Amazing Gamers welcomes back HighlyGinger and Gwent Champ of Bluesky for a wide ranging discussion about the five people you meet in the Final Fantasy discourse. Which one are you? Take a listen and decide…

Wabi Sabi is the tone for this discussion: the goal was appreciating that which is imperfect for what beauty it holds. I also work in shout-out for evidence that dad jokes are good.

We also touch on:

• Worst Minigames in Final Fantasy
• Best Party in Final Fantasy
• Final Fantasy as a gateway to the genre
• Hidden Gems we love to see others discover
• The infamous laughing scene in FF10
• Favorite Moments in the series
• Too many Persona digressions to count
• Are people hard wired for goodness?

Nathan also touches on how Barrett’s big scene in Rebirth absolutely worked for him (but not for Gwent) and Highly Ginger throws her support behind the theory that Tifa is the main character of FF7.

Amazing Gamers was thrilled to welcome former colleague and Kirby enthusiast Rachel to the discussion this week.

Rachel works for a program that supports family caregivers, and we discussed the importance of Caring for the Caregiver—both the clinical sense and the sense of self care in a busy world. We also touched on:

• Kirby is just perfect sometimes
• Big Sis and the legendary console candy bar dispenser
• Rachel’s co-op games: It Takes Two, A Way Out (and me recommending Pikmin 3)
• Losing sleep over games; the Scruffy gateway to FNAF
• The best day on the calendar for a birthday (it’s just facts)
• My never-ending FF7 Rebirth and Trails from Zero playthrough

The Amazing Gamers podcast was an all-star edition today, with Nintendo Force staff writer Maggie Jones Lutey (Avenger Mags on social) and my original D&D buddy, Ed Hopkins, joining the chat.

Topics included:

• how we discovered RPGs
• our most infamous adventures
• when role playing gets a bit out of pocket
• that priceless moment I realizing just how off-the-mark our many expeditions to save Durin’s belt from Moria really were…

I also discussed the art of making counter-offers to a demanding four-year-old, loving Ravenloft, and how Ed’s fighter characters reminded me of Dunk, from the Dunk and Egg stories.

We also touched on Xenoblade Chronicles X, loving Borderlands, Talisman, FF7 Rebirth, and Trails from Zero.