Episode XLIX: The Playstation & The Fall/Winter Of 1997

Our final episode of 2018! In our annual holiday episode, we discuss the fall and winter of 1997, getting a Playstation, and how Final Fantasy VII helped me deal with not starting college out so well. The second half of the episode discusses some of our plans for 2019 and a big announcement about a new project.

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Our final episode of 2018! In our annual holiday episode, we discuss the fall and winter of 1997, getting a Playstation, and how Final Fantasy VII helped me deal with not starting college out so well. The second half of the episode discusses some of our plans for 2019 and a big announcement about a new project.

A few days ago I started playing Final Fantasy 7 once again.  I'm trying to give myself more time to play video games and figured I would start with FF7 to try to get back into the swing of things.  I've only had a chance to play for about two hours so far but I've noticed two things so far-

  • The graphics aren't quite as great as I remember them being.  This game was one of the first I ever played with really big cut scenes and at the time they seemed to be really stunning.  Playing now a lot of this game seems blocky and ugly. 
  • The translation is awful!  A lot of the dialouge is hard to follow.  Why did I not notice this before?

I am enjoying playing this game again though.  As I go through it I'll post my thoughts every so often on this blog.