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Explore the Storytelling of Final Fantasy VII at PAX West 2022!

This Labor Day weekend, join the analysts of With a Terrible Fate for a live and streamed study of Final Fantasy VII at PAX West!

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 months ago August 29, 2022
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Critical Review: The Path to Necron as Elenchus in Final Fantasy IX

Where some JRPGs represent philosophical views, Final Fantasy IX tricks its player into actually doing philosophy without even realizing it.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago September 5, 2021
Podcast

With a Terrible Fate Podcast Episode 15: Playable Leitmotifs

This week on With a Terrible Fate's podcast: a deep dive into the many ways in which video-game music can tell a story.

By Laila Carter, 2 years ago August 15, 2021
News

PAX West 2021: Join With a Terrible Fate for Two Presentations

Join With a Terrible Fate for panels on horror storytelling and video game canons at PAX West 2021, September 3rd-5th.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago August 11, 2021
Podcast

With a Terrible Fate Podcast Episode 13: Into the Mindscape

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.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago July 25, 2021
Podcast

With a Terrible Fate Podcast Episode 8: Playing the Pandemic

An exploration of pandemic-oriented video-game storytelling with guest Arno Görgen, plus a discussion of E3 highlights.

By Stefan Heinrich Simond, 2 years ago June 20, 2021
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Final Fantasy VII Remake is the Template for “Grown-Up” JRPGs

Final Fantasy VII Remake's storytelling makes JRPGs more accessible to adults—along with a new postgame model, "The Chadley Interpretation."

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago June 11, 2021
Podcast: The Drawing Board

Meet the Game Analysts: With a Terrible Fate Interviews Adam Bierstedt

Meet Adam Bierstedt, With a Terrible Fate's resident historian, and learn what video games have in common with a 14th-century manuscript.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago April 16, 2021
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Why Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Church is so Memorable (and How to Analyze It)

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.

By Adam Bierstedt, 2 years ago February 24, 2021
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Critical Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake is Completely Incomplete

How Final Fantasy VII Remake turned a cliffhanger ending into an unexpected path to "boundless, terrifying freedom" for Cloud—and Sephiroth.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago December 28, 2020

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