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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?

By Dan Hughes, 3 months ago October 3, 2024

Could storytellers like Miyazaki push players' motivations beyond crafting timelines—all the way to crafting theories of value?

By Dan Hughes, 3 months ago September 15, 2024

What's the best way to marry "big questions" of morality and player involvement in games with our actual passion for those games?

By Dan Hughes, 5 months ago July 15, 2024

An episode packed with surprise philosophical distinctions in Lies of P and charitable reconsideration of our most hated childhood games!

By Dan Hughes, 7 months ago June 8, 2024

Tales of Hearts R's fairy tale is an activity that bonds all real and fictional entities of the Tales of Series with one source of value.

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 months ago June 5, 2024

Discussing Lies of P as a "soulslike" fairy tale, the narrative evolution of the Final Fantasy series, and the permeability of fourth walls!

By Dan Hughes, 8 months ago April 18, 2024

This week on With a Terrible Fate's podcast: a spoiler-rich look at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, with the promise of more analysis to come!

By Dan Hughes, 9 months ago March 25, 2024

From Pyramid Head to Ganondorf to Sister Friede, unlock new ways to love and hate bosses in With a Terrible Fate's lecture at PAX East!

By Aaron Suduiko, 9 months ago March 21, 2024

How can a closer look at the storytelling mechanics of video games empower us to better know and relate to characters good and evil?

By Dan Hughes, 10 months ago February 23, 2024

Listen in to find out how Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth can inspire us to reevaluate our relationship with the structure of game stories.

By Dan Hughes, 10 months ago February 15, 2024