Don't Stop Believing The Burden of Godhood Is Hellish in Final Fantasy XIII By Elijah Beahm • May 12th, 2026 Like the Fal’Cie, the game feels miserable, struggling against its own design.
Here Be Monsters Stepford Waifus: The Politics of Aesthetic Homogeneity in Final Fantasy By Emma Kostopolus • May 11th, 2026 The only thing the female characters get to be, all narrative protestations of their strength to the contrary, is small and delicately pretty.
Run It Back 1997 – 2020 By Oluwatayo Adewole • May 8th, 2026 It’s much easier to force desperate people into extractive economic relationships when you’ve fundamentally destabilized their society.
Noise Complaint Tom Morello Knows Final Fantasy Is Political By Ben Sailer • May 7th, 2026 “‘Everything Burns’ is both a reflection of the world that we’re seeing and a warning, irrespective of anyone touching a controller, or a computer, or playing a game.”
Feature Story On Bygone Serenity and Sitting With the Uncomfortable By Melissa King • May 6th, 2026 The story of the Endless teaches us that we have to hold others accountable for their impact on society, even when we care about them.
Feature Story To Be Young and Fight By David Shimomura • May 5th, 2026 Most Final Fantasy games didn’t shy away from throwing adolescents into a meat grinder. But America did.
Feature Excerpt The Museum of Human History By Grace Benfell • May 4th, 2026 The courage of the heroes of Final Fantasy is an acceptance of uncertainty.
