Podcast: The Drawing Board
The Drawing Board: Gameplay Difficulty as a Storytelling Tool
On Episode 8 of our podcast, we ask: how can difficulty tell a story?
Podcast: The Drawing Board
The Drawing Board: Convince Your Teachers to Let You Study Video Games
In this podcast episode, find out how With a Terrible Fate began with a couple of independent projects conducted in high school.
Dishonored
How Dishonored 2 Tried to Undo Dishonored
A study in how a sequel can change the meaning of an original—not always for the better.
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Does Fallout 3 Belong in the Video Game Canon?
How much does the renowned wasteland of Fallout 3 matter to the legacy of video games?
Final Fantasy
Why 3 disks were acceptable for Final Fantasy VII, and why 3 games are not for its remake.
How philosophy led me to change my mind about the Final Fantasy VII remake.
General Video Game Theory
Why academia can’t afford to ignore video games: a philosophical analysis of possibility in gaming.
Read an analytic defense of why video games can no longer be ignored as art.
The Stanley Parable
The Many Worlds of Games: “Dishonored,” “Europa Universalis,” “The Stanley Parable,” and Quantum Physics
Find out where video games and quantum mechanics intersect, and why it matters.
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.
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.