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Does Dead Rising Belong in the Video Game Canon?

It dropped you in a mall full of zombies. How did it influence the storytelling legacy of video games?

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago January 30, 2018

GTA is infamous for stirring debate about violence in gaming. What were its contributions to the storytelling of the medium?

By Chris Anhorn, 7 years ago January 9, 2018

Join With a Terrible Fate in Texas to discuss which video-game stories stand the test of time.

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago January 8, 2018

Link fights the bad guy. Link saves the day. But what happens when the player no longer feels connected to this story?

By Jaron R. M. Johnson, 7 years ago November 14, 2017

Super Mario Sunshine aimed to prove that the success of Super Mario 64 wasn't a fluke. Does it belong in the video game canon?

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago November 13, 2017

Drawing a month of horror-themed analysis to a close, explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of Silent Hill 4's storytelling and legacy.

By Dan Hughes, 8 years ago November 6, 2017

It takes a special kind of game to initiate players into a brand-new console. Here's everything it takes for launch games to succeed.

By Skylar Cohen, 8 years ago November 3, 2017

A case study in how Tokyo Jungle elevated the storytelling of arcade games.

By Peter Finn, 8 years ago October 30, 2017

Monsters? They looked like monsters to you?

By Dan Hughes, 8 years ago October 28, 2017

Gamers shouldn't be satisfied with inefficient storytelling. Here's how film editing can enhance the ways we think about video games.

By Richard Nguyen, 8 years ago October 25, 2017