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Classical MPR: "I met Ryan Thompson shortly after Top Score began in 2011. At the time, Ryan lived in the Twin Cities. He's a PhD candidate in musicology at the University of Minnesota, with a special interest in ludomusicology. If you're unaware what that last word means, you're not alone. Ludomusicology is a growing field in which musicologists study the impact of music in video games. When I first met Ryan, he'd been working on a paper about the opera scene in Final Fantasy VI. Final Fantasy VI came out in 1994, and I was not a gamer in 1994. I had no idea the opera existed until I met Ryan. I invited him to come to the studios here at MPR to talk about the unusual musical event (for a video game), and learned a great deal about how the opera mirrors the plot of the entire game."

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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Not this guy. But still! A little over a week ago, Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy conductor Arnie Roth let the world know that Final Fantasy XII is being brought into HD. And it might be one of my favorite PR head-scratchers of all time, because there are so many different hypothetical scenarios for how and why things could have happened the way they did. We'll never know for sure, because they'd never admit to any case and might be just lying through their teeth if they did. So let's take a look at what might have happened here.

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Spellbound Scribes: It was the Christmas of 1994 and Wee Little Me was preparing to open his presents, hoping beyond hope that one particular gift was there among all the glittery wrapped packages. It wasnt that tough to figure out that it was if you were a nerdy kid in the 90s you could probably tell the shape of a SNES cartridge, even wrapped up. I tore into that package, each piece of wrapping paper shed revealed more and more of that treasured box art until it was displayed in all of its purple-silhouetted, Moogle-emblazoned, Nintendo-licensed glory.

Added: 09.08.2015 12:20 | 9 views | 0 comments


In an exclusive interview with fansite NovaCrystallis.com, Final Fantasy XIV Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida revealed that he is already working on a second expansion for the game and that the first details are already set.

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EpicStream: "While we wait for the Final Fantasy VII Remake that Square Enix had promised, let's take a moment to appreciate these photos of fans recreating one of the most iconic scenes in the role-playing classic."

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Classical MPR: "I met Ryan Thompson shortly after Top Score began in 2011. At the time, Ryan lived in the Twin Cities. He's a PhD candidate in musicology at the University of Minnesota, with a special interest in ludomusicology. If you're unaware what that last word means, you're not alone. Ludomusicology is a growing field in which musicologists study the impact of music in video games. When I first met Ryan, he'd been working on a paper about the opera scene in Final Fantasy VI. Final Fantasy VI came out in 1994, and I was not a gamer in 1994. I had no idea the opera existed until I met Ryan. I invited him to come to the studios here at MPR to talk about the unusual musical event (for a video game), and learned a great deal about how the opera mirrors the plot of the entire game."

Added: 09.08.2015 10:18 | 0 views | 0 comments


EpicStream: "While we wait for the Final Fantasy VII Remake that Square Enix had promised, let's take a moment to appreciate these photos of fans recreating one of the most iconic scenes in the role-playing classic."

Added: 09.08.2015 10:18 | 0 views | 0 comments


Classical MPR: "I met Ryan Thompson shortly after Top Score began in 2011. At the time, Ryan lived in the Twin Cities. He's a PhD candidate in musicology at the University of Minnesota, with a special interest in ludomusicology. If you're unaware what that last word means, you're not alone. Ludomusicology is a growing field in which musicologists study the impact of music in video games. When I first met Ryan, he'd been working on a paper about the opera scene in Final Fantasy VI. Final Fantasy VI came out in 1994, and I was not a gamer in 1994. I had no idea the opera existed until I met Ryan. I invited him to come to the studios here at MPR to talk about the unusual musical event (for a video game), and learned a great deal about how the opera mirrors the plot of the entire game."

Added: 09.08.2015 9:18 | 3 views | 0 comments


In an exclusive interview with fansite NovaCrystallis.com, Final Fantasy XIV Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida revealed that he is already working on a second expansion for the game and that the first details are already set.

Added: 09.08.2015 9:18 | 3 views | 0 comments


In an exclusive interview with fansite NovaCrystallis.com, Final Fantasy XIV Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida revealed that he is already working on a second expansion for the game and that the first details are already set.