Favorite JRPG Battle Theme #7 – Parasite Eve – Arise Within You

1998.  Fresh off the success of Final Fantasy VII, Squaresoft partners with Electronic Arts to become Square Electronic Arts LLC, and that means MORE GLORIOUS NIPPON ROLE PLAYING GAMES!  One of the first titles to drop during this partnership was Parasite Eve.  It combined guns, free movement, and the Square ATB system!  Fun!  And the…

Fuck Tonberries.

Creepy-ass tonberries.  With their stabby knives, beady eyes, and….lamp.  Well.  I’ve got something for you.  Say hello to my little friends.  

On the glory of Squaresoft, NOT SQUARE ENIX.

The peeps at rhythmemotion.net covered one of Richie Branson‘s earlier songs, however, this song hits a lot closer to home.  Justin blogged about Chrono Trigger a few entries ago, and this song also samples a track from the same game.  However the subject matter is different. Richie’s song is an ode to Squaresoft, the once-king…

Has it really been 10 years?

As I’m unwinding from today’s activities, I wander on to youtube and decide to look at some Kingdom Hearts videos.  Then it hits me.  It’s been ten years since the first Kingdom Hearts game.  TEN years.  Holy shit, where did the time go? I can still remember reading about the game’s concept.  Final Fantasy +…