I recently learned about New Game+ in Final Fantasy XIV, some time earlier in Blaugust, in the Blaugust Discord. I didn’t think it would work very well, but it actually does.

Out of curiosity, I went looking to find some contemporary accounts of why Shadowbringers was The Greatest Final Fantasy Story Ever. Because it wasn’t clear to me.

Similar to what I did with Stormblood, I wanted to write a brief high-level overview of the events of the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers expansion story, so I’ll remember it later.

Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.1 Content, Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty.

Amazon’s New World is about to launch. For real this time. Maybe. Probably.

New World launched and I was there recording for the historical archives.

The worm turns quickly for New World.

Bullet points because I don’t feel like writing an essay.

On the seventh morning of New World I think I can confidently report that this game isn’t for me.

Searching for the next game to play, and also apparently listing every game I’ve looked at recently.

Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.2 Content, Echoes of a Fallen Star.

A Plague Tale: Innocence is good, with some caveats.

I decided to try out Valheim again.

Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.3 Content, Reflections in Crystal, which I finished well over a month ago at the time of this publication.

I stumbled upon a new (to me) tactical RPG based on the D&D rules.

Disco Elysium is one of those award-winning games I bought mainly because it was on sale and I heard it was award-winning.

Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.4 Content, Futures Rewritten, which I finished well over two months ago at the time of this publication.

Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.5 and 5.55 Content, Death Unto Dawn, which I finished more than two months ago at the time of this publication.