Final Fantasy 14 is encouraging Japanese players to donate their taxes

Aw, it’s adorable (Square Enix)

Anyone who lives in Japan and plays Final Fantasy 14 can net themselves in-game costumes or a shiba inu mount if they donate a certain amount of tax money.

Video games nowadays love to keep engagement up by offering players unique in-game items. Obviously, paid microtransactions, like skins in Fortnite, are the most common example but there’s usually plenty of freebies to be had as well.

Sometimes, it only requires booting the game up and participating in limited time events or completing a battle pass by a specific dat...