Magazine

Magazines are recurring items in the Final Fantasy series. In the vast majority of occurrences, the magazines are of pornographic nature, and are only found as an Easter Egg and bear no relevance to the plot. In the North American releases, some magazines were either renamed due to censorship, or removed from the game completely.

Final Fantasy IV
The Magazine, also known as Playboy, Playboy Magazine, Smut, PornoMag, Penthouse, or Lustful Lali-Ho, can be obtained. While never actually said, it is heavily implied it is pornographic in nature, since the screen turns pink when Cecil reads it. It can only be obtained in the Developer's Office, and since this was not in the initial American release, the magazine could not be obtained.

The magazine actually serves a purpose in the Nintendo DS version. After getting a copy, placing it on a stool in the Developer's Room causes it to be confiscated, one of the requirements for getting the Reach Augment. There are in fact multiple pornographic magazines in this version: the Lustful Lali-ho, being found in the Dwarven Castle, and the Ninja Sutra, several of which can be found in Eblan. On an interesting note, the player can use it in battle, but it will not do anything. It is apparently Cecil's favorite magazine.

It should be interesting to note that Cecil is not the only character that can read the magazine. Since any character can be in the lead, then any playable character (except for Tellah) can read it at any point in the game.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
In The After Years, many dirty magazine copies can be obtained. If the player fights the Game Designer in the Developer's Room after giving it a Lustful Lali-Ho, they will sometimes receive a Discovery Book, an item that increases a character's max MP by 50.

Final Fantasy V
In the library at Castle Surgate, if the player chooses the bookcase before the "A" file, Bartz will say "A..., as..., aha!... Hey, this is about donkeys!", Lenna will reply "Er... Bartz, what were you looking for?", and he will respond "uh? Nothing, nothing at all!" implying that Bartz was looking for an adult book.

Final Fantasy VI
"Bushido in the Bedroom" (also referred to as "Book of Secrets") is an item found at Mt. Zozo in the World of Ruin, when the party encounters Cyan a year after the cataclysm. Along with guides for understanding and operating machinery, the player finds the book in Cyan's trunk.

Before the release of Final Fantasy VI Advance, the item was merely called "Book of Secrets" and the game shed no light whatsoever on the nature of its contents. With the release of the GBA version of the game, it was obviously implied that the "secrets" referred to advice on sex.

Final Fantasy VIII
Weapons Monthly, Pet Pals, Combat King, and Occult Fan are series of magazines that give players information on remodeling weapons, teaching limit breaks to Rinoa and Zell Dincht and hints to optional sidequests respectively. Laguna also used to work as a journalist and many of his articles were published in Timber Maniacs, a magazine that has since ceased publishing due to being viewed too controversial due to its openly political nature. Other magazines that are mentioned in name only are Battle Series, found scattered on the Timber Maniacs building's floor, to which Squall comments he has read them all, and Anarchist Monthly, of which some paper clippings can be read on a notice board in the Forest Owls' base.

There is a Key Item called The Girl Next Door that can be traded to Zone in exchange for either 25,000 gil or a Rename Card and Shiva's card. It is described in the menu as "A naughty magazine" and can be found in Timber Maniacs building. If the player attempts to purchase one in Timber they get told they are not of age. Irvine also appears to have a stash of his own, as he leaves a magazine for Squall and Rinoa in the "secret spot" he has prepared for them.

Final Fantasy Legends: Hikari to Yami no Senshi
A magazine can be found by either the the Warriors of Light or Warriors of Darkness. If used from the inventory, the player gets a different response from whichever character they have in the lead.