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Wisdom of Nym: It’s OK that your Final Fantasy XIV character is going to look different in Dawntrail
So we've all had a chance at this point to play around with the benchmark for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, and that...
Wisdom of Nym: Does Final Fantasy XIV not have enough minigames?
Based on a wholly out-of-context reading, the headline for this edition of Wisdom of Nym might sound completely ridiculous. Final Fantasy XIV is not...
Wisdom of Nym: Benchmarks, better graphics, and bountiful schedules for Final Fantasy XIV
What kind of deal does Final Fantasy XIV have with the Yo-Kai Watch people? For some reason this event keeps not just re-running but...
Wisdom of Nym: Taking a look at the Final Fantasy XVI x Final Fantasy XIV crossover
Confession time: I've been not exactly low-key waiting for the Final Fantasy XVI crossover in Final Fantasy XIV since June of last year. You...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV isn’t easier, but it also is
So it was about half a month ago when Final Fantasy XIV fans translated an interview with producer and director Naoki Yoshida talking about...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail release dates, event dates, and philosophy
Well let me be the first to say that I can most definitely live with this particular set of revelations from PAX East, so...
Wisdom of Nym: What we’re likely to see at Final Fantasy XIV’s PAX East 2024 panel
I realize at this point my general dislike of heading up to Boston for the annual haunted plague box that is PAX East is...
Wisdom of Nym: So how are we going to sort out Final Fantasy XIV’s Vana’diel crossover?
There is an odd relationship between Final Fantasy XIV and crossovers.
There are, broadly, three categories of crossover that the game has engaged in. The...
Wisdom of Nym: What people don’t really get about the Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy XIV
Not so long ago, I saw a very foolish comment complaining about Final Fantasy XIV from someone who did not play or think about...
Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references for monsters in Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XIV has no shortage of references to prior series enemies, but as with so many things, lots of those references are not...
Wisdom of Nym: How long until Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion based on patch 6.57?
I wasn't really thinking about Final Fantasy XIV's patch 6.57 in any real detail because... of course I wasn't. There are some things I...
Wisdom of Nym: What the hey is up with Final Fantasy XIV’s Xbox pricing?
In another theoretical timeline, there's a place where Final Fantasy XIV really would have stepped in it when it subtly noted that the game's...
Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references in the world of Final Fantasy XIV
There's a fan theory circulating that Final Fantasy XIV is the nexus of the franchise multiverse. Essentially, the idea is that Hydaelyn and Zodiark...
Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references for jobs in Final Fantasy XIV
There is not a single game in the history of the franchise that has not been referenced in some capacity by Final Fantasy XIV....
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s petite patch 6.55
There's an odd thing that keeps going back and forth in my head when I look at last week's patch 6.55 for Final Fantasy...
Wisdom of Nym: Dreaming about Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.55 during the day-long downtime
Somehow, the final Endwalker content patch has arrived. All right, maybe you could argue that's just the tiniest bit premature; technically we've still got...
Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s 2024 Tokyo fan festival
There's a certain dramatic irony in the idea that as the Tokyo fan festival started winding up the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail hype, the...
Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival: Pictomancer, lady Hrothgar, and release ambiguity
If you had been paying attention and looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV's third and final fan festival ahead of Dawntrail, you probably had...
Wisdom of Nym: What Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival needs to accomplish
In just a few days, the last fan festival for Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Dawntrail expansion will kick off, and on paper it looks...
Wisdom of Nym: My Viper wishlist for Final Fantasy XIV
One of the things I like about Viper in Final Fantasy XIV is that it fills a gap that the game has heretofore been...
