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Cid the Oglop, Freya the Dragon Knight, and Grandma Pickle the peddler join our adventurers in Lindblum for the Great Hunt.

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https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-ix/

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Back from Marrakesh, Alex joins me to discuss Dali, both the 20th artist and the first village in our FF9 adventure. Characters transform and villains mirror one another. Airships go kaboom. Vivi suffers a crisis and enters Trance, whilst Zidane keeps trying to steal that rare loot.

https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-ix/

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Dostoevsky's masterpiece, introduction and part 1.

Getting to know the characters and asking questions about sin.

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Professor Schmid and I direct ourselves in the middle of life's way out of the dark wood (RIP Blank?) of an Evil Forest and through the Ice Cavern. Rising above the Mist, we consider the name changes and character arcs thus far.

For more resources, see the course page: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-ix/

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Professor Kozlowski and I will be meeting Thursdays in the discord and we'd love for a few more students to join in the discussion of Persona 4: Golden and its place in the culture.

For more resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/persona-4-golden/

This time we look at the opening act, main characters, and power dynamics in the game's arcana and worldbuilding.

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Shakespeare and Scheherazade, FFVI opera and FFVII rooftops remixed and Mage-mashed on the airship stage.

For more, see the course page: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-ix/

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If you listen to this episode on a rainy night while looking into an old TV, you might catch a glimpse of your soul mate. And/or be pulled into another world, help solve a murder, unlock arcane abilities, etc.

Professor Kozlowski and I will be meeting Thursdays in the discord and we'd love for a few more students to join in the discussion of Persona 4: Golden and its place in the culture. Find out more at https://videogameacademia.org/

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From the Princess in Alexandria's fairy-tale castle to monkey-tailed Zidane and his crew aboard the airship, and then down among the rabble and rat kids with an unnamed Black Mage, we start a new game in our Side Quests series, Final Fantasy IX.

We hope to discuss the game as well as respond to some of the commentary out there, such as Resonant Art, FF Union, and "Necron as Elenchus" by Aaron Suduiko of With a Terrible Fate.

For more, see the course page: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-ix/

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And Nabokov, again. Alex and I join a conversation that has been going on for some time--

Reviewed by Edmund Wilson: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1965/07/15/the-strange-case-of-pushkin-and-nabokov/

Nabokov replies: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1965/08/26/letters-the-strange-case-of-nabokov-and-wilson/

The text of Nabokov's translation of this timeless, elegant, bizarre "Novel in Verse" can be found online, but it takes some searching.

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Exploring Ultimecia's Castle and all but one of its boss battles, we spend some time thinking about the implications of the end cutscenes and final thoughts the game wants to leave us with.

This brings us to the end of our FFVIII discussions for now, but join the weekly discord to connect, Ellone-like, anytime.

For more FFVIII study resources, see https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/

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