Cobweb-plastered manuscripts for those twelve fantasy novels you started?

Mouldy design documents for those nine games you never actually began coding?

Perhaps dozens of little motheaten thumbnails of that masterpiece you’re planning to someday paint?

Cloud Strife looks into the camera while reaching over his shoulder to grasp his sword.

Relax, I’m not calling you out (I have my own groaning cybercabinet of neglect).

Rather, I’m here to say don’t worry.

You’re just like him!

The veteran Square Enix man talks some more about his creative habits in the interview.

I’ll let you delve deeper if you want.

Because reader, I am also he.

In many ways, I too am the man who designed the characters ofthe best Final Fantasy game.

I too have been credited on103 video games.

We are the same.

I’m being silly.

Even Shigeru Miyamoto has probably typed his password with caps lock on and only realised it after hitting enter.