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Ethereal music is human nature for Erutan
FLAREgamer staff catches up with singer/songwriter Kate Covington whose emotionally charged music causes shivers. She's best known as Erutan on YouTube, where she rearranges songs from everyone's favourite 16-bit and 32-bit JRPGs into hauntingly beautiful renditions.
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The Messages Behind Dead Fantasy
With convention events, fan videos and a wiki dedicated to the subject, Dead Fantasy has become one of the hugest phenomenons in gaming fandom. If you don't know what Dead Fantasy is yet, you're 2007 and late.
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Tales of Graces f
After a three-year wait and a troubled production history, the new and improved Tales of Graces has finally made it to Western shores with a new PS3-exclusive arc that continues the story after the events of the main game ("f" stands for "future"). But does the future look rosy for Graces f, or does it end up in a rather graceless heap?
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Xenoblade Chronicles
Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles is one of a triplet of Wii titles originally not slated for release in North America. Upon its eventual arrival, it certainly caused sparks, charming even the staunchest of critics out of their 9s and 10s. But is this the tale of a sword that pierces the heavens, or just a wild stab in the dark?
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The Last Story
Mistwalker’s The Last Story, from the pen of the “Father of Final Fantasy†Hironobu Sakaguchi and the second title in the Operation Rainfall campaign, has garnered rave reviews in Japan and inspired considerable hype for its journey to the West. But is it a tale worth holding out for? Or a story better left untold?
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Pandora's Tower
Pandora’s Tower is the last remaining title in the triumvirate of Wii games that Nintendo has been steadfastly refusing to publish in North America. While Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story have secured a release date, the fate of Pandora's Tower continues to hang in the balance.
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Echoes of Final Fantasy with Eiko Ishiwata Nichols
Canadian composer Eiko Ishiwata Nichols has been making waves as this generations' Nobuo Uematsu. Since 2002, her compositions have evoked a nostalgia only possible through her experience as a sound-engineer and ability to play 20 different instruments.
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First impressions of TERA from a FF11 player
Last weekend, I finally got into The Exiled Realm of Arborea during the first closed beta test for North America. This high fantasy MMORPG touts action-based combat and - more importantly - sexy designs. If you're tired of playing a bland looking character with boring armor, you need TERA in your life.
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FLAREgamer Style: Holiday Party Outfits
Going to a holiday party? This season, digitalFLARE members have put together several unique character-inspired outfits that aren't anywhere near your average cosplay.
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FLAREgamer Christmas Traditions
There's no better season than the holiday season for getting the community together! Read on for what the digitalFLARE members have been up to over the past decade.
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