With a Terrible Fate’s weekly podcast discusses and analyzes video-game storytelling from all angles. Find all episodes here.
Get situated & psyched to crack Echoes of Wisdom with a wide-ranging philosophical retrospective analyzing Zelda across the series.
What can the PS5 Pro teach us about the rich, myriad relationships between evolutions in console development and innovation in storytelling?
Could storytellers like Miyazaki push players' motivations beyond crafting timelines—all the way to crafting theories of value?
What's the best way to marry "big questions" of morality and player involvement in games with our actual passion for those games?
Listen to a deep dissection of Inscryption, a celebration of motherhood in gaming, and a meditation on the rituals of single-player gaming!
An episode packed with surprise philosophical distinctions in Lies of P and charitable reconsideration of our most hated childhood games!
Discussing Lies of P as a "soulslike" fairy tale, the narrative evolution of the Final Fantasy series, and the permeability of fourth walls!
A PAX East 2024 postmortem, a defense of "black sheep" like Dark Souls II, and the platinum trophy struggle in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
This week on With a Terrible Fate's podcast: a spoiler-rich look at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, with the promise of more analysis to come!
How can a closer look at the storytelling mechanics of video games empower us to better know and relate to characters good and evil?