column, opinion, technology, video games

Playing Final Fantasy VII Remake is a nostalgia trip – and not just because of the game

Having had the privilege (by sheer luck) to play Final Fantasy VII Remake a full week ahead of the actual release date has been a thrill. Though the game itself is highly nostalgic to someone who played the game back in the late 90s, it has been an unexpected nostalgia trip – due to the way both the Internet and online journalism as well as games’ meta levels have shaped gaming since the release of Final Fantasy VII in 1997.

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omnilionApril 7, 2020April 7, 2020Leave a comment

localization, storytelling, video games

Final Fantasy X: Caught Between Cultures

Thanks to the newest episode of the ongoing Kotaku YouTube series called Found In Translation: Final Fantasy VII the amount of emotion and meaning that gets lost in translation when expressing Japanese in another language has been a hot topic among me and my friends. Japanese is such a nuanced and beautiful language that even one word can convey so much more than its “counterpart” in let’s say, English. Continue reading “Final Fantasy X: Caught Between Cultures”