“MAGE CAST” episode #047 – The Lion, the Witch, and the War School (Final Fantasy VIII)

Final Fantasy VIII podcast time! Is it at all fair to call VIII the black sheep of the series? Either way, Matt aka Berkough joins me this episode and we talk about our personal impressions and the game’s general reception, its divisiveness potentially centered around Squall as a character that strongly resonates with some people and strongly not with others, the peculiarities and clout of the Final Fantasy franchise, some fan theories (is Squall Laguna’s son?), feeling threatened by Irvine, the experiment that is the draw system and a word on Triple Triad, a bit about VIII’s sales, a bit about the remastered and PC versions, a bit about FFVII Remake… okay actually a lot about FFVII and VI and IX, even X and Tactics, as the context for VIII.

Music: “Liberi Fatali” & “The Man with the Machine Gun” by Nobuo Uematsu

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Red formerly ran The Well-Red Mage and now serves The Pixels as founder, writer, editor, and podcaster. He has undertaken a seemingly endless crusade to talk about the games themselves in the midst of a culture obsessed with the latest controversy, scandal, and news cycle about harassment, toxicity, and negativity. Pick out his feathered cap on Twitter @thewellredmage, Mage Cast, or Story Mode.