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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 1H 50M

Season 1 Finale - Every Final Fantasy VII Review [S1E24]

from FunFactor · host Ty Schalter & Aidan Moher

The grand finale of Season One is here! Our coverage of the 1995-1997 “Generation Gap” ends with a blowout review of (nearly) every (English-language print) review of Final Fantasy VII that we could find.Starting with a quick look back at the first year of FunFactor, and discussion of what’s coming next, we then re-looked at the magazine we debuted the podcast with nearly a year ago, PSM No. 1. We then went on to review, well, all of these reviews:PSM 1: https://archive.org/details/PSM_Issue_001_September_1997/mode/2upUltra Game Players 102: https://archive.org/details/Ultra_Gameplayers_102_October_1997_U/page/n83/mode/2up The Duelist 21: https://archive.org/details/duelist-21/page/n105/mode/1upThe Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 1: https://archive.org/details/Official_US_PlayStation_Magazine_Volume_1_Issue_1_1997-10_Ziff_Davis_US/page/n85/mode/2upEGM 99: https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902NEXT Generation 34: https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_34/page/n53/mode/2upGameFan Vol. 5, Issue 9: https://archive.org/details/GamefanVolume5Issue09September1997/page/n3/mode/2upGamePro 46: https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_099_October_1997/page/n49/mode/2upEDGE 049: https://archive.org/details/Edge_Gaming/Edge%20Gaming%20vMagazine%20051/page/n65/mode/1up Game Informer 53: https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-53-september-1997Campus Life Magazine (partial text archive): https://cmnexus.org/magazines/Campus_Life/issuesAs always, we streamed this recording session live to FunFactor ULTRA members–so if you’d like to get in on the fun, just sign up at https://funfactorpod.com/! See you on the Discord, and you’ll see us when we next go live! -----Sources include the Video Game History Foundation, the Internet Archive, Retromags.com, our original research, and our personal magazine collections. The FunFactor theme, and all other original songs, are composed and performed by Millennium Falck. Check out his work at millenniumfalck.com!

The grand finale of Season One is here! Our coverage of the 1995-1997 “Generation Gap” ends with a blowout review of (nearly) every (English-language print) review of Final Fantasy VII that we could find.Starting with a quick look back at the first year of FunFactor, and discussion of what’s coming next, we then re-looked at the magazine we debuted the podcast with nearly a year ago, PSM No. 1. We then went on to review, well, all of these reviews:PSM 1: https://archive.org/details/PSM_Issue_001_September_1997/mode/2upUltra Game Players 102: https://archive.org/details/Ultra_Gameplayers_102_October_1997_U/page/n83/mode/2up The Duelist 21: https://archive.org/details/duelist-21/page/n105/mode/1upThe Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 1: https://archive.org/details/Official_US_PlayStation_Magazine_Volume_1_Issue_1_1997-10_Ziff_Davis_US/page/n85/mode/2upEGM 99: https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902NEXT Generation 34: https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_34/page/n53/mode/2upGameFan Vol. 5, Issue 9: https://archive.org/details/GamefanVolume5Issue09September1997/page/n3/mode/2upGamePro 46: https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_099_October_1997/page/n49/mode/2upEDGE 049: https://archive.org/details/Edge_Gaming/Edge%20Gaming%20vMagazine%20051/page/n65/mode/1up Game Informer 53: https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-53-september-1997Campus Life Magazine (partial text archive): https://cmnexus.org/magazines/Campus_Life/issuesAs always, we streamed this recording session live to FunFactor ULTRA members–so if you’d like to get in on the fun, just sign up at https://funfactorpod.com/! See you on the Discord, and you’ll see us when we next go live! -----Sources include the Video Game History Foundation, the Internet Archive, Retromags.com, our original research, and our personal magazine collections. The FunFactor theme, and all other original songs, are composed and performed by Millennium Falck. Check out his work at millenniumfalck.com!

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