http://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-7/articles/ Love’s a funny old thing, ain’t it? It inspires great works of art. It knows no boundaries, conquering race, creed and geography. And it totally forces you to fork out for cheap-ass chocolates on anniversaries. While love affairs can end a bit messily in real life, we’ve yet...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-disastrous-game-romances/Feb. 21, 2011, 10:01 a.m. Aerith may have eaten sword over a decade ago, but the legend of Final Fantasy VII's most famous flower girl has lived on in countless fan tributes. Few, however, are as professionally produced or just plain fun to crack out at a party as US recording artist Random's newest hip-hop homage... http://www.gamesradar.com/hip-hop-artist-honors-aerith-in-final-fantasy-vii-rap/Dec. 22, 2010, 7:19 p.m. Traditional wisdom suggests that fictional superstars never change. Bugs Bunny, Homer Simpson and Superman, for example, have endured for decades with more or less the same appearance. They never age, never look incredibly dated (save for a few misguided revamps that die off) and...http://www.gamesradar.com/classic-game-characters-then-and-now/July 22, 2010, 6:24 p.m. Today, we celebrate Cait Sith, one of the strangest Final Fantasy characters of all time… http://www.gamesradar.com/game-music-of-the-day-final-fantasy-vii/July 20, 2010, 12:23 a.m. Every character in the history of games is a simpering moron. That's the only explanation we can think of that solves the mystery of how the virtual stars inside managed to fool everyone with the most half-assed, obvious costumes since Zorro chose the smallest Spanish mask in existence and...http://www.gamesradar.com/gamings-most-piss-poor-disguises/July 15, 2010, 4:01 p.m. No matter how good something is, there’s always a part of us that wants to make it better. If Final Fantasy VII was amazing when it released in 1997, imagine how fun it would be to play a modern remake on a next-gen system today. The mere thought of a proper Final Fantasy VII sends us...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-truth-about-the-final-fantasy-vii-remake/April 14, 2010, 9:52 p.m.In Final Fantasy’s decades-long history, the franchise has always been at the cutting edge of graphics, music and storytelling in games. Integral to each game’s success is the summon system, by which players call upon a powerful supernatural ally to aid them in battle. Though characters...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-evolution-of-final-fantasy-summons/March 6, 2010, 12:57 a.m.During the past three days we’ve declared the greatest Final Fantasy game of all, hand-picked the franchise’s best LINK TO HERO heroes and jeered at its mightiest LINK TO VILLAINS villains. Today, we’re digging a bit deeper into the series and acknowledging the nearly unsung...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-five-greatest-final-fantasy-soundtracks/March 4, 2010, 10:07 p.m.Yesterday we played goody two shoes and honored the most effective and selfless Final Fantasy heroes in the series’s history. Today, we’re treading the Sith-tinged “fast and easy” path and cuddling up to the franchise’s worst (as in best) villains. Like it or not,...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-five-most-murderous-final-fantasy-villains/March 3, 2010, 9:58 p.m.As series with 13 entries and an ungodly amount of spin-off titles, Final Fantasy stirs up a great amount of excitement when a new game arrives. XIII hits the US next week, making it not just the first entry on the PS3/360, but also the first numbered sequel since 2006’s Final Fantasy XII.http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-best-final-fantasy-games/March 1, 2010, 10:04 a.m.There are several sure-fire ways to check for heroic DNA in a video game character. An addiction to wearing tank tops (the more torn the better). Crew cuts so kempt you could grate cheese on their craniums. But the one thing sewn into the heart of every true hero’s genetic makeup is an...http://www.gamesradar.com/useless-game-heroes-who-couldnt-save-the-girl/Nov. 3, 2009, 3:08 p.m.We recently took issue with the claim that “gaming has not yet had its Citizen Kane”. As you can see, we managed to find 25 games that qualified for that title – and you had plenty more suggestions besides. We’d have had no trouble whipping up a counter-list of dismal flops.http://www.gamesradar.com/gamings-would-be-innovators/Sept. 16, 2009, 2:28 p.m.When talking about the idea of videogames as art, it’s become increasingly popular to lament that the medium doesn’t yet have its “Citizen Kane.” Seemingly everyone, from industry luminary Ian Bogost to film director Guillermo del Toro, has sounded off about how games either...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-citizen-kanes-of-videogames/July 23, 2009, 5:07 p.m.You never knew they were so wrong... http://www.gamesradar.com/the-secretly-sinister-storylines-of-your-favourite-games/June 12, 2009, 5:52 a.m.There are lots of excellent reasons to want to blow up an RPG town. If you’re a villain, for example, you might level a place because it’s friendly to some resistance movement, or it’s in your way, or the heroes are stopping in briefly on their way to kill you. If you’re a...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-rpg-towns-that-explode/May 18, 2009, 6:32 p.m.Right, Darth Vader is Luke’s father, Bruce Willis is dead in the Sixth Sense, Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are the same person in Fight Club. There, we’ve just ruined three movies for you. We’re fairly sure you won’t care about us ruining these plot twists by the end of this...http://www.gamesradar.com/warning-this-article-definitely-contains-spoilers/Feb. 6, 2009, 11:16 a.m.What is the best Super Nintendo game ever made? Which Xbox 360 title is already the definitive classic? What Atari, Dreamcast and PlayStation experiences are most worth remembering? Growing tired of the internet’s countless, wishy-washy attempts to answer such questions, we decided to make...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-greatest-game-on-every-platform/Jan. 28, 2009, 4:14 p.m.When the Puritans began settling down in North America during the early 17th century, they didn’t practice cosplay. Those were dark days - dark, costume-less days, filled with famine, toil, and a depressingly short supply of free candy. It would take nearly 200 years for Americans and...http://www.gamesradar.com/costumes-that-saved-the-world/Oct. 30, 2008, 2:16 p.m.You know the type: spiky hair, sad eyes, too many belt buckles in his ensemble to count. You might meet one or two of these guys in fighting games, or starring in a Prince of Persia sequel; more often than not, you’ll see them wangsting their hearts out in a sprawling Japanese RPG epic.http://www.gamesradar.com/rpg-emo-off/Oct. 15, 2008, 4:04 p.m.I literally sat at my desk for hours trying to come up with some kind of witty or insightful introduction to this article. I tried to play up our shared history as gamers, that we play so many of these damn things it’s easy to picture game names in place of everyday brands.http://www.gamesradar.com/games-take-over-corporate-logos/Sept. 4, 2008, 12:55 p.m.If you’ve been reading gaming lists - magazine, internet or bar napkin - for as long as we have, then you’ve probably noticed a number of inclusions that seem to always make it. It’s like you can’t have a “Defining Moments”, “Worst whatever” or...http://www.gamesradar.com/top-10-entries-on-top-10-lists/Aug. 1, 2008, 3:52 p.m.You know that heartwarming sensation you get while remembering games of yesteryear? The one that makes you ponder, "Why aren't games this good nowadays?" It's a lie. It's a childhood veil that, once lifted, exposes how shitty some of your favorite games were all along. They didn't just sour with...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-games-that-dont-deserve-nostalgia/May 12, 2008, 1:30 p.m.A leisurely saunter through the UAC base lets you casually get attached to the game world, before the thick sense of impending disaster explodes in the most horribly visceral way imaginable. You’re suddenly alone in a dark and noisy world of fear and confusion. The people you met earlier are...http://www.gamesradar.com/59-levels-to-play-before-you-die-d-g/March 21, 2008, 2:45 a.m.So who is this dark-haired hero, star of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII? Recognize him from the original Final Fantasy VII? Remember him from that shiny movie, Advent Children? No? Well then, you’ve been missing out on Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Compilation, a series of games and...http://www.gamesradar.com/timeline-final-fantasy-vii/March 5, 2008, 1:57 p.m.Final Fantasy might have given us some of the most memorable romances in videogame history - as you can see in yesterday's Top 10 Square Enix Couples  feature - but not all of them have been memorable for the right reasons. Whether intentional or simply misguided, the series has...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-5-worst-final-fantasy-couples/Feb. 15, 2008, 5:02 p.m.