Paper Towns and Potemkin Villages By Jonathan Fenn • May 18th, 2026 Who wouldn’t want a game world in which people and places actually felt like they were alive?
Exploits Feature The Oxford English Dictionary By J. Ryne Danielson • May 1st, 2026 If words are magic, then dictionaries are spellbooks.
Nonhuman Meditations Strategy and Predetermination with the Bangaa in Ivalice By Alyssa Wejebe • May 20th, 2026 What variety can be found in a warrior culture, what boundaries can be pushed, how do philosophical ideals and practical truths interact?
Here's the Thing I Don’t Want to Live in Midgar Anymore By Rob Rich • May 20th, 2026 Midgar is an example of corporate greed run amok that wasn’t supposed to act as a blueprint, but it kinda has been.
Forms in Light Life Between the Levels By Justin Reeve • May 19th, 2026 The fallacy of social hierarchy is made clearly manifest in the urban landscape of Midgar.
Casting Deep Meteo Final Fantasy IV and the Necessary Weeding of Kings By Levi Rubeck • May 18th, 2026 Monarchies are weeds, and Final Fantasy loves to tear out the plant but leave the roots.
Making Jazz out of La La Land By Jay Weaver • May 15th, 2026 I didn’t yet know that another version of the film existed.
Area of Effect Politics of Space in FFXV By Jay Castello • May 15th, 2026 The way Noctis moves through the world throughout the game is a mirror of his lack of care, even to those allegedly closest to him.
