wisdom of nym

I'm going to start off with a statement that should be fairly uncontroversial but could be otherwise and refer back to it: At this...

I mentioned a few days ago that I follow the same somewhat ridiculous process every time there's a new Final Fantasy XIV patch. Every...

Now we enter the descending period of Stormblood. This isn't exactly a bad thing or a problem or anything; it's just the way things...

I would say that I don't mention my affection for Final Fantasy XI often enough, but the fact is that I mention it a...

I appreciate the fact that we did not get a comprehensive picture of the next patch's story with this particular live letter. Yes, the...

Game anniversaries are a little weird. The anniversary we're celebrating now for Final Fantasy XIV is from its relaunch, not its original launch. For...

One of the elements of Final Fantasy XIV that has remained remarkably uniform throughout the game's history is how Allagan Tomestones work. Aside from...

Patch 4.36 sure seems as if it's has been dragged out. Realistically, that's not what has happened at all; the time between patches has remained...

Tucked away in the latest live letter was a bit of information that seems like it's more relevant than its rather humble placement would...

When we talk about issues with Final Fantasy XIV's housing system, the first issue that's going to be brought up - invariably - is...

It hardly needs to be said at this point that the new way of doing things with Final Fantasy XIV's live letters has proven...

The fun thing about ranking the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV is that before I started in on this, I actually had no...

Heaven-on-High is not quite the same as the Palace of the Dead. That is not surprising; they're different places with different lore and slightly...

We're continuing our tour through the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV, and as I move through these rankings I can't help but notice...

I have mentioned before that I'm a big fan of the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV. Final Fantasy XI, too; there's a charmingly...

It feels really weird to think about just how few dungeons we've gotten in Final Fantasy XIV for this expansion. Not that it's the...

I had said before patch 4.3 came out that we were going to learn a fair bit about the future direction of Final Fantasy...

Let's face it, I'm literally never going to be able to cover everything in a Final Fantasy XIV with one column. They're just too...

You know, it's kind of rough to get through all of the content of a new patch in one day, especially when you can't...

As it always has been, so it is again; we've got our next patch for Final Fantasy XIV just around the corner, and thus...