Like Alhazred already said above, if anything on the internet deserves a standing ovation, this most certainly does. Sadly, I don't have the equipment to record me doing so, so I hope that you'll be willing to take my word for it.
It's really not possible to overstate just how wowed I am by this labor of love/ire. Out of curiosity, I tried to copy and paste Rocketeer's ...essay? editorial? large body of words into a word processor so I could get an exact word and page-count. However, once the document broke 50 pages and started to chug, I figured that a rough estimation might suffice.
Still, let's make one thing clear: Even if I couldn't count them all, I read almost every single god damn word of this masterpiece. And I enjoyed it. The writing was smooth, understandable, and fucking delicious to swallow, chock full of worthwhile ideas and brilliant arguments. Final Fantasy VII was a game I played for all of two weeks, nearly six years ago, and since then I haven't given it a second thought. At least, not until I spotted this in the Escapist forums. Now I don't think I'll ever see it the same way again.
Thanks, TheRocketeer. This was absolutely amazing.