Blades of steel Oh sure, Cloud Strife’s person-sized Buster Sword looks pretty cool…but if you were going toe-to-toe with an opponent, you’d probably be better off with a plastic butter knife for a weapon. Video games and real-world science get along like vegans and cannibals–for proof, just look at how …
Read More »Square Enix says theyll avoid big internal productions after FFXIII-2
Speaking atGDC Taipei (opens in new tab), the director of the last two Final Fantasy games (XIII and XIII-2), Motomu Toriyama said that Square Enix will be avoiding productions like that in the future. Now, that does not mean that Final Fantasy is dead or that Square Enix will not …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIII-2 review
Whether you loved or hated Final Fantasy XIII, anyone who cares about its sequel wants to know how it compares: is it better than FFXIII? How different is it? Well, Final Fantasy XIII-2 definitely improves upon XIII… in some ways. As with XIII, your enjoyment of XIII-2 will greatly boil …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIII-2 crossing over with Assassins Creed-themed DLC
Hot on the heels of Square Enix releasing a new set of screenshots (opens in new tab) from Final Fantasy XIII-2, now news has slipped out that the company will be partnering with Ubisoft to outfit one of its RPG heroes with a DLC wardrobe plucked straight from the Assassin’s …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIII-2 will all fit on one Xbox 360 disc, disc-swapping enthusiasts outraged
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will fit onto one DVD, even on the Xbox 360. If you pride yourself on maintaining a bloated, immobile frame, you’ll no doubt welcome the lack of arduous treks across the living room every 20 hours or so. However, those who prefer …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIII-2: Shut up and look at these amazing screenshots
Merriam-Webster defines a ‘paradigm’ as an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype. A ‘paradigm shift’ refers to a change in assumptions as detailed in American physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. But c’mon! You know what a paradigm shift really is. It’s what you do …
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