Alleyway Jack
Designer discussing various topics from game UX to narrative design in a range of IPs. Lots of RPG / Final Fantasy reviews and other fun stuff.
Final Fantasy X's Brutal Sidequests
Is Vaan actually an awful character?
The Success of Clair Obscur Expedition 33
Kazuko Shibuya and the Pixel Art of Final Fantasy
Did Laguna Loire save Final Fantasy 8?
Can Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 prove the viability of turn-based RPGs?
What do you want from Final Fantasy 17?
How FF8 revolutionized Final Fantasy
The Vindication of Final Fantasy XII
Making Sense of FF7's Sephiroth Clone Arc
The enduring mystery of Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy Characters RANKED Part 2 with Birds of Play
Why does everybody love Vivi?
Is FFX all about Auron?
The Shinra Economy of Final Fantasy VII
Mayor Dobe and the futility of pacifism in FF8
Is the Sphere Grid the perfect levelling system?
The Dark Side of SeeD
Final Fantasy Characters RANKED - with Birds of Play
Revisiting the World of FF8
The Unstoppable Rise of Sony Playstation
Why does Linearity in Final Fantasy X work so well?
Seifer's Romantic Dream Explained | FF8 Lore
Female Archetypes in Final Fantasy
Blitzball was weird
Exploring FF8's Cut Content
Was Necron really a terrible Final Boss?
How Kazushige Nojima shaped the worlds of Final Fantasy
Why finding FF8's White SeeD Ship was awful
Remembering FF9's Active Time Events system