Podcast
Podcast: Fairy Tales, Fantasies, and Fourth Walls
Discussing Lies of P as a "soulslike" fairy tale, the narrative evolution of the Final Fantasy series, and the permeability of fourth walls!
Podcast
What Do We Do When We Talk About Games?
Join us in a podcast about gaming meta-discourse: what does it take to have productive conversations about our experiences with games?
Podcast
Pokémon Rose Episode 11: “The Value of Effort”
How the innovation of Pokémon's modern metagame in Ruby and Sapphire unexpectedly enriched the heart of Pokémon's storytelling.
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Scarlet Nexus: The Pathos of Karen Travers
In Karen Travers, Scarlet Nexus tells the tragic story of how a character can become a villain by being cut off from the player's agency.
Final Fantasy
The Drawing Board: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Mobile Storytelling
Are free-to-play mobile games just shameless cash grabs, or might they hold the key to the latest innovations in storytelling?
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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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Not Just Monika: Sadistic Horror in Doki Doki Literature Club
Think the horror of Doki Doki Literature Club is a simple case of breaking the fourth wall? Look closer.
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Does Undertale Belong in the Video Game Canon?
Undertale has captivated the internet since its release, but what's its real impact on the art of game storytelling?
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Three Core Ways the Nintendo Switch Will Make New Stories Possible
Nintendo's hybrid console isn't just new video game hardware: it's the harbinger of new video-game storytelling.