Use your items celebrates a year of recording by returning to the game that started it for them with Final Fantasy VII...REMAKE! Break down with us as we dig into the history of the remake, the character design, and the Nomura of it all! RPG history at your fingertips. Spoiler-free: 0:00-1:22 Spoilers: 1:23-end Credits Final Fantasy remakes sold separately https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-remakes-sold-separately/1100-2679121/ Square Enix Once Promised Final Fantasy VII, VIII And IX Remakes https://www.siliconera.com/square-enix-promised-final-fantasy-vii-remake-cancelled/ FFVII Remake: Nomura interview translation [Famitsu 25/06/15] https://thelifestream.net/lifestream-projects/translations/33038/ffvii-remake-nomura-interview-translation-from-famitsu/ Final Fantasy VII Remake details: reason for multi-part release, CyberConnect2 collaboration, more https://www.gematsu.com/2015/12/final-fantasy-vii-remake-details-reason-multi-part-release-cyberconnect2-collaboration-more 10 Questions And Answers About The Final Fantasy VII Remake https://web.archive.org/web/20160420143428/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/04/11/final-fantasy-vii-remake-interview-game-informer.aspx     Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games. If you'd like to support the show please join us on Discord or leave us a review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts-we've love to chat! ---------------------------- Join the conversation on Discord, it's free! https://linktr.ee/useyouritems Follow Jason at: @skilled-drizzler.bsky.social Follow Fran at: frantastico | Instagram | Linktree  Follow us at: useyouritems.bsky.social ---------------------------- Art and Research by Francisco Martin Editing by Jason Weiss Theme music by William O'Rourke