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Podcast: PS5 Pro and Technologies of Storytelling
What can the PS5 Pro teach us about the rich, myriad relationships between evolutions in console development and innovation in storytelling?
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How Majora’s Mask Teaches Us to Connect With All of Ourselves
By exploring Majora’s Mask through the lens of ego state therapy, we learn how Link overcomes trauma and outgrows the moniker of "Hero of Time."
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Podcast: Awards, Holiday Gaming, and Demos
Enjoy a podcast breaking in December with reflections on awards culture, holiday gaming, the semiotics of recommendation, demos, and more!
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Join With a Terrible Fate for an Interview with the Creator of The Legend of Zelda: Hero’s Purpose!
Tune into With a Terrible Fate's Twitch channel on April 20th at 7p ET for a live conversation with Sean McGarry, creator of Hero's Purpose!
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Before the Law and Before Gaming: Kafka, Players, and Avatars
Kafka's "Before the Law" offers a new lens for meditating on the relationships between avatars, bosses, developers, and players in gaming.
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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.
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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.
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With a Terrible Fate Podcast Episode 11: EarthBound’s Flavor Text
Enjoy a conversation with Max Gorynski about the latest in his Comprehensive Theory of EarthBound, plus meditations on Nintendo hardware, collectibles, and narrative metagames.
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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.
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With a Terrible Fate Podcast Episode 1: Pressing Start
In the first episode of WaTF's podcast, we introduce ourselves and the project and discuss Nier, Returnal, and "games as rent."