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Explore the Storytelling of Xenoblade Chronicles at PAX East 2023!
Join the authors of the Leibnizian, Platonic, and Wittgensteinian readings of Xenoblade Chronicles in a panel on the series' storytelling!
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Forms of Life: Reading Xenoblade Chronicles 3 through Wittgenstein
Only through the lens of a philosopher at war with himself can we understand a game at war with itself.
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Meet the Game Analysts: With a Terrible Fate Interviews Adam Bierstedt
Meet Adam Bierstedt, With a Terrible Fate's resident historian, and learn what video games have in common with a 14th-century manuscript.
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The Real Architect of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is Plato
One of the world's oldest thinkers gives us a surprising view into one of the world's newest forms of storytelling.
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LAN Party: What Game Inspired You to Analyze Video-Game Storytelling?
We ask the With a Terrible Fate analysts: what game first inspired you to analyze video-game storytelling?
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Why It’s a Good Thing That Dark Souls Isn’t Coming Back
How Dark Souls committed an act of genius by building a world where Dark Souls IV is impossible.
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Teaser Metaphysics: Storytelling in Xenoblade X.
I argue that Xenoblade Chronicles X falls short where Xenoblade Chronicles succeeded.
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Why 3 disks were acceptable for Final Fantasy VII, and why 3 games are not for its remake.
How philosophy led me to change my mind about the Final Fantasy VII remake.
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Critical Review: Xenoblade and Leibniz.
With Xenoblade X releasing tomorrow, I revisit and update my work on Xenoblade Chronicles.
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“Listen to My Story”: The Problem of Storytelling in Virtual Reality.
A defense of why video games might be better at telling stories than VR ever could be.