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Final Fantasy XIII: Worst Final Fantasy Game Ever?

FFXIII, the latest installment in the ever-popular series from Square-Enix, was released in Japan on the 17th to widespread disappointment and criticism from Japanese gamers. Complaints range from incredibly linear and u…
Wanna Be a Beta-Tester for Final Fantasy XIV?

Have a decent rig for current PC games? Like MMORPGs? Square Enix wants you to sign up to beta-test their newest MMO, Final Fantasy XIV! (The game will also come out for PS3, but they don't need PS3 players to sign up ri…
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers; A Game the Wiimote Can Be Proud Of.

For all us Final Fantasy fans, we know that the Crystal Chronicles series brought FF back to Nintendo, if with a face different from the RPG everyone knows. That being said, I'm excited for the new game in the series.…
Final Fantasy XIII's Cid Revealed

What's a Final Fantasy game without a Cid? Final Fantasy XIII will have its own Cid, and his design and a little background information on him was published in Shonen Jump in Japan. XIII's incarnation, Cid Raines,…
5 Life Lessons from Final Fantasy

Ah, Final Fantasy. We love to play you for hours, spend time with you, and you teach us valuable lessons in life. Ah, moral dilemma. Reader huggies_ultra wrote us some life lessons they have learned over the years: I…
Why I Hate Leveling

For a related post, see here. Ah, Final Fantasy, the RPG series with amazing fantasy stories, and to my dismay, leveling. Leveling is the cock-block of video games, especially ones that are turn-based. Just when you w…
Games to Buy Next Year

The year is, for all intents and purposes, over, at least for me. Tekken 6 and Dragon Age: Origins have rounded out the list of releases this year I give any care about. I don't really watch TV (don't even own one). I d…
5 Practices That Gamers Should Avoid

There are some things that all gamers should avoid doing while gaming. #1. Making a tribute anime/video game character One time, I used to play Final Fantasy XI, and the amount of people who had the name (or slight vari…
Has Square Enix Been Preparing Us for a Female Lead?

Editor's Note: The views represented in this piece do not express the opinions of the HL staff. I'm not a huge Final Fantasy fan. I have yet to actually finish one (either because friends spoiled me or I just got sick o…
Better Know a Baddie: Tonberry

Last time we covered the Wizzrobes from the Legend of Zelda series. Today we cover another robed baddie, this one from the Final Fantasy series. Presenting to you, the Tonberry! Name: Tonberry First Appeared In: Final…