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Boss Rush: Miguel (Chrono Cross)

I play games for fun, and like any twenty-something man-child, I have very strict perimeters on what ‘fun’ means to me. For example: Free running through renaissance Italy executing middle-class guards for doing their job – fun. Thinking with portals – fun. Roleplaying as Kirino Kousaka’s brother to take eerily suggestive glamour photos for fictional […]

Boss Rush – Parasite Eve (PS1)

Our third week edition of Boss Rush enters us into our month of Halloween specials. Its time to avert our prying eyes from cartoonish maliciousness and cast our gaze upon some of the most macabre of figures throughout gaming history. Gamers of the night hold your blanket tight! We’re delving into the era of “survival […]

High Score: Vagrant Story

On the very first High Score, I talked a little bit about how Square-Enix, then called Squaresoft, were simply unstoppable in 90’s. Undoubtedly one of the most incredible creative periods in video game history, their output all the way up to Final Fantasy X was almost universally stellar. So much so that the company felt […]

Saving Final Fantasy In 4 Easy Steps

I have been a Final Fantasy fan for as long as I can remember. Some of my fondest childhood memories involve being stationary in front of a television, controller in hand and Final Fantasy in play. Because here’s the thing, I wasn’t sitting stationary in front of my television; I was discovering Garnets real name […]
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