Storytelling | With A Terrible Fate

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?

By Aaron Suduiko, 6 years ago July 28, 2018

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.

By Matt McGill, 6 years ago July 23, 2018

The Dragon Ball saga has been told and retold for decades. How did Xenoverse change the game?

By Dan Hughes, 6 years ago July 13, 2018

On Episode 8 of our podcast, we ask: how can difficulty tell a story?

By Aaron Suduiko, 6 years ago July 11, 2018

Read the first chapter of an analytically grounded, fan-written story that bridges the gap between Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.

By CJ Thomas, 6 years ago July 10, 2018

What do NieR: Automata and Rear Window have in common? Find out in our latest podcast episode.

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 years ago June 14, 2018

Why develop a canon for video-game storytelling? Watch With a Terrible Fate discuss this at PAX East, along with a debate about Paper Mario.

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 years ago June 3, 2018

16 years ago, one Disney/Final-Fantasy crossover gave birth to a new series. How did the first Kingdom Hearts change storytelling?

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago May 22, 2018

God of War took classic Greek mythology and established a brutal lore all its own. Does it belong in the pantheon of great storytelling?

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago May 6, 2018

Does Olimar’s adventure in a bizarre world deserve to be remembered as one of gaming’s great stories?

By Matt McGill, 7 years ago April 3, 2018