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.
Final Fantasy
The Drawing Board: Why Analyze the Legacy of Final Fantasy VII Remake?
On a special edition of With a Terrible Fate's podcast, the team reflects on the reasons that they're analyzing Final Fantasy VII Remake.
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Introduction: The Legacy of Final Fantasy VII Remake
Read With a Terrible Fate's mission statement for their analytical series in which they explore the storytelling of Final Fantasy VII Remake.
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Does Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Belong in the Video Game Canon?
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories set the tone for the form and content of the series. Does it hold up as one of gaming's great stories?
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Does Donkey Kong 64 Belong in the Video Game Canon?
Donkey Kong 64 combined everything from banana-inspired controllers to rap. How did it impact the storytelling of video games?
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Does Banjo-Kazooie Belong in the Video Game Canon?
Witches, rhyming, and one of gaming's first dynamic duos. Join us as we examine the legacy of Banjo-Kazooie.
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Does Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door Belong in the Video Game Canon?
Does Paper Mario qualify as one of the "Great Books" of gaming? Read on for an analysis of the conversation we started at PAX East 2018.
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Does Kingdom Hearts 1 Belong in the Video Game Canon?
16 years ago, one Disney/Final-Fantasy crossover gave birth to a new series. How did the first Kingdom Hearts change storytelling?
A Comprehensive Theory of EarthBound
How EarthBound Brought Fatherhood to Gaming
In a decade that gave us a library of games about orphans, EarthBound reminded us how important fathers are to their sons.
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Does God of War Belong in the Video Game Canon?
God of War took classic Greek mythology and established a brutal lore all its own. Does it belong in the pantheon of great storytelling?