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Episode 198 – A Land of Eikons

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This week, Seyrr and Klauss delve into the first disc of the Final Fantasy XVI Original Soundtrack along with all the news happening in the Final Fanatsy world. Enjoy!

Show Notes
FFVII Remake part 3 “Off to the races” according to director, who also wants to be “Done with this marathon of projects” – by Hope Bellingham: https://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-is-off-to-the-races-already-according-to-its-director-who-also-wants-to-be-done-with-this-absolute-marathon-of-projects/
Nobuo Uematsu would be honored to make the main theme for the FFVII Remake Trilogy finale – by Isaiah Colbert: https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-composer-nobuo-uematsu-would-be-honored-to-return-for-remake-trilogy-finale
FFVII Director promoted to SE Executive Staff – by Wesley LeBlanc: https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2024/04/03/final-fantasy-vii-rebirths-director-has-been-promoted-to-square-enixs-executive
The Struggles of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – by Christian Angeles: https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-struggles-with-final-fantasy-7-rebirth/
FFXIV x FFXVI Crossover is live, features Clive’s outfit, and best boy minion and mount – by Wesley LeBlanc: https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2024/04/03/the-final-fantasy-xiv-and-xvi-crossover-event-is-live-and-features-new-storyline
FFXIV Xbox players getting banned for recruiting for their Free Companies – by Kenneth Shepard: https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-14-xbox-ban-free-company-recruitment-1851378576
FFXVI’s April update will fix the game’s most annoying flaw – by Lee Brady: https://www.truetrophies.com/news/final-fantasy-xvi-free-update-april-2024
Final Fantasy XVI Original Soundtrack Disc 1: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XVI_Original_Soundtrack#Disc_One_(1:01:25)

Episode 192 – Broken Down

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This week, Seyrr and Klauss talk about the news coming from FanFest 2023 in London, new stage shows in production in Japan based on FFXVI and FF:Brave Exvius, and we reminisce while listening to disc 1 of the Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack. Enjoy!

Show Notes
SE is producing stage shows for FFBE and FFXVI – by Liv Ngan: https://www.eurogamer.net/square-enix-is-producing-another-final-fantasy-stage-play
All Saints’ Wake starts Oct 27th in FFXIV: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2023/All_Saints_Wake/gtjs3j7xq6
Fall Guys crossover coming to the Gold Saucer: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/fallguys/
FFXIV x FFXVI Crossover coming soon – by Tony Garsow: https://novacrystallis.com/2023/10/final-fantasy-xvi-collaboration-coming-to-final-fantasy-xiv/
FFXIV FanFest Keynote coverage – by Tony Garsow: https://novacrystallis.com/2023/10/final-fantasy-xiv-dawntrail-reveals-viper-job-new-locations-and-ffxi-collab/
Extended Dawntrail teaser trailer: https://youtu.be/2ISoqghadkE

Episode 175 – Young Nanamo Plays it Unsafe

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In this week’s episode, Klauss and Seyrr talk about the new content from FFXIV’s Patch 6.25, including the new Manderville Weapons, Variant and Criterion Dungeons, and new Omicron Tribe quests in Ultima Thule. The pair also discuss the announced end of service for FFVII: The First Soldier, the new FFXVI trailer, and the FFXIV annual All Saints Wake event. Enjoy!

Show Notes:
FFVII: The First Soldier Mobile shooter announces end of service less than a year after release: https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/10/12/final-fantasy-vii-the-first-soldier-shuts-down-in-january written by Marcus Steward FFVII: Rebirth could deviate even more from original timeline: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-could-deviate-even-further-from-the-original-timeline/1100-6508330/ written by Darryn Bonthuys

FFXIV All Saints Wake event is live: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2022/All_Saints_Wake/34nzplu2qj
New art book “Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker – The Art of Resurrection – Among the Stars” is now available! Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3VTZBAg

New FFXVI trailer goes “Game of Thrones”: https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xvi-game-thrones-trailer-release-date-ps5-1849682063 written by Ethan Gach
New FFXVI Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtpBEfrtE1s
FFXVI Development in the home stretch: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/10/final-fantasy-16-development-now-in-the-home-stretch-on-schedule-for-summer-2023 written by Robert Ramsey

Episode 151 – Pixel Remaster O-Pinions

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In this episode, Taliz, Seyrr, and Klauss talk about the new Pixel Remasters for Final Fantasy I – III. The trio also discuss the recent 4Gamers interview with FFXIV Lore God Banri Oda among other Final Fantasy news. Enjoy!

Also, this month is Extra Life’s Tabletop Gaming Appreciation month. Help us raise $150 during the month of August for an amazing charity, and Klauss will continue playing FFX2 during September!
https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=448740

Show Notes
How much Final Fantasy VII cost to make: https://screenrant.com/final-fantasy-7-how-much-production-marketing-cost/
4Gamer interview/Q&A with Banri Oda: https://www.4gamer.net/games/199/G019924/20210810055/
FFIV Pixel Remaster previewed during Famitsu livestream: https://youtu.be/eVmV0Pgnh2s?t=2154

Episode 150 – Squaring your Circles

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We celebrate 150 episodes with the amazing and incomparable Kali aka Eskalia, making her return as a guest host after 5 years. We discuss the recently released Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters 1 – 3, the leaked release date for FF 4 – 6, talk about the success of the online FFXIV fan celebration LunarCon, and the upcoming Moogle Market hosted by friend of the show Kei at the Moogle Cafe. We then delve into a more serious discussion around the pending lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, talk about the pervasive toxic culture surrounding many game developers, and ponder what it would mean for us as players if something were to happen to a fandom we loved such as Final Fantasy. We hope you enjoy this slightly different but very important topic.

Show notes
Where to find Eskalia Ryumasa
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/eskalia
-Twitch: https://twitch.tv/eskalia
-Discord: https://discord.gg/nGhrDzDyZs

The Moogle Cafe is hosting a Moogle Market on August 21st: https://mooglecafe.xyz/moogle-market-2021

Preorder your copy of the Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook:
-Amazon (referral link) https://amzn.to/37yDRSt
-Gamestop: https://www.gamestop.com/toys-collectibles/lifestyle/books/products/final-fantasy-xiv-cookbook-gamestop-exclusive/11154886.html

FFXIV Moonfire Faire starts August 13th: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2021/Moonfire_Faire/y2mjm7r1v6

Sources for information regarding the Activision Blizzard lawsuit:
-Engaget: https://www.engadget.com/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-discrimination-abuse-video-163056567.html
-Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/22608372/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-explainer-sex-harassment-discrimination-gender-fired-resigned 
-The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/08/05/activision-blizzard-sponsors-overwatch/ 
-NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/22/1019293032/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-unequal-pay-sexual-harassment-video-games|
Plus many more


Episode 149 – Eat The Materia!

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In this episode, Taliz and Klauss talk about the FFXIV 14 hour broadcast and Live Letter held earlier this month as well as a lot of Final Fantasy-related news. Taliz also had the pleasure of interviewing Kei from The Moogle Cafe (https://twitter.com/mooglecafe) about how she got her start, challenges she faced, and some of the fun things she was able to create. Check out the Prep Station channel on our Discord channel (https://discord.gg/FjAw3kD) for awesome images of some of her creations. Enjoy!

Show notes
FFX Devs not ruling out FFX-3: https://kotaku.com/square-enix-doesnt-rule-out-final-fantasy-x-3-1847297228
FFXI was supposed to end with PS2, but PC kept it going: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/07/22/final-fantasy-xi-end-ps2/
FFXIV Make It Rain campaign is live until August 11th: https://sqex.to/WOryM
FFXIV temporarily halted digital sales of game due to overwhelming popularity: https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xiv-is-so-popular-even-the-digital-versio-1847272446
FFXIV Complete edition is on sale for $24 on SE store: https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/564956/final-fantasy-xiv-online-complete-edition-pc-download
Yoshida not happy that people are saying FFXIV is “beating” WoW: https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14-director-hates-that-people-think-his-game-has-beat-world-of-warcraft/
SE takes steps to allow more players to be able to play FFXIV: https://www.engadget.com/square-enix-final-fantasy-xiv-servers-plan-193317600.html
FFXIV gamer eats over 138k eggs in game during 69 hour live stream: https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14-player-who-ate-999-eggs-now-eating-more-than-138000-eggs/

Episode 148 – I Airship it!

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After a month-long break, Klauss, Seyrr, and Taliz discuss ALL THE FF NEWS, and there is a ton! So much, in fact, that we had to push our discussion of the FFXIV 14-hour broadcast to the next episode! We also go through the entries to our Final Fantasy video game genre contest. We received some amazing entries, we hope you like them as much as we did. Enjoy!

Show Notes
FFVII News
Final Fantasy VII Remake directors say INTERmission points directly to the sequel: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/07/02/final-fantasy-7-remake-sequel-intermission/
Why Yuffie Was Chosen Over Vincent for INTERmission: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/07/06/why -yuffie-final-fantasy-vii-remake-vincent-valentine-episode-intermission/
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 will feature an open world: https://www.thegamer.com/open-world-final-fantasy-7-remake-part-2/ FFVII The First Soldier Survey results: https://www.ffviifs.com/cbt_en/report/

FFIX News
Fans working on an homage to FFIX: https://www.thegamer.com/final-fantasy-9-memoria-project-remake/
Upcoming FFIX Animated Series could expand the world of Gaia: https://sea.ign.com/final-fantasy-ix/174053/news/how-the-upcoming-final-fantasy-ix-animated-series-can-expand-the-world-of-gaia
FFXI News New “We are Vana’Diel website launches in preparation for FFXI’s 20th anniversary: https://we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/

FFXIV News
Free Login campaign: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/freelogincampaign/
FFXIV Official cookbook on the way: https://gamerescape.com/2021/07/09/a-final-fantasy-xiv-cookbook-is-on-the-way/
Asmongold plays FFXIV, Breaks Cactuar, is surrounded by idiots: https://www.pcgamer.com/streamers-first-final-fantasy-14-experience-ruined-by-idiots/
FFXIV breaks Steam concurrent player record of 42000+: https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14-just-broke-its-concurrent-player-record-on-steam/

FFXVI News
MSQ completed, English VA almost finished: https://novacrystallis.com/2021/07/final-fantasy-xvi-main-scenario-complete-no-information-planned-for-tokyo-game-show-2021/

Other FF News
New FF Pixel Remaster trailer shows additional in-game footage of all 6 games: https://novacrystallis.com/2021/06/new-final-fantasy-pixel-remaster-footage-shows-more-from-final-fantasy-i-through-vi/
FF Pixel Remasters look good, but are terrible to read: https://www.denofgeek.com/games/final-fantasy-pixel-remaster-font-controversy-explained/
Final Fantasy Needs a musou-style game: https://www.thegamer.com/final-fantasy-needs-a-dynasty-warriors-game-already-/

Episode 128 – Spoiler Free in 5.3

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This week, Seyrr, Taliz, and Klauss give their spoiler-free impressions of Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.3. Taliz and Seyrr talk about the interesting concept of Archon loaf. The trio also discuss the latest news in the Final Fantasy universe.

Show news:
Final Fantasy VII Special 2 part interview with Motomu Toriyama
– Part 1: https://na.finalfantasy.com/topics/201?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SEA%20-%20FINAL%20FANTASY%20VII%20REMAKE%20-%20Special%20Interview&utm_term=SEA%20-%20FFVIIR%20Discount
– Part 2: https://na.finalfantasy.com/topics/205?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SEA%20-%20FINAL%20FANTASY%20VII%20REMAKE%20-%20Special%20Interview&utm_term=SEA%20-%20FFVIIR%20Discount
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles releases August 27th: https://ffcrystalchronicles.square-enix-games.com/en-us
Final Fantasy XIV News
– Moonfire Faire is live: https://sqex.to/TNMtL
– Yo-Kai Watch is back for a 3rd time: https://sqex.to/XME6T – The Rising returns on August 27th: https://sqex.to/AZgEx
– Patch 5.3 notes: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/c2f8c5ba14d9cfaa09d5aab63c5c2da260eae21a

Episode 127 – Food, Lore, and Food Dressed as Lore

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In this week’s episode, Klauss, Taliz, and Seyrr finish their discussion on the Final Fantasy V Original Soundtrack, including their best track of the game, Clash on the Big Bridge. Seyrr discusses the story of the Bozja Incident, Taliz gives us 3 different versions of Salmon Meuniere, and Klauss kept things from going too far off the rails! Enjoy!

Show Notes:
New Final Fantasy XI Story: http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/resurgence/ Final Fantasy XV: The Dawn of the Future book now available: https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/product/9781646090006
Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.3 Preliminary notes: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/4f18bc98879389862f5d3dd61e3b3da623e3670d
Final Fantasy V Orignal Soundtrack info: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_V:_Original_Sound_Version

Episode 123 – The Song of the Wild Rose

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In this episode, Taliz and Klauss dive into the soundtrack of Final Fantasy II, bringing Taliz back to his early days playing Japanese imported cartridges. The pair also talk about the cancellation of the NA FanFest in November, the PS5 reveal, and the FFXI Anniversary event. Enjoy!

Show Notes:
FFXIV Community fundraiser supporting ACLU: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ffxivcommunityfundraiser Akhmorning (another FFXIV group) supporting the Black Lives Matter organization: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/black-lives-matter-to-akhmorning
Letter from the Producer LXIII: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/420143
PS5 Future of Gaming showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuLci-lSeCo
SE Project Athia trailer: https://youtu.be/doe3kUqHIcM
Final Fantasy II Soundtrack playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0aVvwC4fVEcu7VH7y8bkA6