Although I recently singled out Final Fantasy V  as one of the 10 titles that most shaped my taste in video games (read this post for more ...

I've got to say, I had a hard time deciding whether I should write about  Final Fantasy , Final Fantasy IV or Final Fantasy V here. ...

Square Enix's recent unveiling of the Seiken Densetsu Collection for Switch (due out in Japan on June 1) prompted me to think about a ...

How's this for a silly, game-related tidbit that's likely to shock at least a few of you: back when I was a junior or senior in high...

OK, so the “reasons” referred to in the header above are summed up by a handful of cartridge, manual and packaging photos rather than a bunc...

I don't know about you, but I'd completely forgotten than the folks at Square Enix are working on a browser-based SaGa game--called...

I've been fascinated by this weird Final Fantasy spin-off title, originally released in North America in 1992 and then released elsewhe...

True story: I've only spent about a week of my life playing Squaresoft's (as Square Enix was known at the time)  Final Fantasy VII ....

Although I've never played through Chrono Trigger (yes, my head is bowed in shame), I watched my older brother play through enough of i...

On Aug. 3, 1993, one of my favorite games of all time hit store shelves across Japan. The game in question, of course, was  Seiken Densetsu ...

I may not have experienced much of Squaresoft's, er, Square Enix's landmark RPG, Chrono Trigger , yet, but that doesn't mean I l...

I know I've let a number of game-related anniversaries go by without acknowledgement through the years, but I couldn't let that happ...

Game: Final Fantasy VI Genre: RPG Developer: Squaresoft Publisher: Squaresoft System: Super Famicom Release date: 1994 Whenever I...

I have to admit, I've never played Square's  Threads of Fate (aka Dewprism in Japan). Artist Curtis Bathurst's colorful sket...

Game: Final Fantasy V Genre: RPG Developer: Squaresoft Publisher: Squaresoft System: Super Famicom Release date: 1992 ...

Game:  Final Fantasy Tactics Genre:  Strategy RPG Developer:  Squaresoft Publisher:  Squaresoft System:  PlayStation Release date:  1998 W...

Game: SaGa Frontier Genre: RPG Developer: Squaresoft Publisher: Squaresoft System: PlayStation Release date: 1998 A lot of gamers--e...

I've played through a lot of Final Fantasy games over the years. The closest I've come to playing through them back to back, though...

Just a few photos of the Japanese versions of Final Fantasy V and VI (which I   found in my old bedroom closet while on vacation last week)...

I don't know about you, but I didn't know--until a few hours ago, at least--that more than two decades ago the folks at what was the...