You’ve met With a Terrible Fate, the next generation of video game theory. Every Sunday, we contemplate various aspects of storytelling in video games, take academic deep dives, discuss controversial subjects of gaming culture, and review games beyond the question of whether you should buy them or not.
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You’ve met With a Terrible Fate, the next generation of video game theory. Every Sunday, we contemplate various aspects of storytelling in video games, take academic deep dives, discuss controversial subjects of gaming culture, and review games beyond the question of whether you should buy them or not.
If you wish to support us, you can do so at https://www.patreon.com/WithaTerribleFate.
This week, With a Terrible Fate's podcast is a romp ranging from adaptation to serialized storytelling to metafiction. We kick off discussing Lies of P in the contexts of Pinocchio, Miyazaki-inspired games, and philosophically-minded stories as Aaron nears the conclusion of his first playthrough. (He's since wrapped this up, so stay tuned for overall first impressions!) Later, Dan presents his latest views on how to read the eras and progress of Final Fantasy as a series, inspired by his latest journeys through Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Final Fantasy XVI, and in conversation with Aaron's current work on the Tales of series in Tales of Praxis. Finally, we both wrestle with the relationship between a game's fourth wall, metafictional storytelling, and how to involve a player without disenfranchising the story's characters—as well as how our views in this area have changed over the years.
Mind the spoilers for the whole Final Fantasy series, the Tales of series, Lies of P, BioShock, The Stanley Parable, NieR, and Undertale!
Check out With a Terrible Fate's publications on many of the games in this discussion, such as: Final Fantasy, Tales of, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Code Vein, BioShock, The Stanley Parable, NieR, and Undertale.
With a Terrible Fate
You’ve met With a Terrible Fate, the next generation of video game theory. Every Sunday, we contemplate various aspects of storytelling in video games, take academic deep dives, discuss controversial subjects of gaming culture, and review games beyond the question of whether you should buy them or not.
If you wish to support us, you can do so at https://www.patreon.com/WithaTerribleFate.
