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All right, I'm just going to spoil this column up front. Out of this patch's stories... well, one is kind of a wisp of...

This is a bit of an unusual case. I can't think of any patch in recent memory that's been so split between the quality...

Part of me has never been altogether clear on why I am so enthusiastic about seeing the fresh set of patch notes for Final...

The one down side to Square's most recent live letter was the simple reality that it didn't get to deliver on the tradition of...

One of my half-serious predictions during the initial batch of predictions for Final Fantasy XIV's big reveal showcase was that we'd learn about a...

Look, sometimes you just want to do some lore stuff for Final Fantasy XIV, and this is one of those times. Especially since... well,...

At the time you read this, it'll be just about two months until we know more about what's coming with Final Fantasy XIV's fourth...

It's not exactly a secret, but just in case you didn't know this, Final Fantasy XIV has dungeons that are absolutely necessary to progress...

If you look at it from an obvious thematic standpoint, the whole Island Sanctuary idea makes no sense for this particular expansion for Final...

Bad news, folks: We're going to be waiting a while longer to find out the new melee job for Final Fantasy XIV, and waiting...

Amidst all the news last week, the live letter for Final Fantasy XIV kind of got shoved off into the corner, didn't it? Partly...

So, hey, the moon! That's a place we haven't been yet, isn't it? We've blown up a moon in Final Fantasy XIV (or had...

My original plan for this particular column was to just write the title "The Final Fantasy XIV announcement showcase is on Friday" over and...

There's a lot of stuff on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. (It feels faintly wrong to call the place Hydaelyn now, for reasons that should...

Before anyone feels the need to point it out, yes, I am aware that this is technically round four of restoration in Final Fantasy...

If you are not actually playing Final Fantasy XIV, you probably have an impression of the community for this game being an amazing font...

I don't know what 2021 is going to bring in general. This has always been the case, of course, but if anything 2020 should...

Here's something interesting to consider in the abstract: Bereft of any further outside context and looked at purely from a content standpoint, Final Fantasy...

It'd be wrong to say that this patch is our first patch back on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. We've been splitting our...

Here's something that I think no one, even me, really acknowledged heading into this particular patch: Final Fantasy XIV set itself up with a really difficult...