The legend of Link’s journeys across time and space have stood at the center of video games since the days of the NES. Read With a Terrible Fate’s work on the seminal series here.
The Wind Waker's music shows us how a century-old literary phenomenon blends the lived experiences of player and avatar into something more.
Read the second chapter of an analytically grounded, fan-written story that bridges the gap between Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.
Read the first chapter of an analytically grounded, fan-written story that bridges the gap between Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.
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?
Understanding the nature King Rhoam’s kingship gives us a whole new understanding of Link’s latest journey.
Link fights the bad guy. Link saves the day. But what happens when the player no longer feels connected to this story?
A close examination of the Zelda series reveals a missing story that needs to be told.
The inaugural article in a series exploring how analytical fan fiction can shed new light on The Legend of Zelda.
A counterintuitive theory about Breath of the Wild's avatar reveals a new way to understand responsibility.
We interview speedrunner MajinPhil and analyze what speedrunning teaches us about competition.