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The Drawing Board: Why Analyze the Legacy of Final Fantasy VII Remake?

On a special edition of With a Terrible Fate's podcast, the team reflects on the reasons that they're analyzing Final Fantasy VII Remake.

By Aaron Suduiko, 1 year ago May 7, 2020

Only EarthBound could marry the mechanics of dungeon-crawling with the themes of epic poetry.

By Max Gorynski, 2 years ago August 29, 2019

In the latest With a Terrible Fate podcast episode, we unpack the good, the bad, and the ugly of our PAX South 2019 panel on teaser culture.

By Aaron Suduiko, 3 years ago February 18, 2019

Read the second chapter of an analytically grounded, fan-written story that bridges the gap between Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.

By CJ Thomas, 3 years ago February 3, 2019

Terms like "immersion" might seem like a great way to have productive conversations about video games—but they're actually holding us back.

By Aaron Suduiko, 3 years ago October 4, 2018

Are free-to-play mobile games just shameless cash grabs, or might they hold the key to the latest innovations in storytelling?

By Aaron Suduiko, 3 years ago July 28, 2018

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

By Dan Hughes, 3 years ago July 13, 2018

Read the first chapter of an analytically grounded, fan-written story that bridges the gap between Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.

By CJ Thomas, 3 years ago July 10, 2018

What do NieR: Automata and Rear Window have in common? Find out in our latest podcast episode.

By Aaron Suduiko, 3 years ago June 14, 2018

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, 3 years ago June 3, 2018