The Politics of Final Fantasy 7's Architecture

in an unlit room,
the attempt to focus upon
the machined eyes of my lover

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Credits Song: “Stormy Skies” by Henry Walsh, Nora Miller, & Julian Denton: https://theparasitoidwasps.bandcamp.c...
Additional Consultation on Port Arthur by Andrew Geller

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Visual Media Used: Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Final Fantasy 7, Mirror’s Edge, Parasite (2019), Blade Runner (1983), High and Low (1963), Google Earth Studio

Music Used (chronologically): Opening (FF7), Scorpion Sentinel, Opening, Bombing Mission (FF7R), Still Alive (Mirror’s Edge), Star of Seventh Heaven (FF7R), Concrete for Miles (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Memory (Ruiner), A Story You Won’t Believe, Assassins of Kings 01 (The Witcher 3), Tifa’s Theme- Seventh Heaven (FF7R), DEAD (Max Payne 3), Stormy Skies

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Description Credit: Cody Todd, “Query of a Die”

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