With A Terrible Fate

Think the horror of Doki Doki Literature Club is a simple case of breaking the fourth wall? Look closer.

In the first episode of With a Terrible Fate's new podcast, our founder discusses the site's development over the last three years.

One of the world's oldest thinkers gives us a surprising view into one of the world's newest forms of storytelling.

Yacht Club Games took to Kickstarter and taught developers how to make games that engage a gamers’ nostalgia without drowning them in it.

Understanding the nature King Rhoam’s kingship gives us a whole new understanding of Link’s latest journey.

When it comes to EarthBound, cops and punks aren’t Ness’s greatest enemies: it’s Nothingness.

Melee champions depend more on mindfulness and empathy than on wave dashes.

Check out With a Terrible Fate's presentation on how to decide on the "Great Books" of video games.

What do NieR: Automata and Rear Window have in common? Find out in our latest podcast episode.

How are games like Dark Souls, Zelda, and Okami making new forms of storytelling possible? Find out in With a Terrible Fate's PAX East talk.

Why develop a canon for video-game storytelling? Watch With a Terrible Fate discuss this at PAX East, along with a debate about Paper Mario.

How can works of fan fiction empower all fans of a series to see it in a new light? With a Terrible Fate took to PAX East to find out.

16 years ago, one Disney/Final-Fantasy crossover gave birth to a new series. How did the first Kingdom Hearts change storytelling?

In a decade that gave us a library of games about orphans, EarthBound reminded us how important fathers are to their sons.

God of War took classic Greek mythology and established a brutal lore all its own. Does it belong in the pantheon of great storytelling?

On our latest podcast episode, we chat with two of our team members who are developing "comprehensive theories" of landmark video games.