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Video Game Analysts’ Journey Across Japan
Join With a Terrible Fate's team in a reflection on their recent visit to Japan and how it's informed their outlook on video game stories!
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Forms of Life: Reading Xenoblade Chronicles 3 through Wittgenstein
Only through the lens of a philosopher at war with himself can we understand a game at war with itself.
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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.
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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.
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How Fictional Stories Become True: Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
A puzzle about how much of Where the Water Taste Like Wine is true reveals an unexpected lesson about the value of folk tales.
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The Real Architect of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is Plato
One of the world's oldest thinkers gives us a surprising view into one of the world's newest forms of storytelling.
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What King Rhoam’s Reign Teaches Us about Breath of the Wild
Understanding the nature King Rhoam’s kingship gives us a whole new understanding of Link’s latest journey.