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Same-sex marriage a possibility for A Realm Reborn

by Flintlock November 23, 2012 0 comments

In this week’s roundup: Square Enix say they will consider adding same-sex marriage to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn; a hugely impressive recreation of Midgar in Minecraft; Final Fantasy XIII characters texting each other; plus lots from our forum.

Square Enix Will Consider Adding Same-Sex Marriages To Final Fantasy XIV (via Siliconera)

Square Enix will be implementing a marriage system in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, that will be added to the game via an update in the future. Responding to fan queries, the game’s producer-cum-director, Naoki Yoshida, also says that he is open to the idea of same-sex marriage, but that Square will carry on discussions with players before making a decision about the implementation of such a feature.

“Same-sex marriage is an extremely controversial topic that has been under discussion in the MMO world for the past few years,” Yoshida recently said in a live video Q&A. “First we would like to start out with opposite-sex marriage, and then consider the feedback from our players in order to make a careful decision.”

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Here’s A Stunning Minecraft Re-Creation Of Final Fantasy VII’s Midgar (via Kotaku)

Earlier this year we showed off someone’s great Minecraft re-creation of Final Fantasy VII’s iconic city Midgar.

This one might be better. Kotaku reader Jason sends in these pics from the Minecraft FFVII map he’s been working on (which you can find over at Aegis Gaming). Behold, enjoy, and shake your head at just how much time must have gone into this.

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Texts From Last Night meets Final Fantasy XIII

The popular website Texts from Last Night, which documents “the tendency to press send more easily as the night turns to morning” with user submissions, has been mashed up with Final Fantasy XIII screenshots to create the highly entertaining Texts from FFXIII blog on Tumblr.

The blog suggests an alternative title for itself of “why FFXIII characters should not be allowed near phones, ever”. Judging by the evidence, we’re inclined to agree. We also noticed that it’s not just XIII characters who feature…

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