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Advent Children: What’s Beneath the Fan Service (Part 1)

Hey, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children fans! Have you ever wondered if Advent Children is more than fan service? Do you question why you like a film known for its poor story, weak characters, and unrealistic action scenes? Would it surprise you to know that criticisms of Advent Children have little to no basis in reality?

Advent Children: What’s Beneath the Fan Service is a three-part series in which I debunk common misconceptions about what is arguably one of the most important CGI movies ever made. Part 1, now up on the Extra Life Community website, analyzes Advent Children’s story, characters, and themes under a lens that has little to do with the game it’s based on. You can find it here.

Feel free to spread this around! Fans and haters alike need to know what’s beneath the fan service.

For those of you who don’t know, Extra Life is like a marathon for charity, but instead of running or walking, you play video games to raise money for a children’s hospital of your choice. The official Extra Life event is on November 4 this year, but you can raise money whenever you want year round. Check out the Extra Life website to learn more, donate, and sign up!

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Another Teaser on The Best Games Period

I got yet another shout out from Extra Life Community Website editor Jack Gardner on The Best Games Period podcast. With this much hype for my upcoming Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children article, it’d better be good, right?

You can listen to the podcast here. The teaser occurs at about 1:04:00, but listen to the full podcast for a discussion of Devil May Cry. Is it one of the best games ever, questionable voice acting and all? Listen in to find out!

For those of you who don’t know, Extra Life is like a marathon for charity, but instead of running or walking, you play video games to raise money for a children’s hospital of your choice. The official Extra Life event occurs on November 4, but you can raise money whenever you want year round. Check out the Extra Life website to learn more, donate, and sign up!

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Extra Life Article Teaser on Best Games Period

I got another shoutout on The Best Games Period podcast. This time, the Extra Life Community Website editor Jack Gardner gives a quick teaser of my upcoming article on Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Hopefully, we can get it out in the next month or two for all to see. This is the same article I was talking about in Improvised Incoherence #1.5. Keep an eye out for it. It should be pretty awesome.

You can listen to the podcast here. The teaser occurs about 37 minutes in, but listen to the full podcast to learn about Oíche Mhaith, a strange flash game about a child’s experience of her abusive parents. It’s dark but interesting.

For those of you who don’t know, Extra Life is like a marathon for charity, but instead of running or walking, you play video games to raise money for a children’s hospital of your choice. The official Extra Life event occurs on November 4, but you can raise money whenever you want year round. Check out the Extra Life website to learn more, donate, and sign up!

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Kingsglaive: The Void Noctis Left Behind Extra Life Article

Wait! I’m not done talking about Final Fantasy XV and Extra Life yet! Did you know there’s a massive Prince Noctis-shaped hole in Kingsglaive’s story? In my latest article, I talk about how Kingsglaive’s apparent pointlessness results from Noctis’ absence. It even includes argument-supportive fan fiction. O.o

For those of you who don’t know, Extra Life is like a marathon for charity, but instead of running or walking, you play video games to raise money for a children’s hospital of your choice. The official Extra Life event occurred on November 5, but you can raise money whenever you want year round. Check out the Extra Life website to learn more, donate, and sign up!

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A Series of Inciting Incidents Extra Life Article

Would you like to know why .hack//G.U. Trilogy infuriates me? Check out my latest Extra Life article to find out here.

For those of you who don’t know, Extra Life is like a marathon for charity, but instead of running or walking, you play video games to raise money for a children’s hospital of your choice. The official Extra Life event occurred on November 5, but you can raise money whenever you want year-round. Check out the Extra Life website to learn more, donate, and sign up!

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.hack//Silence

The idea for my latest AMV came about six months ago when I was writing The Art of the World for the Extra Life Community website. Both .hack//Sign and Neuroticfish’s “Silence” are very topical to me, and I’ve been dying to smash them together. I haven’t had time to make the video until recently though. Finally, here it is!

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An Unexpected Shout Out

The Extra Life editor Jack Gardner is part of a podcast called The Best Games Period. In a recent episode, he made a quick comment on my most recent Extra Life article. The shout out appears near the beginning, but stick around for the whole episode. Whether you’ve played Bastion or not, it’s entertaining.

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My Search for the Final Fantasy of South Korea Extra Life Article

Last post, you read a 27-page paper about the oddities found in the English and South Korean versions of Elysium. Would you believe that even more craziness surrounds this movie? You can read all about it in my latest post on the Extra Life website here.

For those of you who don’t know, Extra Life is like a marathon for charity, but instead of running or walking, you play video games to raise money for a children’s hospital of your choice. The next official Extra Life event is on November 5, but you can raise money whenever you want year-round. Check out the Extra Life website to learn more and sign up!

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The Seeker’s Greatest Weakness Extra Life Article

Another article I wrote has been published on the Extra Life website. You can read it here.

For those of you who don’t know, Extra Life is like a marathon for charity, but instead of running or walking, you play video games to raise money for a children’s hospital of your choice. The next official Extra Life event is on November 5, but you can raise money whenever you want year-round. Check out the Extra Life website to learn more and sign up!