Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers – review

Six years after the adventure began, Shadowbringers sets up a heady climax, as well as the chance to uncover true friends

The climax of Dead Pixels, E4's recent sitcom from the creators of Peep Show and based on a group of friends obsessed with an online fantasy video game, was surprisingly affecting. After years of questing together, the friends, for whom the game had become the crucible in which their bonds had been made and reinforced, successfully plant the "Orb of Uncreation" into the slug queen's egg sac and thereby triumphantly conclude the game's story. The reward for the thousands of hours' effort? A treasure chest containing a pair of red gloves.

"No, this was totally, totally worth it," murmurs one of the players into the head mic she uses to chat to her teammates (one of whom plays from the adjacent bedroom). "I'm so happy with my life choices."