I’ve been sat on notes for this article for a few weeks now, but this week’s Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade announcement has helped me flesh it out somewhat. So, as the title says, we need to do away with system exclusivity. It’s a business practice that, long-term, makes little sense. Why reduce your potential […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 45
Wow, it’s been a long-long time since this was updated, it’s not that I’d forgotten or put the game down, its that other things happened. First I did a playthrough of Alan Wake for “Horroctober” then when I returned to FFIX the left stick on my Vita was acting up. I tried to swap it […]
Final Fantasy XIV: La Voyage dans la Lune – Or my crackpot made up version of what to expect from Endwalker.
So, in discussing the new trailer etc for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker a few things have happened. The first is that I’ve dusted off my PSP to play through Final Fantasy IV as fans of the series that have played more entries than I have pointed out some things the Endwalkers trailer has in common […]
Ranking Final Fantasy
When stuck for inspiration, lists are usually a good place to go. I don’t do them a whole lot but they can be a lot of fun for both the writer and the reader. Recently RetroChi on Twitter posted her TierMaker list of her favourite Final Fantasy games: Please don't lynch me. #finalfantasyrankingI want to […]
What Are You Reading? Feb 2021
I have a habit of trying to do regular posts that tie into one big thing, like my Final Fantasy IX playthrough (hopefully some positive news on that soon), Hitchcock watch, Book Club and Top 100 Movies. There have been others too, and I’ll return to all of them at different times depending on what […]
Falling down the rabbit hole when taking on a new hobby
A few weeks ago I posted my goals for this year, and one of those was learning to play the bass guitar I’d been bought for Christmas. Now, I’ve not had anywhere near as much time with it as I’d like, Steam says I’ve spent 4 hours playing Rocksmith over the month of January, but […]
A Dance With Dragons 2: After the Feast – George R R Martin
I must admit I spent a long time with this book wondering if and when anything was going to happen, despite being the second part of a much bigger book, it felt like it was setting things up for another part. But then THAT ending. I’m left not wanting more, but NEEDING more. Now I […]
A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust – George R R Martin
I’m opening this by saying I’m actually typing this up having just finished the second part of A Dance with Dragons, I should have written this up back in October or November of last year, but, well, didn’t. I did have notes though, and I’m fleshing them out as best as I can to complete […]
Why you should watch James Mays Oh Cook
Over the past week, whilst I’ve been grinding my gathering and crafting classes on Final Fantasy XIV I’ve also stuck something to watch on my Huawei MediaPad T3 10, it’s usually been a film that I already know and love but I also like to have something in that doesn’t require a lot of attention […]
An Ode to Vita
As I type this I’m looking worryingly in the direction of my PS Vita. I’m worried that it may no longer be with us. I’ve been using it a lot over the past couple of years to play through Final Fantasy IX (and tracking my progress here), but the last couple of updates were a […]