On this Myth & Materia column: dolphins, parades, giant city-sized cannons, and trying to remember your buttons while you improve SHINRA’s PR.
Myth & Materia
In this Myth & Materia column: the Midgar Zolom and the inversion of icons and myths in the snake skewered on a stick by Sephiroth.
In this Myth & Materia: Nibelheim, Jenova, Sephiroth, the Reactor experiments, and Cloud’s version of some hazy past events.
“…the paradox of Sephiroth: if we try to maintain our role as the hero beyond a certain point, we shift roles from hero to villain, to tyrant.”
“In FFVII, skill and attention are rewarded with concrete progress. It’s part of what makes a video game compelling by its very form, regardless of the content.”
“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of…
The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and…
