Aidan Moher

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Was Final Fantasy VII too linear? #retrogaming #finalfantasy #gaming #nintendo #podcast YouTube video by FunFactor Podcast

Was Final Fantasy VII too linear?

Ty and Aidan dig into OPM's 1997 review of Final Fantasy VII and look at how its criticism's that the classic game is "too linear" match with creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's cinematic ambitions.

They’re calling this a reverse Chotiner.

They’re calling this a reverse Chotiner.

The Ever Given. A large container ship.

I always found this critique to be so strange & it's the same reason I love Remake & not Rebirth.

The Midgar section is so tight & compelling narratively while showing you the ropes. It goes off the rails when you aimlessly search for Sephiroth for an entire disc, before finding its footing again.

Hell yeah!

Image of the book, Seventhblade, on night sky background with a green aurora. With the text, "I am incredibly honoured that Seventhblade has been included on the 2025 Aurora Awards eligibility list for Best Novel"

The next step is the nomination round! You can vote for Seventhblade as a member of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. Learn more here: www.csffa.ca

Hey, all! As part of closing out our first season, we're going to record an AMA episode, so hit us up with all your questions!

They can be about making the pod, the magazines/era we covered, modern games, whatever! Just reply here and we'll get to as many as we can!

A photograph of Super Metroid on a CRT. It's a close up of Samus's helmet on the save select screen.

📺 Super Metroid // Super NES // PVM-1354Q via component

A photograph of Final Fantasy IX on a CRT. Zidane, not the footballer, stretches behind a pompom'd moogle.

📺 Final Fantasy IX // PlayStation // PVM-1354Q via component

You had one job, bro.

(I’ve been tested, haha, but, yes.)

But, also, what five hour game?

This is the way.

I don’t have ADHD, but this is very relatable.

Managed to save the VOD of yesterday’s Illusion of Gaia stream because I had a local recording from OBS. Come watch me embarrass myself against the game’s first boss.

Get in on some AMA action!

My hand holding a Sony NEX-6 camera.

Picked up a Sony NEX-6 and kit lens off Marketplace for a dime. It’s old, but with a couple small hacks can produce clean 1080p/60 video over HDMI, so I’m primarily going to use it as a webcam.

That said, it also seems like a great walkabout kit—not nearly as big and bulk as my Canon 5D.

My hand holding an Analogue Pocket displaying a colourful roleplaying game. The main character expires a village of brown-roofed houses.

📺 Quest: Brian's Journey // Game Boy Color // Analogue Pocket

Love me a good knurled knob

Ratcheteer DX - OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch, PC, & Mac YouTube video by Panic

Who's ready to release a video game? @panic.com gave me the chance to colorize my little @play.date adventure game Ratcheteer and bring it to a wider audience on Steam and, most exciting to me (and the kids), the Nintendo Switch! It's out today: ratcheteer.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3e...

knob

It’s beautiful.

I've been informed this is the way it's supposed to be because apparently it makes you look like you're running with a flag and I just lost three years of my life due to cringe exposure.

They… wear it backwards?

knob

It’s beautiful.

The backwards American flag on her shoulder is the best part.

Get in on some AMA action!

It's big.