The cover for Unwinnable Monthly #199 shows a drawing of a postapocalyptic hellscape almost unrecognizable as a former civilization. The issue's title "This is Not a Place of Honor" appears near the bottom.

Two cool illustrations of Final Fantasy's bangaa – orange, lizard-like characters – are surrounded by a neat paisley design. A quote above the image reads: "Perhaps the world of Ivalice only ever wanted the bangaa to fight on the frontlines."

A screenshot of the Midgar Expressway (also known as the Midgar Highway) from the Final Fantasy VII series, specifically featuring the industrial, multi-tiered infrastructure of the city of Midgar. A quote below the image reads: "This corporate owned and operated whole-ass city shouldn’t have been a template for any society, but here we are."

Two nighttime screenshots of FF7's dystopian platform city MIdgar frame a quote reading: "Midgar doesn’t so much rise above the landscape as it hovers over the hovels underneath."

A screenshot from Tomodachi Life showing an entire town including a grocery story that looks like a full basket and a clothing store shaped like a polo shirt. A quote below the image reads: "The verisimilitude of videogame towns and the NPCs within them can definitely be improved, but they should still ultimately serve the narrative thrust of the game."

The protagonists of Final Fantasy IV are assembled clad in battle gear with weapons drawn in front of blue sky in this key art from Airi Yoshioka. A quote above the image reads: "For a genre and series steeped in imagination, it’s vexing that Final Fantasy can rarely picture something beyond kingdoms."

A screenshot from La La Land where two characters are dancing at sunset at a park overlooking Los Angeles. A quote below the image reads: "Jazz was made from La La Land itself, and I was compelled to share our experience with you."

The boys of FFXV drive their sleek sliver car across an oceanside highway. A quote above the image reads: "The space of Final Fantasy XV is political because it’s treated like so many things by the politics of the ruling class: an annoyance that can be farmed out to their lessers."

Detail from the cover art for Innerspace with Martin Short surrounded by all the other actors and lots of crazy lights. A quote above the image reads: "It’s a very silly movie, but it also knows that it’s silly, and never pretends otherwise."

A scene from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within shows a sequence where Aki Ross dreams she's walking on a crystal pool of water. Behind her, the sky's ablaze in pinks. A quote below the image reads: "She foreshadowed a media environment in which bodies can be fabricated, modified and circulated independently of the people they resemble or replace."