With a Terrible Fate’s weekly podcast discusses and analyzes video-game storytelling from all angles. Find all episodes here.
This week's podcast focuses on mindscapes in video-game fictions, follow-up on the psychoanalytic interpretation of Returnal, and romance in Final Fantasy X.
This week on the podcast: what the Steam Deck could do for interactive storytelling; Netflix gaming rumors; Super Mario 64 at auction.
Enjoy a conversation with Max Gorynski about the latest in his Comprehensive Theory of EarthBound, plus meditations on Nintendo hardware, collectibles, and narrative metagames.
Listen in on a miniature book club discussing the first part of Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens, along with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
A round-table, time-cycle podcast discussion of the new flagship PS5 title, Returnal.
An exploration of pandemic-oriented video-game storytelling with guest Arno Görgen, plus a discussion of E3 highlights.
Discussion of Aaron Suduiko's "Final Fantasy VII Remake is the Template for 'Grown-Up' JRPGs," plus Resident Evil and mute buttons.
Join an analysis of Mass Effect, a discussion of developer intentions behind politics and nostalgia, and a meditation on "multigaming."
Join us for a conversation with Daniel Muñoz and our founder on the intersection of self-directed ethics and gamers' duties to avatars.
Join a conversation about the wild experiences and interpretive impact of glitches—plus explorations of Disco Elysium and Final Fantasy IX.