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Dude, you can launch a dog off your arm
Characters / General Screaming / Nonsense

Dude, you can launch a dog off your arm

Posted on: February 29, 2024February 28, 2024

What’s not to love about a game where a legit move is that you can launch your pet dog off your arm to attack your enemies????

Window-shopping for the least popular Final Fantasy VIII merchandise
History

Window-shopping for the least popular Final Fantasy VIII merchandise

Posted on: February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

FFVIII was the follow-up to one of the games that defined the concept of blockbuster game marketing. Final Fantasy VII was an event, and Square marketed it that […]

You cannot eat Rinoa but it was worth trying
Game Mechanics / Nonsense

You cannot eat Rinoa but it was worth trying

Posted on: February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

A profile in hunger.

Selphie is a lovable, destructive menace
Characters / Essays / Narrative, Dialogue, & Lore

Selphie is a lovable, destructive menace

Posted on: February 28, 2024April 28, 2024

I have always defended characters in Final Fantasy VIII who are actually great characters (not you Quistis. You’re a creep.). I’ve written an entire piece on my personal […]

Devour, the least necessary (and greatest) ability in the Final Fantasy series
Game Mechanics

Devour, the least necessary (and greatest) ability in the Final Fantasy series

Posted on: February 28, 2024April 12, 2025

There are two incredibly funny things about the Devour ability in Final Fantasy VIII.

Final Fantasy VIII has the best OST of any of the FF games, and it’s not even close
General Screaming / Music

Final Fantasy VIII has the best OST of any of the FF games, and it’s not even close

Posted on: February 28, 2024

Now that I’m here as a contributor, let me just get this out of the way. The soundtrack for Final Fantasy VIII is the best of any of […]

Please welcome our new contributor
Blog Updates

Please welcome our new contributor

Posted on: February 28, 2024February 28, 2024

Please welcome our newest contributor, AL, who has even more unhinged opinions about Final Fantasy VIII than I do.

Mail Bad #1: You People Are Also Weird About FF8
Mail Bad

Mail Bad #1: You People Are Also Weird About FF8

Posted on: February 28, 2024October 23, 2024

I was going to call this “Mail Bag,” but I made a typo and it’s too late to change it now.

Musical interlude: Lacey Johnson covers “The Landing”
Creativity / Music / Other People Who Get It

Musical interlude: Lacey Johnson covers “The Landing”

Posted on: February 27, 2024October 21, 2024

The ship landing sequence in Dollet at the beginning of Disc 1 has to be the most iconic sequence in Final Fantasy VIII. It’s a slow ramp-up to […]

The game magazine that spent two years taunting a Final Fantasy VIII hater
History

The game magazine that spent two years taunting a Final Fantasy VIII hater

Posted on: February 27, 2024April 13, 2025

I’m unsure how popular GameNOW magazine was, but over the course of two years, they pulled off one of the weirdest running gags I’ve seen in a game […]

Posture check for Rinoa
Characters / General Screaming

Posture check for Rinoa

Posted on: February 26, 2024February 26, 2024

Girl what the hell your skeleton isn’t supposed to do that. No wonder you’re asleep for the entire Disc 3, your upper back’s gotta feel like shit. Have fun Angelo Searching for Motrin when you’re 30.

Moments in obsession: the incoherent Mario fangame I made at age 11 where Luigi crosses over with Final Fantasy VIII
Creativity / Nonsense / Regrettable Things

Moments in obsession: the incoherent Mario fangame I made at age 11 where Luigi crosses over with Final Fantasy VIII

Posted on: February 26, 2024November 3, 2024

Today I’m gonna share something I rarely take out of the mothballs. When I was in elementary school, I was a novice amateur game maker who exclusively used […]

We are stuck in 2007
Essays

We are stuck in 2007

Posted on: February 26, 2024April 13, 2025

Unless you’re deep in the film world, you’ve probably never had to read Raising Kane, an explosively controversial essay by film critic Pauline Kael, alleging that Citizen Kane […]

Who would win: Final Fantasy VIII vs 2000 Toyota Echo
History / Nonsense

Who would win: Final Fantasy VIII vs 2000 Toyota Echo

Posted on: February 25, 2024March 28, 2025

In 1999, Squaresoft promoted the release of Final Fantasy VIII by giving away a 2000 Toyota Echo to one lucky winner who pre-ordered the game at participating retailers. Which raises the question: Which is more valuable today?

I made a Final Fantasy VIII car in Forza Horizon 5 and drove it off a cliff
Creativity

I made a Final Fantasy VIII car in Forza Horizon 5 and drove it off a cliff

Posted on: February 25, 2024February 25, 2024

This is how I feel every day.

Triple Triad has a 40+ hour RPG minigame attached to it
Essays / Game Mechanics

Triple Triad has a 40+ hour RPG minigame attached to it

Posted on: February 25, 2024November 3, 2024

I think I’m in the minority here, but I’m not big on open worlds that are loaded with minigames. I recently played through my first Yakuza game (Yakuza […]

The art of storytelling in the Brothers Guardian Force
Characters

The art of storytelling in the Brothers Guardian Force

Posted on: February 24, 2024February 24, 2024

The Guardian Force animations are probably too long. One of the best parts of the FFVIII remaster is the ability to set the game to 300% speed, allowing […]

FFVIII was the biggest game in the world once and people were weird about it
History / Regrettable Things

FFVIII was the biggest game in the world once and people were weird about it

Posted on: February 24, 2024February 25, 2024

Remember that Final Fantasy VIII was the follow-up to one of the biggest and most explosively marketed video games of all time. It was hugely anticipated, gracing the […]

The terrible 15 years, or Why nobody’s talking about FFVIII right now
Essays / History / Regrettable Things

The terrible 15 years, or Why nobody’s talking about FFVIII right now

Posted on: February 24, 2024April 13, 2025

I am convinced that one of the reasons Final Fantasy VIII hasn’t had a critical revival yet (with the exception of honorary brand ambassador Ben Starr) is that […]

What the fuck is the deal with Fujin
Characters

What the fuck is the deal with Fujin

Posted on: February 24, 2024December 15, 2024

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

“Eyes on Me” is great even though/because the lyrics are a mess
Essays / Music

“Eyes on Me” is great even though/because the lyrics are a mess

Posted on: February 24, 2024February 28, 2024

As a weird 10-year-old, “Eyes on Me” was the epitome of romance to me. I was not a kid who thought much about romance apart from reading 30 […]

FF8 fucking rules
General Screaming

FF8 fucking rules

Posted on: February 23, 2024March 1, 2024

eat my ass

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