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Hero of Time: The Missing Link
A close examination of the Zelda series reveals a missing story that needs to be told.
A close examination of the Zelda series reveals a missing story that needs to be told.
We ask the With a Terrible Fate analysts: what game first inspired you to analyze video-game storytelling?
The inaugural article in a series exploring how analytical fan fiction can shed new light on The Legend of Zelda.
Dive in and explore the rich legacy of one of the highest regarded video games ever.
A critical discussion of WaTF's most viral article on Majora's Mask.
Featured Author Dan Hughes gives a rigorous explanation of Shinto influence on Link as a hero in "Ocarina of Time."
An account of how I changed from a pre-medical program to video game analysis.
Discussing a Happy New Year, and analyzing the Happy Mask Salesman.
With the background of Kaepora Gaebora, I take a first pass at sketching a Majoran thesis of free will / determinism.
Many people view video games much more as toys than as serious works of art. In light of this, without dwelling on it too long, I would like to dedicate one post to an attempt to convince the cynic that video games deserve to be taken seriously as aesthetic works.