That’s a F#$%load of Final Fantasy, But I’m Not Sure It’s Fantastic
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Much like the Metal Gear series, the Final Fantasy franchise is also celebrating its 25th anniversary. Unlike Konami, Square Enix didn’t announce a new installment in its primary cash cow or a Hollywood movie, but it will be releasing a ridiculously large gift set which includes all 13 major, non-sequel or spinoff Final Fantasy games (specifically, the PlayStation, PS2 and PS3 versions). The set also includes an artbook, a Yoshitaka Amano print of his not that thrilling 25th anniversary art piece, some kind of video disc, a two-CD music collection, and some sort of horrible bullshit in-game Moogle earring for Final Fantasy XIV. All this will run you about $450, which is not insignificant for a bunch of games you probably already own at least one copy of (maybe more). You can see pics of all the items at Anime News Network, if you’re so inclined.
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.