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Modern Women in a Mythical World

Atalanta, by Jennifer Saint – Atalanta is a Greek heroine to whom I don’t think I’ve devoted a post, although I did mention her in relation to the Calydonian Boar Hunt. As with a lot of mythical characters, the stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Piers Anthony, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Semitic, Ultima, Video Games, Xanth | Tagged achilles, adam and eve, aidan moher, angels, argonauts, asherah, atalanta, atalante, bible, briseis, calydonian boar, carl h. grabo, dragons, dungeons and dragons, elijah, fairies, fight magic items, giants, hippomenes, jennifer saint, jest right, jezebel, lilith, madeline miller, mary magdalene, meleager, nikki marmery, noah, old man of the sea, peacocks, peter and the princess, reilly & lee, rocs, samael, square enix, st. brendan the navigator, the song of achilles, time travel, trolls, ultima iv: quest of the avatar, ultima thule, wizardry, yoshinori kitase |

Ready, Setsuna, Go

I Am Setsuna – As someone who grew up with Super Nintendo role-playing games, I appreciate that there’s some effort to consciously imitate them in recent years. This game was released by Square Enix in 2016, with the Switch version … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Magic, Monsters, Music, Video Games | Tagged endir, final fantasy X, i am setsuna, julienne, kir, last lands, magic consortium, nidr, nintendo switch, reaper, setsuna, spritnite, square enix, talismans |

Dragon vs. Dragon

Since I enjoyed my playthrough of Breath of Fire 2, I decided to go back (figuratively, that is), and give the first one a try. I finished it yesterday, and it wasn’t really that difficult. I did use a walkthrough … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Breath of Fire, Dreams, Economics, Magic, Maps, Mega Man, Monsters, Names, Street Fighter, Technology, Uncategorized, Video Games | Tagged armadillos, bleu, bo, bow doggy, breath of fire 1, breath of fire 2, capcom, chun-li, dark dragons, demons, dragon clan, dragons, drogen, emperor zog, fish, gant, gobi, goda, goonheim, guntz, iron ogre clan, jade, karn, light dragons, manillo, mogu, moles, myria, nagas, nina windia, ox, prima, rand marks, ray bradoc, robots, rock monster, ryu, square enix, st. eva church, stone man, stone robot, ted woolsey, transformation, translation, tunlan, tyr, windia, winlan, yellow devil |

Monster Masters

I might as well review the books related to the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series that I received for my birthday, since I’ve finished reading them. Dragon Quest Illustrations, by Akira Toriyama – This collects some of Toriyama’s drawings … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged akira toriyama, chocobos, demons, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest illustrations, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragonlord, dragons, final fantasy lost stranger, final fantasy ultimania archive, grandmaster nimzo, greattree, hazuki minase, imps, itsuki kameya, king satan, kleo, manga, milly, mine yoshizaki, minotaur, moogles, murdaw, shogo sasaki, slib, slimes, square enix, terry, watabou, xenlon, yoshitaka amano, yuko sasaki, zoma |

Saving the World While We’re Young

I’ve seen the topic come up of how everyone tends to be young in Japanese role-playing video games, to the extent that people in their thirties are considered old. I noticed this in Final Fantasy VII, where everyone seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Gender, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Prejudice, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged age, ashlynn, barret wallace, bartz klauser, borya, cecil harvey, celes chere, cid highwind, cid pollendia, coming of age, cyan garamonde, dai no daibouken, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, erdrick, fantasy, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv: the after years, final fantasy ix, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, final fantasy viii, galuf halm baldesion, shadow, sir mervyn, squall leonhart, square enix, strago magus, tellah, terra branford, torneko taloon, zidane tribal |

Heal the World

I was reminded recently of the games developed by Quintet in the early 1990s, which deal with various religious themes. Their first game was ActRaiser, released by Enix for the Super Nintendo. It’s a combination of simulation and action where … Continue reading →

Posted in Animism, Maps, Religion, Uncategorized, Video Games | Tagged actraiser, angels, captain snes, deathtoll, enix, illusion of gaia, quintet, quintet trilogy, satan, soul blazer, square enix, tanzra, terranigma, the granstream saga |