When SQUARE first released Final Fantasy, they really believed it would be the last game that they would ever make. It was a swan song and truly a 'final' fantasy. But what happened changed the video game industry forever, and rocketed Final Fantasy into being the JRPG juggernaut that it is today.

What can creators and artists today learn from the genesis of Final Fantasy?

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SOURCES:   IGN Article

Nintendo is one of the most successful companies in the world. Yet their greatest successes often come after serious failures. What can we learn from HOW Nintendo fails? How can we learn to view failure as success?

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SHOUTOUT: Akimbo

8 Bit Video Game Music has shaped the game industry and our musical culture. Yet, it accomplished this from such a restricted technology. Why is that limitations often lead to some of the best work? What can creators today learn from these great 8-Bit tunes?
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What do we do when we can’t seem to get the ball rolling? How can we change our thinking to avoid burnout? What can artists today learn from the silence of two classical composers?

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Dr. Brene Brown- Daring Greatly
Timothy Galway- The Inner Game of Tennis
Alex Ross- The Rest is Noise

What does saying YES really mean? What are the YESSES in your life? What does saying NO actually mean??

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The Practice by Seth Godin

What does the Zoom Revolution mean for education? How is teaching going to change? Here is what I learned teaching in a pandemic.

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What can a TV show from the 60’s teach us about making art today? Why is Star Trek the original series still relevant more than 50 years later?

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Show links:
Akimbo
Dare to Lead 

Sources:
NPR

Music:
Horizon Overture

This is an episode about the wonderful world of The Phantom Tollbooth created by Norton Juster, who passed away on March 10th 2021. I talk about how the world is constructed, how this book is a product of side-hustling, and how it shows us how to get ourselves out of the doldrums (aka artistic drought and indecision).

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Chroma the Great

Special Thanks to Ryan Fossier for letting me know about this story.