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Now Loading… The Video Game Canon!

Dan Hughes tackles the huge question of which games belong in the Video Game Canon and which don’t in this weekly series.

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Does Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Belong in the Video Game Canon?

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories set the tone for the form and content of the series. Does it hold up as one of gaming's great stories?

By Dan Hughes, 5 years ago May 5, 2020
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Does Chrono Trigger Belong in the Video Game Canon?

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

By Dan Hughes, 6 years ago January 17, 2019
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Does Knights of the Old Republic Belong in the Video Game Canon?

Knights of the Old Republic established Star Wars as more than a film franchise. How has it impacted gaming over the years?

By CJ Thomas, 7 years ago August 31, 2018
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Does Donkey Kong 64 Belong in the Video Game Canon?

Donkey Kong 64 combined everything from banana-inspired controllers to rap. How did it impact the storytelling of video games?

By Chris Anhorn, 7 years ago August 31, 2018
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Does Banjo-Kazooie Belong in the Video Game Canon?

Witches, rhyming, and one of gaming's first dynamic duos. Join us as we examine the legacy of Banjo-Kazooie.

By Jaron R. M. Johnson, 7 years ago August 31, 2018
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Does Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door Belong in the Video Game Canon?

Does Paper Mario qualify as one of the "Great Books" of gaming? Read on for an analysis of the conversation we started at PAX East 2018.

By Matt McGill, 7 years ago July 23, 2018
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Does Dragon Ball Xenoverse Belong in the Video Game Canon?

The Dragon Ball saga has been told and retold for decades. How did Xenoverse change the game?

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago July 13, 2018
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PAX East: Which Games Belong in the Video Game Canon?

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.

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 years ago June 3, 2018
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Does Kingdom Hearts 1 Belong in the Video Game Canon?

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

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago May 22, 2018
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Does God of War Belong in the Video Game Canon?

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

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago May 6, 2018

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