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Welcome to the podcast home of With a Terrible Fate, your first and final source for literary studies of your favorite video games. Subscribe for a range of accessible deep-dives into the storytelling of specific video games, as well as the theory of video-game narrative more broadly. Find all our written, audio, and video content, along with options to support us, at https://linktr.ee/withaterriblefate.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
A Very Special Halloween Gaming Podcast
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
On the spookiest day of the year, join With a Terrible Fate in a free-wheeling conversation about the past, present, and future magic of horror storytelling in video games. In a brand-new podcast episode, Dan Hughes and Aaron Suduiko haunt you with reflections on the good, bad, and ugly of scary interactive stories, including:
- Old and new glitches, from MissingNo. to headless Marvel heroes
- Dan's six-year-old ire for Five Nights at Freddy's, juxtaposed against his reception of the brand-new Five Nights at Freddy's film
- The role of horror moments in non-horror video-game genres, such as the JRPG
- The "Silent Hill" era of retelling old horror stories in a new light like campfire stories inspired by oral histories, including such works as Resident Evil and Silent Hill remakes, as well as Lies of P
- Recommendations for what you should play and watch this Halloween
Don't be afraid, and buckle up for new podcast content in the near future!
Works cited:
- Dan Hughes, "Does Five Nights at Freddy's Belong in the Video Game Canon?"
- Dan Hughes, "Does Dead Rising Belong in the Video Game Canon?"
- Dan Hughes, "Does Silent Hill Belong in the Video Game Canon?"
- Dan Hughes, "Does Silent Hill 2 Belong in the Video Game Canon?"
- Dan Hughes, "Does Silent Hill 3 Belong in the Video Game Canon?"
- Dan Hughes, "Does Silent Hill 4 Belong in the Video Game Canon?"
- Dan Hughes, "Does Undertale Belong in the Video Game Canon?"
- Lauren Spohn, "The Outset Island Effect"
- Aaron Suduiko, Tales of Praxis
- Aaron Suduiko, "Bloodborne, Lovecraft, and the Dangerous Idea"
- Aaron Suduiko, "The Horror of Code Vein is You"
- Aaron Suduiko, "Guilt & Inequity in Silent Hill 2"
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 17: ”What’s That On Your Shoulder?”
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
This Friday the 13th of October on Pokémon Rose: from MissingNo. and a skeletal Kabutops to Drifloon and Gengar, take our hand on the spookiest day of the year and wander with us through the pokégraveyard. Stay on the lookout: if we're unlucky enough, we may just be visited by the origins of ghost stories, Ghost Pokémon, and the spooky folklore that wove its DNA into the Pokémon series and early-2000s internet gaming culture alike.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 16: ”The Legend of Arceus”
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
This week on Pokémon Rose: an exposition of mythopoeia, a study of the Pokémon world's perennial quest for meaning and explanation in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, and how mechanics of exploration, Pokémania, and myth equip players to confront one burning question: "How do we dream in a shapeless void?"
Credit to Qumu Music for the music in this episode.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 15: ”Welcome to Sinnoh”
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
This week on Pokémon Rose: an introduction to Generation 4 of Pokémon (Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum), the value of taking your childhood passions seriously as you grow up, and the surprising perspective of falling in love with a game as an adult only because you chose not to play it in your childhood.
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 14: ”What Dreams May Come”
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
This week on Pokémon Phi Rose: five-time Pokémon world champion Dan Hughes reflects on Pokémon Alpha Sapphire and contemplates what might have been if he'd taken a different path and adopted a different dream.
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 13: ”A Tale of Two Rivals”
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
This week on Pokémon Rose: the story of how Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire turned the series' rivalry paradigm on its head through a new kind of character—and a new kind of role for the player.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 12: ”What Team Aqua Did”
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
This week on Pokémon Rose: studying how the enemy teams of Pokémon developed from mobsters into a trenchant lesson on the limitations of personal dreams.
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 11: ”The Value of Effort”
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
This week on Pokémon Rose: a deep dive into the game mechanics of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire that gave birth to the modern Pokémon metagame—and a study of how those mechanics unexpectedly enhanced the heart of the series' storytelling.
Monday May 29, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 10: ”Change in the Hoenn Region”
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
This week on Pokémon Rose: a study in what it's like as a gamer to feel as though the new entries in a beloved video-game series were no longer being made for you—and foreshadowing of how, and why, you would ultimately return to that series.
Monday May 22, 2023
Pokémon Rose Episode 9: ”Is Celebi Real?”
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
This week on Pokémon Rose: a time-travel episode in more ways than one, exploring the legendary intersection between a unique Pokémon and a real-life Pokéchallenge.