A Comprehensive Theory of EarthBound
A Guide to Nihilism in EarthBound
When it comes to EarthBound, cops and punks aren’t Ness’s greatest enemies: it’s Nothingness.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
Playing the Song of Time: a “Throwback Thursday” analysis.
I play my own "Song of Time" by offering the first of my analyses of "Majora's Mask," which came years before "With a Terrible Fate."
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
Line Analysis: “Wherever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow.”
The payoff for the Salesman's last words, and the place they establish for the player in Termina and beyond, might be bigger than you expect.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
“Wait a minute Mister Postman”: the problem of Termina in a single man.
A close look at a character who lives by the clock, in a world that lives by the clock.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
“He was lonely”: the pathos of Skull Kid.
In this piece, I analyze Skull Kid as a character, and question whether he ought to be forgiven for his actions.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
“Majora’s Mask” addresses marginalized groups in a way you might miss—and that’s the point.
"Majora's Mask" contains a thesis on how groups are marginalized by society. Here, I argue that the ease with which one can miss this game element is precisely what makes its content so impactful.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
Want to learn how to design sidequests? Play “Majora’s Mask.”
"Majora's Mask" is exceptional because it offers the most meaningful and ontologically logical sidequests possible of a game.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
Majora’s Mask should terrify you, and this is why.
We can easily write off the disturbing undercurrent of "Majora" as a result of aesthetics, but in this post, I want to offer an argument that the horror which pervades the game is much more subtle and existential than that interpretation. I submit that the ultimate reason "Majora's Mask" continues to terrify us is that, as much as we want there to exist an evil for us to conquer, there ultimately exists no evil in the game.