During the last weekend in April, I drove seven hundred fifty miles from Post Falls, Idaho to attend my first Final Fantasy Distant Worlds concert, which was held in the exquisite Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. The concert featured the spectacular talents of the Oregon Symphony with special attendance of the Pacific Youth Choir in supporting vocals, led by Mia Hall Miller as artistic director. Mia was introduced and greeted with applause from the crowd, but it was nothing to the thunder of hoots, hollers and cheers from fans when Arnie Roth finally entered stage.


Arnie delivered an introduction about Distant Worlds to the audience and included some brief history on the progression of the performance since its beginning in 2007. He kept his speech short; perhaps he could sense the anticipation of the crowd waiting for the event to begin. The orchestra opened with the aptly chosen Prelude to set the tone for the evening, which was immediately followed by the intensely powerful swell of Liberi Fatali (Final Fantasy VIII). Once Liberi Fatali concluded, Arnie initiated the Victory Fanfare jingle, which was received ...

Square Enix is offering a commemorative memorabilia set of dinnerware in honor of its open-world roleplaying series SaGa for the series' 25th anniversary. Selection ranges from a number of matching plates, teacups, and saucers, and can be found via Square Enix's Japanese store. ...

SECTOR 7, MIDGAR - Days after the initial Sunday evening incident, a shared suburban home still suffers from ruination of the delicate septic and plumbing system after being subjugated to bowel movements of Aerith Gainsborough.




Officials on the scene late Sunday evening were quoted as saying that they were met with a septic nightmare upon arrival. "It's unlike anythin' we've ever seen before, a complete toxic calamity," said Cid Highwind, Disaster Cleanup Director. "We've spent ages waitin' for the waste crew to show up just so we can begin. Even the moon'd tire of waitin' around for these asses to get their crap together."

A crew of three men in hazmat suits later arrived to the scene and stood looking down into the septic tank within the roped off section of the lot for some time. One of the men, later identified ...

Aerith's house within Sector 5 is a bright beacon of positive energy with her quaint style and overflowing garden of flowers and greenery, a utopia near the depressive slums of Sector 7. Don't get your hopes hopped up on bang for your buck, though; despite its pricing, this dainty little thing rounds out at only approximately 1,176 square feet. That comes out to $1,604 per square foot! What kind of crazy money issues do they have in Midgar, anyway? ...

Hello, friends! Please welcome my colorful harem of chocobos who will help me out with this week's Community Update!

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Hello, friends! Please welcome my colorful harem of chocobos who will help me out with this week's Community Update! ...

TUESDAY, APRIL 7th - It's no secret to fans that renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano is perhaps most well-known for his work in the Final Fantasy series. Now, Ubisoft has teamed up with Amano's skills to create a new and unique poster for the Deluxe Edition release of Child of Light. ...

What a flurry the forums have been in this week! It isn't just me, is it? Let's take a look at the madness we engaged in these past few days. Say hello ...

BESAID, SPIRA -- Besaid's star blitzball player has come forward to state that his presence on the team is not unconditional. In a surprising act of defiance in his shame and embarrassment over a name dispute, leading blitzball player of the Besaid Aurochs, Tidus, threatens to quit Besaid's team if masses "do not stop pronouncing his name incorrectly". Tidus is thought to be particularly unhappy at the use of the word "whiner" in relation to his reaction of the media's mispronunciation of his name and refusal to adhere to his wishes. ...

BULLHEAD CITY, NV--U.S. paleontologists have reportedly unearthed what appears to be none other than fossilized chocobo eggs from an excavation site located deep within in the harsh Nevada desert.

Dr. Odine Leonidas Perrywinkel, lead paleontologist at the excavation site, was quoted as saying, "We anticipate that these eggs will yield a wealth of knowledge of ancient chocobo inhabitants in the area and we hope to uncover much more information about this little-known species. Our discovery expands the known range of prehistoric beasts and may provide a new understanding of life before our time." It could be that Dr. Perrywinkel had more information to offer, but such a thing was difficult to determine between the zany mumblings and noises he emitted, which were clouded in a thick German accent. He then advised that he could not comment further ...