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In the Tomb of the Unknown King, turning right and contemplating brotherhood and perspective.

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

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Remember that mini game where you can dig up the mop? In this conversation we take a step back and revisit Final Fantasy VII, since Steve has been speedrunning it lately.

For more FFVII study resources, see http://videogameacademia.org/courses/past-semesters/final-fantasy-vii/

To be continued, with a closer look at Ben's essay: http://videogameacademia.org/2024/09/03/a-crystal-darkly-the-growing-pains-of-final-fantasy-viii-and-ix/

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But the moogles, chocobos, and loveable misfit rebel groups are still here. Returners, AVALANCHE, step aside: the Owls are still around.

From the Training Center to the trains of Timber, swerving Homerically/Quixotically into a dream sequence with Laguna and Julia, and plotting with the Owls.

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

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Did you pass the SeeD Exam? I heard you only have to kill a hundred people to get a perfect score!

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

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That's pronounced gee ef. The Little Prince > FFVIII (but then again, The Little Prince > almost everything else, n'estc-ce pas?

With Alexander Schmid, replaying and reflecting on Final Fantasy VIII.

A few more preliminaries this time: guides, versions, whys and wherefores... Storywise, we're through Fire Cavern and SeeD exam, respectively.

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

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That's pronounced ef ef vee ay ay ay.

With Alexander Schmid, replaying and reflecting on Final Fantasy VIII. Apologies for dog- and cat-related interruptions.

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

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Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman!

⁠⁠⁠⁠Slides⁠⁠⁠⁠ to accompany the ⁠⁠video⁠⁠ (⁠⁠part 1⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠part 2⁠⁠).

Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Plaza⁠⁠⁠⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to incorporate this material into a book about Pullman, which I'm ⁠⁠⁠⁠envisioning⁠⁠⁠⁠ as more of an intellectual biography than the commentaries and analyses I've released so far. Collaborators welcome!

Thanks to the team at Signum for lending me the platform for these experiments in reading video games and playing books on Twitch, and thank you for listening.

Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman!

⁠⁠⁠Slides⁠⁠⁠ to accompany the ⁠⁠video⁠⁠ (⁠part 1⁠ and ⁠part 2⁠).

Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠⁠⁠Plaza⁠⁠⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to incorporate this material into a book about Pullman, which I'm ⁠⁠⁠envisioning⁠⁠⁠ as more of an intellectual biography than the commentaries and analyses I've released so far. Collaborators welcome!

Thanks to the team at Signum for lending me the platform for these experiments in reading video games and playing books on Twitch, and thank you for listening.