Podcast
How to Get to Know a Video-Game Character
How can a closer look at the storytelling mechanics of video games empower us to better know and relate to characters good and evil?
How can a closer look at the storytelling mechanics of video games empower us to better know and relate to characters good and evil?
In Tales of Phantasia almost 30 years ago, Chester Burklight taught us why the most important character in a story is the one shut out of it.
A case study of Regal Bryant casts Kratos Aurion in a new light and shows how Tales of Symphonia's relationship system informs its story.
A case study of how the storytelling of a linear game can open its world.
This week on the podcast: analysis and discussion of Bandai Namco's "brain punk" JRPG, Scarlet Nexus.
The Sector 5 Church isn't just the most incongruous building in Midgar: it also plays a quietly pivotal role in Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Only EarthBound could marry the mechanics of dungeon-crawling with the themes of epic poetry.
Behind all the ire towards Sonic Forces is a lesson in the costs and benefits of character creation.
Take a deep-dive into how the characters of Japanese mythology were transformed through a video game and novel.