With A Terrible Fate

The Witness is an icon of minimalist video-game storytelling. But when—and how—can minimalism go too far?

What makes your favorite video-game horror stories tick? Join us at PAX East, this Saturday at 9pm in Arachnid Theatre, to find out.

Read the first chapter of an analytically grounded, fan-written story that bridges the gap between Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.

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.

The Witness is an icon of minimalist video-game storytelling. But when—and how—can minimalism go too far?

What makes your favorite video-game horror stories tick? Join us at PAX East, this Saturday at 9pm in Arachnid Theatre, to find out.

In the latest With a Terrible Fate podcast episode, we unpack the good, the bad, and the ugly of our PAX South 2019 panel on teaser culture.

Read the second chapter of an analytically grounded, fan-written story that bridges the gap between Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.

In an industry that still doesn't seem to have fully cracked the code on story adaptation, one 2005 game has lessons worth learning.

Meet With a Terrible Fate January 19th in PAX South's Cactus Theatre for a panel on video game theory in a world obsessed with teasers.

Chrono Trigger's time-travel storytelling set the standard for JRPG storytelling. How has its impact been felt through the years?

A puzzle about how much of Where the Water Taste Like Wine is true reveals an unexpected lesson about the value of folk tales.