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Unclear Control: An Intersection of Player Experience and Game Mechanics
Featured Author Nathan Randall explores games that turn an often annoying side effect into a work of art.
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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.
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Coming Soon: What to Expect in April
With a Terrible Fate ends its hiatus to tell you what sort of content to expect this month.
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Celebrating a year of “With a Terrible Fate.”
"With a Terrible Fate" is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Come see what we have planned.
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“Listen to My Story”: The Problem of Storytelling in Virtual Reality.
A defense of why video games might be better at telling stories than VR ever could be.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
Welcome to New Termina: Analyzing “Majora’s Mask 3D.”
With a Terrible Fate analyzes the changes in "Majora's Mask 3D" that make it a different story than the original.
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“A Place to Call Home”: Musical Theming in Final Fantasy IX
Featured Author Nathan Randall discusses the music theory behind Final Fantasy IX.
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Who Is Cloud? How a Player Can Construct An Avatar’s Identity
Featured Author Nathan Randall discusses the importance of playable memories in Final Fantasy VII.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake: What Zelda owes to Cloud Strife.
Celebrating the announcement of a FFVII remake with commentary on a section of the game that prefigured Majora's Mask.
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“Aerith Is Gone”: Perma-Death in Games
Featured author Nathan Randall examines the mechanics behind one of the best-known deaths in video games.