THE FUSE

Kingdom Hearts has thrown open a door that we’re going to have a hard time closing. I just feel it. As silly as it sounds, it worries me. Yes, the game about a boy with impossibly large shoes going on adventures through Disney worlds with Donald Duck and Goofy in tow rankles some part of my brain. The unforeseen success of melding Final Fantasy aesthetics and mechanics with the properties of several bonafide hits from the House of Mouse like The Little Mermaid is a surprisingly uncomfortable prospect.