As a snowstorm billows across Mist and the residents of the usually tropical costal town hide away in front of their fireplaces, one brave Lalafell rugs up and heads out to build themselves a snowman. Sneakily stealing a hat, mittens and scarf from the line of their Roegadyn neighbour and a carrot from the garden of a Viera – they spend hours lovingly building and decorating him. Although not a “Frosty the Snowman” story where Mr. Snowman comes to life, the Lalafell is proud of their accomplishments, and spends much time hugging their creation.
This photo was taken this month in Square Enix’s online game Final Fantasy XIV.
Take That (In-Game) Snap Daily Photo is an off-shoot of the upcoming Take That (In-Game) Snap article series, which looks at, celebrates and critiques how video game developers have implemented professional photography-like systems into their games, how the systems handle, just how accessible they are and, where applicable, how a modding community might be making these tools even better. With this Daily Photo spin-off series, I will be sharing individual photos from the games either covered or soon-to-be-covered in the series.
