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Crystal Anniversary

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years – I started playing this a while ago, then put it aside and lost my game data when switching computers. I think it’s actually still backed up somewhere, but I hadn’t gotten that far, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Star Wars, Technology, Video Games | Tagged airships, bacchus, cecil harvey, ceodore harvey, cid pollendina, crystals, dark elves, dionysus, dragon quest iii, dwarves, earthbound, edward chris von muir, edward geraldine, eidolons, elves, epopts, fabul, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv: the after years, final fantasy v, gekkou, izayoi, kain highwind, kingdom of baron, maenads, maniac mansion, meteors, mysidia, ninjas, palom, porom, princess luca, rosa joanna farrell, rydia of mist, troia, tsukinowa, ursula fang leiden, yang fang leiden, zangetsu |

Co-Ed Casting

I get the impression that the general depiction of a white mage in the Final Fantasy series is female. I thought of this when I recently talked about Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and Mario Sports Mix, which have a generic white … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Catholicism, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Gender, Magic, Philosophy, Religion, Television, Video Games | Tagged 8-bit theater, aerith gainsborough, angelo, ashlynn, black mages, borya, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest vi, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, eiko carol, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy ix, final fantasy vii, fusoya, hargon, jessica albert, kiryl, mages, mario hoops 3-on-3, mario sports mix, masters of the universe, maya, meena, minwu, nevan, orko, palom, porom, priests, princess garnet til alexandros xvii, rosa joanna farrell, rydia of mist, sages, tellah, ultima, white mages, wizards, yin and yang |

Sprite Size Matters

It can be difficult to determine the real-life sizes of video game characters, or cartoon characters for that matter, especially when there aren’t very many points of comparison. Sprite size isn’t even always that useful, especially in earlier games. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Mario, Metroid, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged captain lou albano, captain olimar, captain snes, doki doki panic, donkey kong, final fantasy iv, ganondorf, gorillas, king bowser koopa, king dedede, king kong, lara croft, link, luigi, mario kart, nintendo adventure books, ocarina of time, palom, penguins, pikmin, pit, porom, princess daisy, princess nadia of guardia, princess peach toadstool, rosa joanna farrell, Rosalina, samus aran, shigeru miyamoto, super mario bros. 2, super smash bros., the adventure of link, the legend of zelda, the wind waker, toad, wario |

Girls Against Gestahl

Picture by Beth Wulff/Annie Felis The ensemble cast of Final Fantasy VI has definitely stuck with me over the years, and I’ve written about a few of them, but I don’t think I’ve said much recently about the character who … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, Final Fantasy, Gender, Greek Mythology, Magic, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged aerith gainsborough, bartz klauser, cecil harvey, celes chere, ceres, cid del norte marquez, cloud strife, cyan garamonde, emperor gestahl, espers, faris scherwiz, final fantasy iv, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, gau, general leo christophe, joan of arc, kefka palazzo, krile mayer baldesion, lenna charlotte tycoon, madeline, maduin, mael duin, magitek, mobliz, narshe, porom, relm arrowny, rosa joanna farrell, rydia of mist, strago magus, tellah, terra branford, tifa lockhart, yuffie kisaragi |