Archives for 2018 | With A Terrible Fate

How Fire Emblem: Awakening’s Mechanics Resolve Its Biggest Plot Hole

Some of the most heavily criticized elements of Fire Emblem: Awakening contribute to its narrative in surprising ways.

By Adam Bierstedt, 7 years ago April 17, 2018

In the newest episode of our podcast, two of our team members sit down with their high-school mentors to discuss the state of video games.

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 years ago April 16, 2018

We asked our team: how would you describe video games to a non-gamer, and what game would you recommend as their intro to the medium?

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 years ago April 14, 2018

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

By Kent Vainio, 7 years ago April 13, 2018

On this podcast episode, we meet the two With a Terrible Fate analysts who are reconceiving what it means to write fan fiction.

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 years ago April 11, 2018

What does the DNA of a Zelda game look like? How can we extrapolate that and use it to tell our own authentic Zelda story?

By Jaron R. M. Johnson, 8 years ago April 4, 2018

Does Olimar’s adventure in a bizarre world deserve to be remembered as one of gaming’s great stories?

By Matt McGill, 8 years ago April 3, 2018

7 years later, everyone is still talking about Skyrim. How has it changed the storytelling craft of video games?

By Richard Nguyen, 8 years ago April 3, 2018

Explore the legacy of the time with the most criminally underappreciated story of all time.

By Dan Hughes, 8 years ago April 1, 2018

Pong, the mother of all video games, was the mother of all video-game storytelling, too.

By Skylar Cohen, 8 years ago April 1, 2018