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.
"With a Terrible Fate" takes on the Elegy of Emptiness, inspiration of the infamous "BEN drowned."
The payoff for the Salesman's last words, and the place they establish for the player in Termina and beyond, might be bigger than you expect.
Exploring the anomaly of Them in "Majora's Mask" in comparison to the First Civilization of "Assassin's Creed."
A close look at a character who lives by the clock, in a world that lives by the clock.
What is the difference between playing "Majora's Mask" on a stationary console and playing it on a portable console?
In this piece, I analyze Skull Kid as a character, and question whether he ought to be forgiven for his actions.
I apply the theory developed over the course of the series thus far in an analysis of the iconic line, "You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"
Discussing a Happy New Year, and analyzing the Happy Mask Salesman.
In this post, I take a first pass at articulating the rationale behind my approach to "Majora's Mask," and what I am ultimately after with this tack of video game analysis.
Given the analysis I have offered of the Song of Healing, how can we account for the fact that Link cannot use the song to heal Skull Kid / Majora?