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[Featurama] Happy Father’s Day: Superdad Bass Armstrong

Fatherhood is one of the greatest joys men can have.  To see a life you have taken care of come to adulthood is momentous.  It is wonderful. It’s also a bit of a chore.  Kid’s talk back to you by saying the most hurtful words you could ever hear. Doing so with out a single thought of how damaging those words are.  They disobey you as if your requests were inherently wrong.  They loathe you while you try to help [...]

[Featurama] Happy Father’s Day: A Celebration of Chuck Greene

You know, sometimes it’s not easy being a dad. There aren’t really a lot of stories in modern popular culture about good fathers, and the world of video games is no exception. Everybody knows the ESRB stat about how the average age of gamers is around 34, yet very few titles provide an honest portrayal of what it’s really all about. There is however one game in which you play as a father, a good one. Hell, a fantastic one! That [...]

[Featurama] Crappy Father’s Day: A Celebration of Jecht

It isn’t hard to find a lousy father in a video game. From Big Boss to Hojo to the King of all Cosmos, there are plenty of examples of dads who are at best clueless and at worst villains. The Final Fantasy series is full of characters who have been orphaned, abandoned, or severely damaged by bad dads. There are some parental figures (like Barret in Final Fantasy VII or Cid in Final Fantasy IX) who are caring and kind, [...]