It's my favorite of the Finals Fantasy, for all the reasons that have nothing to do with plot, or at least nothing to do with story beats. I think what blew me away the most (and proved to be XIII's most crushing disappointment) was the elimination of the combat screen. Between that and the Gambit system, I found…

VII was when I learned that there are going to parts of FF games that I just don't get, I won't need to get, and the writer's possibly didn't get either. Cloud/Zack/Sephiroth clone/etc etc etc was that moment for me. In XII, it was any time they started talking about Shards. I had to just check out until the next…

I'm hoping that the holidays will provide me with a plethora of Playstation Store cards. First and foremost, those go to renewing PS+. After that's taken care of, I'd imagine I'll probably look into finally getting the Witcher 3 DLC bundle. I can't image gifting will be more fruitful than that, but if it is, I'll…

The music is the only part of Christmas that I never ever get sick of.

And word is, they're trying like hell to come up with something for the horseshit combat camera. Maybe I'm an apologist, and maybe it's evident that I'm only on Chapter 6, but the camera is my only genuinely frustrating complaint.

BOOOOOO

Sly Stone! I could not think of his name last night for the life of me!

Is that desirable now? I'm not sure I understand this.

Late to the party!

…hard pass, Internet.

"SNL is a partisan show"

Well, movie just is just short for "moving picture," yeah?

Well, *I* like FFXV…

I'm pretty sure the President cannot engage instantly, but he can retaliate instantly.

I meant to ask this in my main post, but @BoomShaka:disqus reminds me that I, too, have a general question: as I bet many of us do, I try to go into my first playthrough of a game without consulting manuals for guidance. How strictly do all of us adhere to that generality? For example, I won't look up anything on…

I wouldn't mind Warp Striking around so much if I wasn't always missing.

I know it's too late to do anything about it now, but maybe the problem lies in it being called a "game?" It's a half-baked thought, and I'm sure it's a discussion we've had before, but maybe the expectation problem lies in the terminology. People find fun in a lot of different things, but it's weird to lump Mario…

As I said in Games In Progress, I'm still deriving immense joy from FFXV, maybe because I'm only on Chapter 3. HackMaster continues this weekend, and if I'm going to drink, I'd better take game notes if I hope to compose more poetry of our group's exploits.

Hell of a good game. Even though it basically tells you how it's going to end, it doesn't stop you from being terrified to open that door to the attic.

Damn, kid. I could never get through the Challenges.