Rory Griffin – Medium

May 2, 2021

Frickin’ Finally VII

It’s 1997. I’m about five years old. I watched The Rocketeer, and probably also Star Wars again. That’s about all I can remember about the year Final Fantasy VII came out, because I was five. Meanwhile, the rest of the world was, I gather (I was five), rather impressed. …

Final Fantasy

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Final Fantasy

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Mar 11, 2021

To That-Player-I-Didn’t-Know-Was Coincidentally-Also-Playing-A-9-Year-Old-Game-That-Day

(Subheading: On An Even Older System) Betsy is a faithful old companion of mine, and has been now for years. Christened so by someone who cherished her very much, she chugs away, green and yellow lights flashing in a version of that car light gag I’ve somehow never seen reproduced…

Playstation 3

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To That-Player-I-Didn’t-Know-Was Coincidentally-Also-Playing-A-9-Year-Old-Game-That-Day

Playstation 3

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ZEAL

·Jan 17, 2018

Because Everybody Loves Puppets — Persona 4: Teaching All Night

[This essay was funded through Patreon under the ZEAL project. ZEAL aims to provide high quality criticism of rarely discussed games and comics, and showcase the talents of exciting new writers and artists. …

Persona

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Persona

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ZEAL

·Mar 7, 2017

MegaMan.EXEstential

Finding the ‘Human’ Element — [This essay was funded through Patreon under the ZEAL project. ZEAL aims to provide high quality criticism of rarely discussed games and comics, and showcase the talents of exciting new writers and artists. …

Video Games

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Video Games

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Apr 4, 2016

JUSTICE IS BLIND (AND SOCIALLY AWKWARD)

JUSTICE IS BLIND (AND SOCIALLY AWKWARD) Given that this piece involves Asperger’s Syndrome, a condition so prone to amateur diagnosis you would think half the world were heading towards eternal rule by autistic overlords (an autistocracy), I feel like it’s important to open with a disclaimer — this is a…

Netflix

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Netflix

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