October 2025 – Pixpen
1 post published by Sam Howitt during October 2025| Pixpen
This article contains spoilers for the entire game. To begin with I think it’s worth establishing some context around particular styles of role-playing games (RPGs). Normally there’s a distinction …| Pixpen
A little over 25 years ago I was introduced to a new cartoon, Pokémon. It was bright and colourful, and had enough action sequences to keep six-year-old me entertained. My parents took note of this…| Pixpen
This article contains spoilers. I’m only human. I can’t help but have my feelings on something coloured by a context that surrounds it. Back in 2009 I played Dragon Age: Origins, and I followed up …| Pixpen
This article contains spoilers. I’ve played through Chrono Trigger multiple times and I have a huge fondness for Chrono Cross, but it was only recently that I even considered playing the game in be…| Pixpen
Do you ever feel like you played the right game in the wrong place? I had that when I revisited Final Fantasy IX on the Switch a few years ago. It’s a decent game but that was not the platform to c…| Pixpen
I would not have anticipated playing fifteen Final Fantasy games in a year but I did it. The really astounding part is that’s not even the halfway point, they made so many of these and they’re stil…| Pixpen
Parts of Chrono Trigger work a little like a magic trick. It’s best to see those in action before learning about how they work. Turn-based role-playing games often have strongly player-driven pacin…| Pixpen
This article will mention story elements of various Final Fantasy games, with major spoilers for Final Fantasy X and XV. Today marks five years since I published my first article about Final Fantas…| Pixpen
Here’s the hub page for my personal Final Fantasy writing. Though I am approaching the series in a mostly linear order, you don’t need to read all articles to understand it all so pick …| Pixpen
This article contains spoilers. I can remember a time where Final Fantasy XII seemed more contentious. It still was largely well-liked, but when the game came up in a room full of nerds there was a…| Pixpen
A phrase that annoyed me for a while was whether a game “respected my time”. It’s something I used to hear a lot on videogame podcasts, and admittedly the reason I might not hear it so much now is …| Pixpen
I respect endings, especially when they’re conclusive. They don’t need to be comprehensive, as it often leads to rushing closure, but I can appreciate the finality of everything being wrapped up. E…| Pixpen
This article contains spoilers for Mass Effect 1 and 2. When I play a videogame with a player-created character, I don’t feel as though I am playing a version of myself. Even when I’ve named them a…| Pixpen
As this game is such a large one that seems to still be growing at the same pace it always has been, I have made the decision to split my coverage of the game into multiple parts. This post will be…| Pixpen
This article contains major spoilers for Dragon Quest III. With the recent release of Dragon Quest III HD2D Remake, I felt as though I had to be caught up. In recent years I had only played the ori…| Pixpen
This post contains spoilers for World of Final Fantasy and also a broad spectrum of Final Fantasy. Specific other games spoiled include: Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VII, Final …| Pixpen
This article contains spoilers for all the Final Fantasy XIV content up to Patch 4.56 For a while I have not managed to keep a consistent position on whether I can consider Final Fantasy XIV one si…| Pixpen
This article contains spoilers for all the Final Fantasy XIV content up to Patch 3.56 Something I’ve found from writing and talking about Final Fantasy is that I use the word “context” a lot. It ma…| Pixpen
This article contains spoilers for Final Fantasy X, XIII and VII Remake. For a long time Square Enix (and Squaresoft going further back) have been willing to use Final Fantasy, one of their biggest…| Pixpen
This article contains major spoilers. The first playable moment of Final Fantasy X put into perspective a lot of what this game does for me. Main character Tidus has to make his way to the big blit…| Pixpen
The original release of Chocobo GP in 2022 was dreadful. This wasn’t because of its quality as a Final Fantasy-themed kart racer, but because of bigger structural problems with the game. A hostile …| Pixpen
This article contains major spoilers for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and multiple other games in the franchise that came before it. There was a lot of promise shown at the end of 2020’s Final Fantasy…| Pixpen
