Podcast: The Drawing Board
Meet the Game Analysts: With a Terrible Fate Interviews Lauren Spohn
Get to know Lauren Spohn: Legend of Zelda superfan, pilot, Rhodes Scholar, and video game analyst.
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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?
Critical Review
Critical Review: Xenoblade and Leibniz.
With Xenoblade X releasing tomorrow, I revisit and update my work on Xenoblade Chronicles.
Bloodborne
Bloodborne, Lovecraft, and the Dangerous Idea.
Bloodborne wasn't just influenced by H.P. Lovecraft: it represents an entirely new level of Lovecraftian horror.
Deus Ex
Self-Guided Evolution: What “Deus Ex” and “Flowers for Algernon” teach about personal development.
Deus Ex and Flowers for Algernon may have more practical life advice for you than you imagine.
Dishonored
Only through Corvo’s Eyes: Why video games can only be told through one perspective.
The DLC of "Dishonored" gives us pause to consider what video games logically can and cannot do.
Xenoblade Chronicles
Video Games versus Cinema: Comparing “Xenoblade Chronicles” to “Stranger than Fiction.”
Are there some stories that can ONLY be coherently told through the medium of video games? Read on to find out.
Dishonored
When are Dunwall and Scotland like your School? Throwback Analysis of “Dishonored,” Part III.
The one chance you might get to read a critique of education based on video games and theater.
Dishonored
The Bard and Bethesda: Throwback Analysis of “Dishonored,” Part II.
How is Corvo Attano like Macbeth? The second part in my older work on "Dishonored" has the answer.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
This is why Anju and Kafei are the most important citizens of Termina.
In the last of my analyses of the original "Majora's Mask," I argue that Anju and Kafei are central to the game's artistic value.