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Nonhuman Meditations
An orange-skinned, reptilian creature known as a Bangaa from the Final Fantasy series, standing in a neutral pose against a plain white background.

Strategy and Predetermination with the Bangaa in Ivalice

By Alyssa Wejebe • May 20th, 2026

What variety can be found in a warrior culture, what boundaries can be pushed, how do philosophical ideals and practical truths interact?

Here's the Thing
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.

I Don’t Want to Live in Midgar Anymore

By Rob Rich • May 20th, 2026

Midgar is an example of corporate greed run amok that wasn’t supposed to act as a blueprint, but it kinda has been.

Forms in Light
A screenshot of the city of Midgar from the video game Final Fantasy VII Remake. At the center sits the Shinra Electric Power Company headquarters, which towers over the rest of the urban landscape.

Life Between the Levels

By Justin Reeve • May 19th, 2026

The fallacy of social hierarchy is made clearly manifest in the urban landscape of Midgar.

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

Paper Towns and Potemkin Villages

By Jonathan Fenn • May 18th, 2026

Who wouldn’t want a game world in which people and places actually felt like they were alive?

Casting Deep Meteo
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.

Final Fantasy IV and the Necessary Weeding of Kings

By Levi Rubeck • May 18th, 2026

Monarchies are weeds, and Final Fantasy loves to tear out the plant but leave the roots.

Abattoir Hymnal

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 18th, 2026

Yes, meat sorcery!

A screenshot from the trailer for La La Land with a scene from a theater in black and white silhouette with two characters kissing on the left and two others looking on the right

Making Jazz out of La La Land

By Jay Weaver • May 15th, 2026

I didn’t yet know that another version of the film existed.

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