Final Fantasy vs The Content Machine

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Published on July 8, 2025 2:30:46 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCShlprtH-c

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Final Fantasy IX (2000)

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I’ve been streaming and playing JRPGs for over a decade—and loving them for even longer. But something's changed. Final Fantasy, and gaming culture in general, feels different. Content creation, social media discourse, and the pressure to perform have started to take the joy out of simply playing.

This video essay explores how content creation is reshaping the way we engage with games, with Final Fantasy as the lens. From the pressure to react to Aerith's fate, to the turf wars over which game is “the last good one,” to the burnout many creators feel when trying to keep up with trends—it’s a mess out there.

But maybe there's still hope. Maybe we can remember why we started playing in the first place.

🧡 If you've ever felt this shift—or you're a fellow JRPG enjoyer just trying to survive online—this one’s for you.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:30 My FF Tier List Reactions
3:00 Culture of Final Fantasy has been Built Upon
4:20 Internet Discourse and Expectations
5:40 Twitch Culture and Final Fantasy
7:42 The Impact of Aerith's Death
9:00 Content Creation and the Peanut Gallery
10:36 The Invisible Scoreboard
11:46 Resentment
14:00 Final Thoughts




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