Streamer, YouTuber, Cosplayer, and all around badass Final Fantasy fan, Yunalescka, joins me to discuss her love of the franchise's stories, characters, and music. We share in nostalgic family memories and get hyped for the future of FF.

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We wrap up our conversation on FFVIII with our thoughts on its core themes and values and try our best to explain why this quirky game lives so deeply inside the hearts of so many people.

We discuss the heavy hitters of the FFVIII OST including both Find and Force Your Way, The Man With the Machine Gun, Balamb Garden, and Eyes on Me.

Drew ranks his Top 40 songs on the Final Fantasy 8 soundtrack, beginning with the bold claim that this is the best OST in the history of the franchise.

We get pretty emotional talking about one of the single most beautiful, epic, and strange, conclusions to a Final Fantasy story... or any story... ever.

We reach the late-game exposition dump of FFVIII where Laguna and Dr. Odine explain the history of Rain and Ellone and the future of Sorceress Ultimecia.

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We FINALLY get back to talking about FFVIII (under new branding!) and get to some of the best and most emotional moments including a beautiful embrace between Squall and Rinoa.

In one of the coolest and most heart-wrenching segments in all of Final Fantasy, the heroes of FFVIII go to space!

With one more Laguna flashback and after discussing the infrastructure of Esthar (no, seriously) we begin a series of "I've never seen anything like that before" moments in FFVIII. 

FFVIII continues as Squall gains a deeper understanding of his own emotions, we contemplate our own introverted tendencies, and we finally make it to the incredible city of Esthar.