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  • Captain Klinger, my beloved from Metaphor: ReFantazio.

    Supporters only: There is no need for speeches, Captain Klinger. I will follow you anywhere.

    In which I keep playing a JRPG because of a single character I'm supposed to dislike

    Take any Tim Rogers clip, and they'll be at least one quote there that has helped me understand games in new and exciting ways, but one I think about often is from his Final Fantasy 7 Remake review that goes something along the lines of “we weren’t JRPG fans - we were fans of games with more". For console players in the 90’s, JRPGs were …

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