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Does Dragon Ball Xenoverse Belong in the Video Game Canon?

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

By Dan Hughes, 7 days ago July 13, 2018

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

By Aaron Suduiko, 1 week 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, 1 week ago July 10, 2018

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

By Aaron Suduiko, 1 month 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, 2 months ago June 3, 2018

How can works of fan fiction empower all fans of a series to see it in a new light? With a Terrible Fate took to PAX East to find out.

By Aaron Suduiko, 2 months ago June 3, 2018

In a decade that gave us a library of games about orphans, EarthBound reminded us how important fathers are to their sons.

By Max Gorynski, 2 months 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, 2 months ago May 6, 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, 3 months ago April 16, 2018

We asked our team: how would you describe video games to a non-gamer, and what game would you recommend as their intro to the medium?

By Aaron Suduiko, 3 months ago April 14, 2018