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A Real Gut-Punch of an Announcement    The beginning weeks of July have unfortunately decided to hit everyone with a double-whammy of major anti-consumer practices from major game publishers. Rockstar revealed that Grand Theft Auto VI will be a digital exclusive with physical copies only containing a code, with Sony themselves announcing not too long after that the company will outright shut down physical disc production for any new release in 2028. There’s no getting around just how blatantly short-sighted and greedy these decisions are. We’re now stripping people of having a variety of options when it comes to how they buy their game and funneling them into a company's proprietary storefront. Pricing is now a decision completely handled and controlled by Sony themselves. The PSN Store doesn’t offer discounts in the same way stores like Best Buy or Amazon does, where games will often casually be cheaper than MSRP. People will now either always be paying full price for a rele...

This Post Contains Major Spoilers For The Entirety Of Final Fantasy VI One Final Time: Major Spoilers Ahead     On its face Final Fantasy VI (FFVI) presents itself as a rather traditional narrative for what people might expect out of a Final Fantasy at the time, or fantasy narrative in general. An evil empire overextending its reach and a ragtag group of rebels rising to take them down, all the while the main cast contends with their own personal failures and shortcomings to become people capable of constructing a better future. Not that the genre has nothing else to offer, but this skeleton has always served as a good starting point for creating a plot that will sound appealing to a large variety of people. People love underdog stories! Watching the little guys punch up against a force vastly stronger than them and succeed will inspire anyone. Doubly so if said force comprises of people who needed the wake up call. Will our heroes fail at times? Of course they will. An...