series · the dimension problem
3 parts · 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-242D and 3D are two media, not two fidelity levels of one. Part one builds the vocabulary, part two runs it against the remake business, and part three spends all of it on Final Fantasy VII.
part 1
the dimension is the genre
2D and 3D are not fidelity levels of one medium. They are two media, and crossing over is a genre change.
part 2
the unremade
The remake business is the cleanest natural experiment games have ever run. Almost nobody reads the results.
part 3
three games to sell one
Final Fantasy VII shipped once in 1997. The remake takes twelve years, three products, four platforms.