, or think it's overrated, there's no denying that Final Fantasy is one of the biggest video game franchises in the world.  Equally undeniably is that with every installment the series the name becomes increasingly ironic.

Why did Square pick such a title that would make the sequels seem a little silly?  Hard to say really.  Getting ( Read more... )

While I frequently mention how I like video games at this blog, I don't talk often talk about video game music specifically.  The short version is: I like it a lot.  When I first tried using P2P clients, the initial thing I searched for was music from Metroid.  When I first discovered OverClocked ReMix, I went crazy downloading songs.  Heck, many ( Read more... )

In efforts to finally play through Final Fantasy Tactics, I decided that I make my inaugural venture through the original Playstation version of the game.  The reasons I chose this version are both practical (I actually made it to chapter three last time I really tried to play through it) and a bit subjective.

I know that this is the version many ( Read more... )

Not quite a month ago, I expressed my perplexity at the phenomenon that is twitter.  I still don't quite understand it fully, but that hasn't stopped me from making an account of my own.

Granted, you'd never be able to tell just how hesitant I was about it looking at my twitter page.  Heck, I practically used it to liveblog my completion of Final ( Read more... )

Been playing Final Fantasy VII again, in an effort to finally be able to check it off of my "Game I Should Have Played By Now" list.  What's really embarrassing is that in the time it's take me to get around to beating the game, I've played through two other Final Fantasy games (V and IV, in that order ( Read more... )

I've been using the Internet for a long time now, but something I have yet to learn is how people find some of these really weird videos.  I mean, I'll stumble over one or two of them, but usually I'm either linked to them, or I discover them completely on accident ( Read more... )