Hasta La Gadget!

Perhaps one of the most iconic creatures in the history of video games is Dragon Quest’s bulbous, smiley-faced Slime. I always thought he looked like a giant blue Hershey’s Kiss, or one half of an hourglass. The latter has just been made into a thing.

The guys at Square Enix have designed this awesome Slime timer which counts down about three minutes – which is just about right for cooking instant noodles. It measures about 4 inches-tall, and will come in either blue slime/sand or metallic slime/sand.

The Slime hourglass sells for ¥2200 (~$22 USD) over at the Square Enix e-STORE, and will ship later this month. Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for Slime candies.

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One of the most influential role-playing video games in the history of such things has been delivered to the PC gaming realm at last. Having made its way from the PlayStation universe back in the classic era of 1997, here it’s one whole heck of a lot less expensive than that release, brought through Steam for the first time. What’s more, this release has Square Enix making a teaser for future releases with a bit of a pre-order bonus too – Cloud for all games!

This release includes a bit of a modification for an upcoming game by the name of Lightning Returns: FInal Fantasy XIII. In that game with this mod, inside this pre-release edition exclusively (for now), you’ll be able to make-up the main character Lightning as the hero from Final Fantasy VII. It’s not going to change the way you play the game all that much – it’ll just look like you’re burning up that universe with the key to this one.

This release of Final Fantasy VII for PC brings the heat to Steam, the online gaming portal that’s famous for its all-encompassing releases for towers, notebooks, and TV-based systems. You’ll be working with a cool $11.99 price tag – several bags of chips and cases of Mountain Dew cheaper than the original cost on PlayStation edition.

This version of the game is essentially identical to the original, complete with the ability to use a 3rd party PlayStation-like controller if you do so choose. You’ll be able to save your game to the cloud – as it is with most Steam games – and the full rack of achievements is here as well. This “seminal RPG”, as The Verge calls it, is out with Steam right this minute. Let us know if you’re up for it!

Final Fantasy VII hits Steam for PC gaming is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Dragon Quest X arriving on the PC platform in Japan this September 26.

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is marked for a February 2014 release.

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Square Enix just announced that Deus Ex: The Fall will come to mobile devices later this summer. This is the first title of the Deus Ex series to be released on smartphones and tablets, and the initial installment will cost $6.99 (€5.99). The RPG is set in 2027, the same time frame as the console-based Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and it incorporates characters from James Swallows’ novel, Deus Ex: Icarus Effect. We don’t have a precise launch date just yet, but Square Enix will have the game on hand at E3 next week. Check out the trailer below the break.

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