Never, ever underestimate Steven Spielberg. That’s the biggest takeaway from “Ready Player One,” an immersive sci-fi spectacle about a future overrun by virtual reality gaming, and the world’s most famous commercial director has transformed it into a mesmerizing blockbuster steeped in callbacks to the best of them. It runs too long and drags a bunch in its final third, but make no mistake: This is Spielberg’s biggest crowdpleaser in years, a CGI ride that wields the technology with an eye for payoff. It’s also his most stylized movie since “A.I.: Artificial Intelligence,” though a lot more fun, with a cavalcade of visuals leaving the impression that he watched a bunch of Luc Besson movies and decided he could outdo them all. The result is an astonishing sci-fi spectacle and a relentless nostalgia trip at once.
Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel compensated for its literary shortcomings with a phenomenal premise,...
Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel compensated for its literary shortcomings with a phenomenal premise,...
- 3/12/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
When Final Fantasy VII came out in September of 1997, it made waves in more ways than one. It was the game that introduced many to the wonders of Jrpg, especially to the Final Fantasy series itself, and it was also the best-selling game on the Playstation One behind the first Gran Turismo. Second place is impressive, but even more so is the wide consensus that it is the game that really sold the Playstation.
It was something fresh to the Final Fantasy series, the first to have 3D, also boasting a lot more content than previous titles. Many aspects of the game have been lauded since it was first released, from the music of Nobuo Uematsu and the character design of Tetsuya Nomura, who replaced series veteran designer Yoshitaka Amano, and the hyperbole is well-placed. And of course, since release, the game has spawned many sequels, prequels, literature, and a movie,...
It was something fresh to the Final Fantasy series, the first to have 3D, also boasting a lot more content than previous titles. Many aspects of the game have been lauded since it was first released, from the music of Nobuo Uematsu and the character design of Tetsuya Nomura, who replaced series veteran designer Yoshitaka Amano, and the hyperbole is well-placed. And of course, since release, the game has spawned many sequels, prequels, literature, and a movie,...
- 11/13/2013
- by Trent Alexander McRae
- Obsessed with Film
Square Enix has announced that their upcoming Mmo Final Fantasy Xiv: A Realm Reborn will be released on August 27th. In addition, the company has also revealed incentives to players who wish to pre-order the game early along with a fancy collector’s edition. To celebrate the news, they released a new trailer composed of nothing but gameplay, showcasing some of the revamped areas in the magical world of Eorzea.
Players who pre-order the re-done Final Fantasy online installment from the game’s site will be given:
Early access to the game A Cait Sith Doll Minion Mog Cap
Alongside the normal game, players can get also buy a collector’s edition that comes with a large arrangement of various goodies that includes:
A Collector’s box designed by Yoshitaka Amano 80-page Art of Eorzea – A Realm Reimagined hardcover art book The Waning of the Sixth Sun, a movie that...
Players who pre-order the re-done Final Fantasy online installment from the game’s site will be given:
Early access to the game A Cait Sith Doll Minion Mog Cap
Alongside the normal game, players can get also buy a collector’s edition that comes with a large arrangement of various goodies that includes:
A Collector’s box designed by Yoshitaka Amano 80-page Art of Eorzea – A Realm Reimagined hardcover art book The Waning of the Sixth Sun, a movie that...
- 5/24/2013
- by Dil Ried
- We Got This Covered
Arguably one of the most influential JRPGs celebrates 25 years of magical weapons, random encounters, legendary stories, and Moogles with a new website.
The site boasts all things Final Fantasy including bios and discographies of each game and series of articles discussing the franchise in full. Fans are encouraged to heat up the forums with their personal experiences from their favorite game- no doubt igniting a flame war about which is the best (it's Final Fantasy VIII, bring it on haters). There will also be a special event at Pax Prime in which kiosks will host several games across the series. From the press release:
In conjunction with the official Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary event in Tokyo, Square Enix will kick-off the North American festivities at Penny Arcade Expo (Pax) Prime 2012 with the franchise’s first “Experience Final Fantasy” event on Friday, August 31 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The site boasts all things Final Fantasy including bios and discographies of each game and series of articles discussing the franchise in full. Fans are encouraged to heat up the forums with their personal experiences from their favorite game- no doubt igniting a flame war about which is the best (it's Final Fantasy VIII, bring it on haters). There will also be a special event at Pax Prime in which kiosks will host several games across the series. From the press release:
In conjunction with the official Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary event in Tokyo, Square Enix will kick-off the North American festivities at Penny Arcade Expo (Pax) Prime 2012 with the franchise’s first “Experience Final Fantasy” event on Friday, August 31 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- 8/16/2012
- by Clint Mize
- MTV Multiplayer
Tickets are now on sale for the Final Fantasy 25th anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Distant Worlds concert is being held on the 2nd November 2012. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be spending the night performing fan favourite music from across the Final Fantasy series, with the night being conducted by Arnie Roth, the Chicago based Grammy Award-winning conductor, composer, and record producer.
The tickets themselves will cost between £25 to £65. However if you want to make this night of classical music and battle themes really special, you could shell out £135 for a VIP ticket. Now that is certainly quite a bit of cash, but you won’t just get some excellent seats for the price. With a VIP ticket you will get,
Premium seating for the performance in the Stalls, Section K. Post-show standing reception in a Royal Albert Hall room. Beer, wine and soft drinks served with nibbles.
The Distant Worlds concert is being held on the 2nd November 2012. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be spending the night performing fan favourite music from across the Final Fantasy series, with the night being conducted by Arnie Roth, the Chicago based Grammy Award-winning conductor, composer, and record producer.
The tickets themselves will cost between £25 to £65. However if you want to make this night of classical music and battle themes really special, you could shell out £135 for a VIP ticket. Now that is certainly quite a bit of cash, but you won’t just get some excellent seats for the price. With a VIP ticket you will get,
Premium seating for the performance in the Stalls, Section K. Post-show standing reception in a Royal Albert Hall room. Beer, wine and soft drinks served with nibbles.
- 3/15/2012
- by Corey Milne
- Obsessed with Film
There are few franchises out there with as beautifully ironic a title as ‘Final Fantasy‘.
Fourteen games in its main series, numerous spin-offs and side sequels, films, novellas and even an anime TV series… if anything the name is one weighted in an overwhelming desire to live on. Not that anyone’s complaining, of course. Because the simple fact is that, whichever way you look at it, there’s just something about this Role-Playing Wunderkind that the gaming community just can’t bear being without. To the table it consistently brings a sense of wonderment and epic scale (who’d have thought you’d need up to four discs to play one console game?), inspiring generation after generation of starry-eyed escapists and Cosplay enthusiasts in equal measure.
But, as with many a tale worth telling (and a great deal of Final Fantasy stories), the magic derives from humble beginnings…
It...
Fourteen games in its main series, numerous spin-offs and side sequels, films, novellas and even an anime TV series… if anything the name is one weighted in an overwhelming desire to live on. Not that anyone’s complaining, of course. Because the simple fact is that, whichever way you look at it, there’s just something about this Role-Playing Wunderkind that the gaming community just can’t bear being without. To the table it consistently brings a sense of wonderment and epic scale (who’d have thought you’d need up to four discs to play one console game?), inspiring generation after generation of starry-eyed escapists and Cosplay enthusiasts in equal measure.
But, as with many a tale worth telling (and a great deal of Final Fantasy stories), the magic derives from humble beginnings…
It...
- 11/21/2011
- by Brad Fear
- Obsessed with Film
Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection is now available for the PSP at North American retailers. The 20th Anniversary Edition includes a graphically enhanced version of Final Fantasy IV, the complete episodic series The After Years, and a new Interlude, which connects the stories between the previous two entries in the franchise. Retail copies of Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection will also include two exclusive in-pack items: a set of five collectible trading cards featuring characters from Final Fantasy IV illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, and an exclusive download code that can be redeemed for a special "Knight of the Twin Moon" costume for use with Cecil Dark Knight and Cecil Paladin in Dissidia...
- 4/20/2011
- by Hector Cortez
- Monsters and Critics
Sandman completists thought they were done, but not so fast. DC Vertigo announced last week on their Graphic Content Blog that they are producing another exquisite oversized Absolute Sandman deluxe hardcover collecting three award-winning Sandman related stories adding to the Neil Gaiman library:
Sandman: Endless Nights – In 2003 Gaiman wrote seven stories with seven different artists, each assigned to a one of the brothers and sisters who make up the metaphysical concepts. Death by P. Craig Russel, Desire by Milo Manara, Dream by Miguelanxo Prado, Despair by Barron Storey and Dave McKean, Delirium by Bill Sienkiewicz, Destruction by Glenn Fabry, and Destiny by Frank Quitely.
Sandman: Dream Hunters - A novella written by Gaiman with illustrations by Final Fantasy artist, Yoshitaka Amano centering around the love affair between a Buddhist priest and the spirit of a kitsune (Japanese fox).
Sandman Midnight Theatre – A one-shot co-written by Gaiman and Matt Wagner...
Sandman: Endless Nights – In 2003 Gaiman wrote seven stories with seven different artists, each assigned to a one of the brothers and sisters who make up the metaphysical concepts. Death by P. Craig Russel, Desire by Milo Manara, Dream by Miguelanxo Prado, Despair by Barron Storey and Dave McKean, Delirium by Bill Sienkiewicz, Destruction by Glenn Fabry, and Destiny by Frank Quitely.
Sandman: Dream Hunters - A novella written by Gaiman with illustrations by Final Fantasy artist, Yoshitaka Amano centering around the love affair between a Buddhist priest and the spirit of a kitsune (Japanese fox).
Sandman Midnight Theatre – A one-shot co-written by Gaiman and Matt Wagner...
- 3/15/2011
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
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