Video Game Analysis | With A Terrible Fate

“If You Change Your Mind”: Shapeshifters of EarthBound

Only EarthBound could marry the mechanics of dungeon-crawling with the themes of epic poetry.

By Max Gorynski, 5 months ago August 29, 2019

The Witness is an icon of minimalist video-game storytelling. But when—and how—can minimalism go too far?

By Caymus Ducharme, 9 months ago May 11, 2019

What makes your favorite video-game horror stories tick? Join us at PAX East, this Saturday at 9pm in Arachnid Theatre, to find out.

By Aaron Suduiko, 10 months ago March 29, 2019

In the latest With a Terrible Fate podcast episode, we unpack the good, the bad, and the ugly of our PAX South 2019 panel on teaser culture.

By Aaron Suduiko, 11 months ago February 18, 2019

In an industry that still doesn't seem to have fully cracked the code on story adaptation, one 2005 game has lessons worth learning.

By Chris Anhorn, 1 year ago January 18, 2019

Meet With a Terrible Fate January 19th in PAX South's Cactus Theatre for a panel on video game theory in a world obsessed with teasers.

By Dan Hughes, 1 year ago January 18, 2019

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

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago July 11, 2018

In the newest episode of our podcast, two of our team members sit down with their high-school mentors to discuss the state of video games.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago April 16, 2018

In this podcast episode, find out how With a Terrible Fate began with a couple of independent projects conducted in high school.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago March 28, 2018

In the first episode of With a Terrible Fate's new podcast, our founder discusses the site's development over the last three years.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 years ago March 26, 2018