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.
Past Presence Let’s Do It Again, But This Time Better By Dr. Emily Price • April 4th, 2025 Can the Remake trilogy, vastly expanded as it is, be a “good” remake of FFVII?
No Accounting for Taste Music and Memory in Midgar By Adam Boffa • November 12th, 2021 Final Fantasy VII Remake uses its music to dramatically reshape a familiar story.
Letter to a Heroine Aerith By Melissa King • May 11th, 2021 For the one who most needed a phoenix down but couldn’t have one.
The Best Games of 2020 By Team Unwinnable • December 31st, 2020 This year has put on one hell of a spectacular shit show. But at the same time, games have proven to be the one salve we need to tide us over through 2020.
Wall Market Isn’t Burning By Trevor Richardson • July 22nd, 2020 I’m tired of measuring progress in vague lines about beauty and the cheers of a straight woman.
