Taking Down Thanos: Overcoming Fear
There is a reason that Thanos is considered one of the most dangerous villains in Marvel’s comic history… he is both willing and capable of acts of destruction without remorse, […]
Final Fantasy XI: The High Cost to Possess a Pearl of Great Price
In the challenging environment before built-in internet capabilities existed in consoles and broadband internet access was scarce, the development team behind Final Fantasy on the PS2 not only saw the […]
Final Fantasy: The Prerequisites to Performing the Most Powerful “Summons”
There a few moments in a Final Fantasy game more epic and awe-inspiring than performing a “summon”, and rightfully so… pressing the button to call for the game’s most serious […]
Final Fantasy: Unique Games That Make Up One Beautiful Tapestry
There is more to the Final Fantasy series than just the mainline titles that carry Roman numerals in their names… the Final Fantasy universe is filled with additional entries that […]
Final Fantasy VII’s Buster Sword: Zack’s Legacy, Cloud’s Victory
The massive and iconic “Buster Sword” may be most well-known for being wielded by Cloud to defeat Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII, but he was not the original owner of […]
Final Fantasy: A Matter of “Tactics”
Winning battles in Final Fantasy requires more than just resilience and determination… to be victorious in these battles we must both know our enemies as well as effectively plan our […]
Final Fantasy: Choosing the Correct Soundtrack for Victory
For me, the only thing that is more iconic than the characters in a Final Fantasy game is the game’s soundtrack… from the immediately recognizable beats of a battle sequence […]
Final Fantasy: Turn-Based Strategies in a Real-Time Battle
While there are over a dozen entries and rising in the mainline Final Fantasy franchise, the way players engage in combat comes down to two basic concepts… the slower, turn-based […]
Final Fantasy: Hope, Faith, and Getting Answers to our Prayers
The Final Fantasy series has never shied away from the “fantasy” part of the title, packing their games full of seeming paradoxes like the massive boats that sail through the […]
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within or Advent Children?
The Final Fantasy franchise has delivered two unique cinematic adventures over the years… the well-received Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and the decidedly less successful Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. […]
Finding God in Video Games 