“Some of the staff never made it back to the real world.”

Hironobu Sakaguchi, the original creator of Final Fantasy, is a huge fan of MMORPGs.

“My first [MMORPG] was EverQuest.

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“Actually, some of the staff never made it back to the real world.”

That’s why he was reticent to beginFinal Fantasy 14, but eventually he did.

Sakaguchi has since become legendary in the game’s community for interacting with fellow players.

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He even startedhis own clothing line, SakaGUCCI.

“You come to learn relatively personal things about other players in MMORPGs.

They might say that their cat is meowing, or talk about their children, for example.

You also learn how old they are in these moments.

Still, you don’t dig too deep into their lives, right?

It’s those kinds of odd conversations that I like.

“I replied, ‘[Final Fantasy 14] belongs to you.

I don’t intend on meddling in any way.

It’s yours, so do as you like with it.’

He even describes the game as “like Disneyland”.

I wouldn’t want to learn any inside information, either,” he said.

“I really shouldn’t be getting this obsessed with a game, should I?

I have work I need to do!”

Well that’s relatable.