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Wisdom of Nym: What was my journey made for in Final Fantasy XIV?
Late in the story of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the Warrior of Light is talking with Venat. We'd heard about Venat before, and we...
Wisdom of Nym: What seems to be cut content from Final Fantasy XIV
The thing about Final Fantasy XIV datamining is that, at least to me, it's kind of boring. Unlike some other games that used to...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking back at a decade of Final Fantasy XIV
When Final Fantasy XIV was first announced, I was still fairly new in my tenure at Massively, but our editor-in-chief at the time was...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s content pipelines and what we’re getting for whom
I don't really pay attention to the gristle mill of reaction videos we get for Final Fantasy XIV because, well, why would I? It's...
Wisdom of Nym: The unspoken but expected features of Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
There are a number of features that we know are coming with Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. Sure, we can all have some fun speculating...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV will have to dig deeply for future jobs
Anyone who has read my columns for a long while knows that I put my predictions front and center and both admit when I'm...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail fan festival
So that was a thing! You know, I'd honestly been kind of chill moving into the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival, probably because I...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Las Vegas: What new jobs are hinted at by Yoshida’s shirt?
At this point, Final Fantasy XIV fans have spent a decade now reading a whole lot into the shirts worn by producer and director...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Las Vegas: All the big news from the patch 6.5 live letter
Let's not mince words: Final Fantasy XIV has every fan hyped up for the next expansion coming in about a year. But there's more...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Las Vegas: Keynote takeaways, Dawntrail, and Xbox X|S
The Final Fantasy XIV fan festival is upon us yet again, and as we all expected, we now know the name of the next...
Wisdom of Nym: Reviewing Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.45, from Blue Mage to Rokkon
Look, I know what the title says, but this review is not actually going to be any shorter than normal. If you were worried...
Wisdom of Nym: So how will Final Fantasy XIV cross with Final Fantasy XVI?
At this point, Final Fantasy XIV has directly crossed over with three separate titles in the Final Fantasy franchise: Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy...
Wisdom of Nym: The forgotten classes of Final Fantasy XIV
Machinist ruined classes forever in Final Fantasy XIV. But don't entirely blame that job; some of it was just a matter of figuring how...
Wisdom of Nym: Pandæmonium’s flop in Final Fantasy XIV
Raid series in Final Fantasy XIV have had a complicated history from a story standpoint. The Binding Coil of Bahamut was an interesting attempt,...
MMO Burnout: Final Fantasy XVI is a high-water mark for the franchise in every way that matters
Over the coming days, weeks, months, and likely years, we are going to watch a whole lot of fighting happen over Final Fantasy XVI....
Wisdom of Nym: The clues to watch for at Final Fantasy XIV’s Fan Festival
One of the things I find myself coming back to a lot is how information is only as useful as your ability to digest...
Wisdom of Nym: Turning a critical eye toward Final Fantasy XIV’s Bozja
There's honestly not much for me to say about Eureka in Final Fantasy XIV. I can respect what it was trying to do, and...
Wisdom of Nym: Has Final Fantasy XIV had less stuff to do each patch in Endwalker?
Just to make a point, I am going to start off this column by answering the question factually, and the answer is "no." Final...
Wisdom of Nym: Breaking down Final Fantasy XIV’s The Dark Throne storylines
So there are, in fact, a number of stories going on in Final Fantasy XIV's The Dark Throne patch, but there are only two...
Wisdom of Nym: Spoiler-free thoughts on Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.4’s content
Here we are with another Final Fantasy XIV patch to experience, and as is tradition, we're going to spend this week talking about the...