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I can’t reply to this, so y’all get to discover Slipstream alongside Andy with a quote post.

Gonna go live for a lunch break stream at 12:00 PST with some Final Fantasy 7 on the FunFactor Twitch channel!

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Take me back.

As Ty admitted on our latest ep, he loved the 90s attempts to rigorously quantify every aspect of a game & plug it into an advanced evaluation algorithm for a True Objective final score—but A), the individual sub-scores didn’t add much, and B) were gamed by reviewers to hit their final score anyway

TOKYO JUNGLE CRISPY'S/PLAYSTATION C.A.M.P. / SCE JAPAN 2012 PLAYSTATION 3

It's FunFactor Fuuuuuuuuuuesday! In the season finale, we review EVERY Final Fantasy 7 review in '97 gaming mags... and even drop a few perfect 10s. Who got it right? Wrong? "Did it live up to the hype?" And how many times was THE spoiler spoiled before release day? "The podcast's playin', Cloud!"

Where the magic (and the Magic) happens.

With news of more games media layoffs, this seems like a good time to share my Indie Games Media starter kit — it’s more important than ever that readers directly support their favourite publications and writers.

Check out this early preview of Secret of Mana. "This Supersoft will be called Final Fantasy Adventure 2..." Supersoft? What's that?

Amazing how an entire Kotaku article spawned out of a Bluesky (or was it X?) conversation. Kudos for mentioning my upcoming Uematsu biography though! @danshoehsu.bsky.social kotaku.com/final-fantas...

now this is how you start a review

We've got some pretty amazing stuff planned to wrap up season one before we head into season two, but, for now, catch the season finale, which is absolutely BURSTING with as many reviews of Final Fantasy 7 as we could fit before Ty would be late for his thing. Then: Help. us. spread. the. word.

we're in the papes!

This feels just like what I'm doing, but not in podcast form, just irl, I'm trying to get every Swedish gaming magazine that reviews FFVII (or mention it even) and it ended with me having 3 reviews for the PC version (and one in Danish, because I missed my chance getting the Swedish one)

I worked hard on this video, and @tyschalter.com busted his ass on the audio version, so if you've been thinking of giving FF a shot, this would be a great jumping on point. Shares, likes, bells, subs, etc., all very much appreciated!

Always upvote Illusion of Gaia.

We've got some pretty amazing stuff planned to wrap up season one before we head into season two, but, for now, catch the season finale, which is absolutely BURSTING with as many reviews of Final Fantasy 7 as we could fit before Ty would be late for his thing. Then: Help. us. spread. the. word.

Amazing stuff!

New episode of @funfactorpod.com is imminent! Get on over to the FunFactor YouTube channel and smash and subscribe all those buttons so you can grab the video version when it hits, or subscribe in your favourite podcast app. This one's a doozy.

Congrats, Drubie!

We made the big leagues, folks.

We made the big leagues, folks.

I was going to say the subway in flashback from 1992--has such a satisfying little graphical bounce as it stops. couldn't find a gif so I went to screen record a clip of it. capture of a player earnestly struggle for 2 minutes to board actually much better conveys the experience of playing flashback

Any outlets interested in some specific genre-focused breakdowns of top Next Fest demos? ;)

shut up stop what you're doing this is important

GOAT magazine cover.

Oof.

Pretty sure this is the oldest mag in my collection.

Ok so Quest 64 is actually good! What the heck... I've been lied to for years... I will never believe when people say a game is bad again...

I loved seeing this repost from noted SotN ballknower @tyschalter.com

Hmmmmmmmm

The legacy of Phil Spencer: a lot of nice words, but no real conviction or plan to save Xbox, just a lot of half-measures, false starts and empty laments. ravi64.com/phil-spencer...

This is what the kids mean when they say "vibes."

happy 40th ⚔️ #rsk_art

If I were the villain in a Metroidvania, I would simply build my lair so the critical path to my demise was not wholly accessible on the X and Y axes.

Me at the toy show: Do you have any final fantasy figures? Vendor: yeah here Me: no not like that

We're about to go live to record our Season 1 GRAND FINALE. Yes, that's right--if you want to join in the fun, hit the big subscribe button on our home page and then jump in our Discord for the link! funfactorpod.com

Join us this morning!

We're going live tomorrow between 9:00 - 9:30am PST as we record the next episode of FunFactor, which is also the season finale for our Generation Gap season! It's gonna be a good one. And, if you're not an ULTRA member, you can sign up on FunFactorPod.com for as little as $4/month.

Still can’t quite believe Pokemon FireRed is on my Switch.

Hot retro mag action.

Who am I kidding, the real reason I got this damn thing

Happy 40th, Legend of Zelda~ (and Famicom Disk System!)

"Freelance Friday" can and should absolutely be a thing!

It’s excellent!