Baylen Marston
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Anyone whose has made themselves familiar with the JRPG style has most definitely heard of the company Square Enix, who is responsible for the franchise that has become my unhealthy addiction, Final Fantasy. Jokes aside, the fantasy is anything but final, with the franchise soon to release its sixteenth major installment. If you are new to the franchise, you can rest easy knowing you don’t have to worry about playing them in order, because even though the games play similar to each other (a...
During the final shot of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Lieutenant Aldo Raine and Private Utivich are staring smugly into the camera which has taken Hans Landa’s perspective, having just been forever marked a Nazi for good with a swaztika. As Landa deafens the audience with bloodcurdling screams, Raine, not looking at Utivich but instead at the work he’s has just created, proclaims “You know something Utivich? I think this just might be my masterpiece”.
Kingdom Hearts is indisputably one of the more cherished video game franchises of recent decades. The amalgamation of Square Enix’s RPG elements along with the eternal, magical world of Disney was a valiant and ultimately cunning move to fascinate consumers of a more widespread age range. It also happens to be a very polarizing one as well. While the familiar charisma of Final Fantasy and Disney references are aplenty, the Achilles Heel of Kingdom Hearts is its convoluted and problematic s...