Final Fantasy XIV is starting beta soon. The MMORPG is slated so far to be released this year. The producer Hiromichi Tanaka told Eurogamer that it wouldn’t borrow anything from WoW and that Final Fantasy never has. Um, I’m sorry but ALL fantasy stuff borrows some things here and there. They borrow from each other, a LOT, mostly since Final Fantasy 1 was inspired by Dungeons and Dragons, which in turn was inspired by Tolkien. And the Warcraft/Tolkien connection is so obvious it slaps you in the face repeatedly.
Tanaka said they want to target a different audience than WoW; I’m not quite sure if there is one. MMORPG gamer geeks are pretty much the only audience for these games, and they’ll mostly play the one that gives them the most powerful feelings of addiction/escapism. Don’t worry Star Wars: Old Republic nerds, this is just a sweeping generalization.
You can read more here: http://scrawlfx.com/2010/06/final-fantasy-xiv-beta-starting-soon
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Posted on 2009 under Art, Miscellaneous, Pictures, Warcraft |
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Jul
Caught this online, and being an avid H.G. Wells fan, decided to post it. My comments are in bold italics.
Just an FYI for those who were as in the dark as me – I was surfing around the internet and was looking at this post of artist M.S. Corley’s depiction of horror characters in literature. I saw a “Morlock” and by picture and by name it reminded me of a murloc. I have to admit not knowing where this creature was from and had to rely on my good friend wikipedia to tell me what they were.
God bless Wikipedia.
Here’s the first paragraph:
Morlocks are a fictional species created by H. G. Wells for his 1895 novel, The Time Machine. They dwell underground in the English countryside of A.D. 802,701 in a troglodyte civilization, maintaining ancient machines that they may or may not remember how to build. Their only access to the surface world is through a series of well structures that dot the countryside of future England.
That’s what I get for watching Malcolm McDowell and not reading the book.
I thought that movie kinda sucked…
For a flurry of furry Morlocks check out this Google image search. And apologies to all who are slapping their heads right now saying ‘no duh, welcome to the party.’
Hahaha welcome to the party.
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