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FFXIV on Switch 2 Will Get Me to Actually Do My Dailies Regularly Now

Even as a big advocate for handheld gaming, the announcement of FFXIV's Switch 2 port had me a little nervous. How well would this...

From Vanillaware to Veritas Tales: Yoshio Nishimura on Creating Without Compromise (Interview)

Solo dev stories are not uncommon in the video games industry. What is out of the ordinary, however, are developers who actively go out...
Zhiqing Wan

FFXIV on Switch 2 Will Get Me to Actually Do My...

Even as a big advocate for handheld gaming, the announcement of FFXIV's Switch 2 port had me a little nervous. How well would this...
Zhiqing Wan
A man and a woman standing back to back in Veritas Tales

From Vanillaware to Veritas Tales: Yoshio Nishimura on Creating Without Compromise...

Solo dev stories are not uncommon in the video games industry. What is out of the ordinary, however, are developers who actively go out...
Zhiqing Wan
A woman standing on water in Final Fantasy X

Final Fantasy X: The Retcon Review

Final Fantasy X is a game about death. This is something that did not occur to seven year-old me when Tidus first implored me...
Zhiqing Wan
A boy looking straight ahead

Final Fantasy X, AKA The Best Final Fantasy Game Ever [Fieldnotes]

Fieldnotes is a column where I drop into a new (or old) game and report back with raw notes, sharp takes, unfiltered, and sometimes unhinged...
Xiao Qing Wan

10 Years Later, All I Want Is To Be in a...

Bye, Boyfriend! is a monthly column where Xiao Qing abandons her healthy relationship with her human boyfriend to find love in a dating sim....
Zhiqing Wan
A man with a sword and shield and a woman behind him in The Adventures of Elliot.

The Adventures of Elliot Producer Talks Team Asano, Elliot’s Can-Do Attitude,...

For nearly a decade now, Square Enix has invested heavily into what the company calls "HD-2D" projects. Spanning titles like Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy,...