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Hero of Time: What Makes a Zelda Game a Zelda Game?

What does the DNA of a Zelda game look like? How can we extrapolate that and use it to tell our own authentic Zelda story?

By Jaron R. M. Johnson, 7 years ago April 4, 2018

Does Olimar’s adventure in a bizarre world deserve to be remembered as one of gaming’s great stories?

By Matt McGill, 7 years ago April 3, 2018

Pong, the mother of all video games, was the mother of all video-game storytelling, too.

By Skylar Cohen, 7 years ago April 1, 2018

We asked PAX South: does Portal deserve a place among the "Great Books" of gaming?

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago March 17, 2018

Yacht Club Games took to Kickstarter and taught developers how to make games that engage gamers' nostalgia without drowning them in it.

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago March 2, 2018

When it comes to EarthBound, cops and punks aren’t Ness’s greatest enemies: it’s Nothingness.

By Max Gorynski, 7 years ago February 13, 2018

GTA is infamous for stirring debate about violence in gaming. What were its contributions to the storytelling of the medium?

By Chris Anhorn, 7 years ago January 9, 2018

Join With a Terrible Fate in Texas to discuss which video-game stories stand the test of time.

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago January 8, 2018

Super Mario Sunshine aimed to prove that the success of Super Mario 64 wasn't a fluke. Does it belong in the video game canon?

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago November 13, 2017

Drawing a month of horror-themed analysis to a close, explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of Silent Hill 4's storytelling and legacy.

By Dan Hughes, 8 years ago November 6, 2017