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Podcast: INSCRYPTION, Game Mothers, and Gaming Rituals
Listen to a deep dissection of Inscryption, a celebration of motherhood in gaming, and a meditation on the rituals of single-player gaming!
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Why You Must Play Tales of Hearts R 389 Times
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.
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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!
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Podcast: PAX East 2024, Second-Chance Games, and Perilous Platinums
A PAX East 2024 postmortem, a defense of "black sheep" like Dark Souls II, and the platinum trophy struggle in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
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How to Get to Know a Video-Game Character
How can a closer look at the storytelling mechanics of video games empower us to better know and relate to characters good and evil?
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Time’s Arrow: Chester Burklight in Tales of Phantasia
In Tales of Phantasia almost 30 years ago, Chester Burklight taught us why the most important character in a story is the one shut out of it.
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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?
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Podcast: Ludic Gymnastics
From Persona 5 Tactica to Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn to the PS Portal, enjoy a podcast on the many ways in which gamers bounce around.
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Dymlos & Dein Nomos Teach You All You Need to Know About Free Will
Tales of Destiny and Tales of Vesperia tell two halves of one sword-themed lesson: how to act freely by empowering the stories of others.
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Tales of Symphonia: What Regal Bryant Taught Me
A case study of Regal Bryant casts Kratos Aurion in a new light and shows how Tales of Symphonia's relationship system informs its story.