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Chris Kohler
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Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.

Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.

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Yes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Also, just now noticed this was still an open question at the end of your piece -- yes, the entire plot of FFV centers around the 無, which is called the Void in most English translations. Not sure if ムーア is a reference to that. "Moore" dates back to JP strat guides, though, so not an artifact of loc
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thought #2: Rather than being derived directly from "dream" I wonder if ドリーン is simply a contraction of ドリストーン
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The character 夢 can be read "yume" but also can be read as "mu," which is the most likely explanation -- no need to connect them via ドリーム or 無, as the reading is already baked into 夢.

I *imagine* ムーア could be a reference to 無 given what goes down there!
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
btw I don't know about your experience but I was enjoying using split Joy-Cons for this up until this star -- by the middle of the level it would consistently just go out of whack and Mario would just barrel off the side of the ledge. I ended up switching to a Pro controller and had no issues
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Same
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I think that's still in the late oughts.
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
See now I know you're a fan because you're doing deep cuts
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Reposted by Chris Kohler
Bumping this up because it's genuinely groundbreaking stuff and I don't know that it's reaching the audience that it should! I think this is one of the greatest video game stories of all time. My guests are rarely heard from and were extremely generous with their memories.
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
New documentary timeline!
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I also did this and was also disappointed.
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM