The Church of Takwanza

In most of my blogs that talk about RPG's, I talk about how a game needs really strong characters to help carry the player through the story. Strong characters can help a game's story because strong characters can help out the game through some its weaker story elements. However what makes a character a strong one, and what makes a character a weaker one? Well, instead of describing what makes a character strong v.s. what makes a character weak, I decided that I would talk about a character that I believe to be a prime example of a strong character, Golbez from Final Fantasy 4. However, I am warning you that if you plan on playing Final Fantasy 4 in the near future, or you do not want any spoilers regarding the game, I suggest that you stop reading now. Golbez's in-game boss sprite Now, when I think of Golbez I think of one of the best Villains ever created in an RPG game still to this day. Throughout the game, he is always one step ahead of the main party, and he is ...

Final Fantasy 3 was an interesting game if you ask me. It was interesting because the game that we got in america that was titled "Final Fantasy 3" was actually Final Fantasy 6, and in my opinion, the games are not even comparable. It was also the first game in the series that introduced the "improved" job class system that would be an integral part of every other Final Fantasy game to come, and it would also be the first game in the series to attempt a more compelling story even though it was fairly weak. Even though I don't think that the game's story really holds up today, I think that this game really helped shape the Final Fantasy series into what it is today, so let's take a look at Final Fantasy 3. Final Fantasy 3 mixed a lot of the gameplay elements from the first two games, and also adds some new stuff. First of all, they kept the turn based battle system from the first two games which was a good thing, but then they also decided to update the...

Most people remember seeing The Lion King by Disney as a little kid, and I will say, it was one of my favorite movies as a kid and it still holds up till this day. We all remember the feels that overcame us when Mufasa was killed by Scar and when Simba avenged his father's death. When I was a kid, I never really thought about the story of the Lion King too much, and I haven't thought about it a lot until recently. After thinking about the movie more, and taking some history classes, I started seeing the Lion King in a whole new way. Was Mufasa really the good guy? Was Scar really the bad guy? I won't know for sure, but I think that the story draws some parallels to some events in history. After thinking about how the Lion King drew parallels to some events in history, the conclusion I came up with was that Mufasa only catered to the interests of the elite (Lions, Monkeys, Birds, etc.), which is why the common people (the Hyenas) sided with Scar to overthrow Mufasa. Scar n...