Distant Worlds: San Francisco Symphony Plays Celebrates Music from Final Fantasy
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There are 3 takeaways I hope to convey in this post. First, I’d like to share what it was like to be there Saturday night in the symphony hall. Secondly, I want to describe what I thought about my second time at an FF concert (my first is described here). Most importantly, I want to discuss a bit about the significance and meaning of such an event. I believe that there is great meaning evident in the type of response that a video game event, such as this one, creates. Unlike what is often described of video games in the media, this is not just an exploitation of fanaticism, rather, it is a celebration of the deeply meaningful presence Final Fantasy has had. I cannot think of a better example to show that video games, rich and full of meaning, are about more than “just playing a game.”