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How Final Fantasy VIII’s Student Mercenaries-for-Hire Solved My Quarter-Life Crisis

June 13, 2018Joe Sutton

Joe Sutton is a New Jersey-based copywriter and poet. His work has appeared in the Huffington Post, the GROUND Magazine, Storychord, Silica Magazine and elsewhere. You can find more about him on his website. Some days, it felt like I’d… Continue Reading →

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