Caspius and SiliconNooB celebrate the 25th anniversary of the North American launch of Final Fantasy VII with a look at both the original release and the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII spin-offs, including prequels, sequels, and so-called remakes.Continue reading

After thirteen and a half years, The Starlight Megaphone ends weekly newscasts in favour of monthly podcast specials--but, there is still time for Caspius, SiliconNooB, Ethos, Mel, Reetin, and Durga to deliver a final, savage beating to Square Enix.Continue reading

In the penultimate weekly newscast from The Starlight Megaphone, and bringing to end thirteen and a half years of regular news updates, Caspius and SiliconNooB inveigh against randomness in video games: gacha mechanics, loot boxes, boss drops, and more.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB examine Naoki Yoshida's insistent claim that young people do not play turn-based, menu-driven RPGs, with a look at the most popular JRPG on the planet--Pokemon--and the creative JRPG output of Square Enix's Team Asano.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB discuss the first of the Caspius Commandments, Focus, instructing developers to pare away extraneous and distracting material from their games. Say goodbye to sphere grid, blitzball, tetra master, and 3D mech battle arenas!Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB struggle to pad out a news-light week with talk of Cricket, Cans, and Kangaroos, and some discussion about padding is in order after Caspius' seventy-hour-long progress-free addition to his Xenoblade Chronicles 2 playthrough.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB discuss Sony's performance in Japan and the shrinking sales gap between XBox S/X and PS5, Naoki Yoshida's comments regarding the influence of Kingdom Hearts on Final Fantasy XVI, and No Man's Sky's missing Switch multiplayer.Continue reading

With nearly all of the Not-E3 news conferences completed, and the site-wide playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 halfway done, Caspius and SiliconNooB report on the latest from MicroBethActiBlizzKing, Capcpom, and the Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB review the first half of Not-E3, covering the Devolver Digital, Summer Games Fest, Limited Run, and Apple WWDC presentations, along with the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 playthrough, and an attempt to rank canonical Castlevania games.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB review the second Final Fantasy XVI trailer, the game's battle system, and its overall aesthetic, before reviewing the other news from the Sony State of Play presentation, and Nintendo's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer.Continue reading