Author: palingenesis

I'm a gamer, since 1986. I enjoy sharing my passion for technology and gaming with others, even if it makes me sound like a geek. I also enjoy critiquing and analyzing them along with other forms of entertainment such as movies.

A 16-bit Final Fantasy XI single player fan adaptation

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It already sounds like a lot … a small team is taking up the endeavor of crafting a single player experience from a massively multiplayer online game. When asked about including the vast world of FFXI and translating the MMO experience to a single player roleplaying game, the creator seemed pretty confident.

I plan on taking on most of the areas up until about three years ago, so, everything minus the Abyssea content. As far as the experience…it wont be the same feeling as the game itself, but it will definitely bring back a lot of memories for those who have played FFXI for a long time. It will be significantly different, but in a weird way, the same.

The full interview from Retro Game Network can be read here.

Check out the progress via the Facebook page below.

https://www.facebook.com/FinalFantasy8bitFFXI

Podcast Watch: Factory Sealed

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Factory Sealed is an audio podcast from ManaTank.com which usually features talk specifically of retro games and retro gaming. It can be conversational at times but, that is not a bad thing since the hosts and participants are entertaining. Every episode they agree to play a retro game and discuss their impressions of it on the most current episode. However, it is hard to say when episodes arrive in your feed, recording and posting does not seem consistent as of yet.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/factory-sealed-retro-gaming/id560002368

Main page: http://manatank.com/category/podcasts/factory-sealed/