Sam Howitt

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I wrote a lot about Final Fantasy and now I'm branching out to other videogames. They/Them Words at pixpen.co.uk

Golden Sun: The Lost Age Staff credits Game planning Hiroyuki Takahashi Shugo Takahashi Scenario Hiroyuki Takahashi
Golden sun logo To be continued
Cloud 50% Squall 55% Lightning 55% Aerith 60% Yuna 65% Sephiroth 40% Tifa 60% Vivi 60%
List of articles on Pixpen.co.uk, on the subjects of: Kingdom Hearts: published 19 Jan Chrono Cross: published 19 Feb Dragon Quest VII Reimagined: published 19 March Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy: published 19 April
Title screen for Golden Sun
Title card for booting up Star Ocean First Departure R.
Save screen for Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories. Clear data for Sora and Riku on Beginner Mode. Sora: 17 hours and 35 minutes Riku : 11 hours and 32 minutes
Give me a game and I'll give you my honest opinion on it
Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories title drop. Logo in front of a pointy green castle on a floating purple island in a void.
Hand holding a DVD box of Sonic The Hedgehog the movie (the anime from the 90s), features the tagline "scrape your knuckles. Catch some tails." In front of a silver CRT displaying the DVD menu for the movie. There is a playstation ornament on top of the TV, and a PS2 to the right.
Map of bluesky users represented as green dots showing user Samuel Howitt close to the groups "Video game history and culture", "Retro gaming hardware enthusiasts", and "Retro game developers and hobbyists".
Black and white cat stood on top of a notebook on top of a chair.
Chrono Cross completed save file. Time: 29:05:14. Party members: Serge (young man with blue hair and bandana) Kid (Teen girl with short blond hair) Riddel (Pale young woman with purple hair and a headband with a snake on it)
List of games visually represented by their box arts: Silent hill Kirby and the forgotten land Radiant Silvergun God Hand Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles The Talos Principle 2 Shadow of Memories Nioh Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Killer7 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Radical Dreamers
Box art for persona 4 on the PS2 in PAL Regions. Has a Square Enix logo on it.
A graph from 2020-2025 showing a huge increase for 2025.
CG render of a book on a table. Text overlayed on screen: "What was the start of all this? When did the cogs of fate begin to turn? Perhaps it is impossible to grasp they answer now, From deep within the flow of time..." (This is Chrono Cross)
PS5 top games Dragon Quest 1&2 HD-2D Remake - 66 hours Dragon Age The Veilguard - 62 hours Monster Hunter Wilds - 58 hours Clair Obscur Expedition 33 - 53 hours Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii - 36 hours
Screenshot of Simpsons arcade game. Lisa Simpson saying: embrace nothingness
Times from How Long To Beat. Octopath Traveler. Main Story 60 and a half hours. Main plus extra 80 and a half hours. Completionist 103 hours. Octopath Traveler 2. Main Story 60 hours. Main plus extra 83 hours. Completionist 95 and a half hours.
Completed game save for Dragon Quest 2 HD2D Remake. Play time of 43 hours and 53 minutes.
Save screen for Dragon Quest 1 HD2D. Game completed saved. Play time of 18 hours and 33 minutes.
Selfie of white person with short brown hair, moustache and sideburns, wearing a grey t-shirt and glasses.
Title screen for Dragon Quest 1&2 HD2D Remake. A background of faded paper showing a mountainous forest landscape in two halves, one at daytime and the other in the evening with the logo of the game in the centre. Option highlighted: Venture Forth.
Screenshot of PS5 menu with a PS2 theme. Icon for Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD remake highlighted. Tagline visible: The Legacy Begins.
Shot from Final fantasy tactics. Small character sprites dressed like knights in a simple 3D diorama of a castle. Delita speaks the line. The word written as "Ivalice" is misspoken.
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Final Fantasy X Shot of the main cast.
Title screen for Final fantasy tactics the Ivalice Chronicles.
Logo for Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles, depicting a group silhouette of various fantasy RPG party archetypes.
Video of Final Fantasy Tactics. Isometric perspective of a scene with a field in front of a church and soldiers fighting. One soldier casts a spell that summons a sword that kills another.
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 title screen. Black background with game title in centre. Red petals on left, white petals on right.
Shot of a TV showing Escaflowne. The backs of transparent tarot cards are visible floating in a star filled night sky.
Image of the bottom of spine of the game Clair Obscur Expedition 33. Features logo for Bandai Namco.
A copy of the videogame Clair Obscur Expedition 33 for the PS5 held in front of a shelf of games.
Close up video of a tuxedo cat meowing while standing on a small table.
Playstation platinum trophy screen. Trophy next to purple icon with letters "DA" Title of trophy "A Complete Deck"
Dragon Age: The Veilguard screenshot. Bearded person with short hair and armour on a zip line.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard screenshot. A bearded person with long hair in armour stood behind a white cat.
Tell me a video game name and I'm going to tell you my honest opinion about
Title screen for Radical Dreamers - Le Tresor Interdit, which has a black background with the title in large grey letters at the top. A flame-shaped jewel is in the centre with a spotlight on it.
Icon for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, displayed to the left of text that reads: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Played for 155 hours or more
Waluigi dressed as a vampire while riding a steampunk motorbike on a film reel
Xenoblade 3 save screen Chapter 7 - City, 123 hours and 45 minutes to look like 1 2 3 4 5.
S - X, VIII, IV, VII, XIII-2, XIII, XIV:HW, XIV:SHB A - V, I, X-2, XIII:LR, XIII B - VI, IX, XV, XIV:DT C - XI, III, II, XIV:EW, XIV:SB XIV:ARR D - IV:AF, XII:RW, XVI
Xenoblade 3 save screen. Chapter 6 - 91 hours and 27 minutes.
YouTube thumbnail for video by TomLazan called "I Beat Every Final Fantasy EVER And Ranked Them (Including Spinoffs)" Thumbnail has a picture of Tidus, Warrior of Light and Tifa. Text on thumbnail reads "67+ Games... in 4 Years."
Xenoblade 3 save screen Chapter 6 - 74:13
Save screen for Xenoblade 3. Auto save - Chapter 5 - 67:05 Quick Save - Chapter 4 - 35:48 Manual Save - Chapter 5 - 67:14
Image of old 1980s computer, RM Nimbus brand. Text on screen "Please ask an adult to join you"
Image from game Chrono Trigger. Pixel-based artwork. Three characters, spiky-haired redhead facing camera, Purple-long-haired steretypical inventor girl facing right. Anthropomorphic frog flexing his muscles. Text at top of screen reads "L".
God Hand game clear screen displayed on a CRT TV. 49550 gold. Clear time 11:22:40. Continues 69. Slain Villagers 2. Level 1 419. Level 2 265. Total average 1.3. Congratulations.
White person with short dark brown hair, beard and glasses holding a copy of shadow the hedgehog.
Bearded white person with short dark brown hair beard and glasses. Wearing white sonic the hedgehog t shirt with a burgundy jacket. Standing in front of a metal fence and trees.
Album cover for Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel. Featuring a human shape made out of black feathers.
A clock pendulum on a black background
A tortoise on a field behind a wooden fence
Screenshot of the remaster of Lunar: The Silver Star Story. All in pixel art. A ship at sea with people on it and some flying cat thing. A text box with an icon representing that flying cat thing where he says "I love it here! Everything smells like fish!"
White person with brown hair and beard with glasses wearing a blue blanket hoodie that says game over many times in yellow text, while holding a playstation 5 controller.
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