The game and its successors also embrace the world of technology, and, consequently, the distinctive Final Fantasy universe has frequently been situated within the corresponding "steampunk" genre.
It's a scenario from whose horrors Pita doesn't flinch, but it's also one he lights up with his own distinctive wit and fantasy.
During the Communist thaw of the mid-1960's and into the early 70's, the Czechoslovak filmmakers who formed the Czech New Wave rode their distinctive blend of fantasy and fight for artistic freedom to a pair of Oscars, Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos's "Shop on Main Street" (1965) and Jiri Menzel's "Closely Watched Trains" (1967).
In Traditional Romance and Tale: How Stories Mean, and Magical Thought in Creative Writing: The Distinctive Roles of Fantasy and Imagination in Fiction, Ann Wilson explores the moral logic of story, attempting to explain why readers can accept apparently absurd or inconsistent tales as significant and satisfying imaginative experiences.
The disciplines of costume and character design, in video games, have become synonymous with ostentatiousness and flamboyance rather than the grungy perfection of Kane and Lynch's thrown-together ensembles, or Cole Phelps's immaculate pinstripes, hairstyles, wearable gadgets, and distinctive monsters, often from fantasy and sci-fi games, are what enthusiasts fawn over.
The most distinctive building today is the Fantasy Showbar, a huge pornography haven that the port authority recently bought for $2.1 million.
Meanwhile, Game of Thrones is based mainly in studios and locations in Belfast, with a mostly British cast and a regiment of skilled British crew members working on the fantasy show's distinctive look.
Set against the backdrop of fascist Spain in 1944, Pan's Labyrinth is a dark fairy tale that distils his distinctive mix of fact and fantasy, poetry and politics, pain and pleasure.
Brown, who has worked on some thirty films, later told me, "This is probably the hardest one, because the fantasies are all distinctive, and because Ben is so determined that each one feel real".
They write like ad men trying to sell readers on the excellence of their self-proclaimed fantasy lives, from the distinctive wines they make to Patricia's triumphs as a long-distance runner.
