Episode 11 and we're getting personal.

Final Fantasy 15 is one of my top three games of all time. And I know what some of you are thinking. I know.

In this episode I make the case for why Final Fantasy 15 is not only a brilliant game but an important one — specifically for men. Because underneath the road trip and the royal destiny and the Ardyn problem, Final Fantasy 15 is fundamentally a story about what healthy masculine friendship actually looks like. And I think that's rarer than it should be.

I talk about where 15 gets it right — the brotherhood, the camaraderie, the way each of the boys respects the others without it ever needing to be stated. The way Gladiolus can walk away and come back and the group just absorbs it. The way Ignis losing his sight doesn't make him lesser in their eyes. The way Prompto exists as proof th ...