Unlike their big-budget counterparts, indie games often operate with smaller teams and budgets, yet they manage to deliver rich, immersive narratives that captivate players worldwide.
Dystopian fiction has long been a compelling and thought-provoking genre in literature, offering a glimpse into possible dark futures.
In recent years, one of the most significant trends in the gaming industry has been the rise of narrative-driven games.
The synergy between video games and movies has captivated audiences for decades.
However, the journey from controller to camera has often been fraught with challenges and disappointments.
The decision of relegating the Expanded Universe stories to the non-canon Legends left many fans yearning for the return of beloved EU tales.
In the early years of consoles, video game storytelling was often a secondary consideration, with gameplay taking center stage.
Every now and then, a game’s ending comes along that leaves players utterly stunned, reeling from unexpected twists, revelations, and emotional gut punches.
We’ve brought the receipts with these nine reasons why Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the best Zelda game.
One of the best things about video games is the ability to pick up the controller and play again, but with so many great video games out there, how do you narrow it down to which ones are worth replaying?
With banners held high, the community marches onward into the future, not knowing what the next day will bring.
There have been some wonderful examples in recent years, but here is our all-time top three alternative sports video games.
Many failed movies could benefit with extra running time. Let’s take a look at 10 terrible movies better suited as prestige TV series.
You might be asking yourself what is speculative fiction? Speculative Fiction is a super-genre of fiction. But let’s dive even deeper.
Fiction genres are much debated and revised, but they’re crucial to providing logical order to the storytelling arts.
Vet tabletop gamer or not, it’s the season for spooky, so we’ve picked the best horror board games and horror themed board games of all time.
RPG horror stories put you right in the middle of some terrifying situations, making the genre all the more real and visceral, which is a perfect fit for Halloween or any particularly spooky occasion.
In this episode of the Fictionphile Podcast, the crew analyzes why Final Fantasy 7 is a work of art.
In this episode of the Fictionphile Podcast, the crew analyzes why The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a work of art. Topics include the immersive gameplay, branching storylines, and innovative game mechanics.
In this episode of the Fictionphile Podcast, the crew analyzes why The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a work of art. Topics include the innovative storytelling, engaging and charming graphics, and the lore that it helped to create.
The supporting Legend of Zelda characters don’t get as much love as they should, yet the iconic series wouldn’t be the same without its cast.
Often times in science fiction we tend to eschew sci fi armor and instead focus on the ships, creatures, gadgetry, big flashy guns, and legally distinct laser swords.
If you ever loved a movie, play, TV show, or book–anything with dialogue–take a moment and thank Aeschylus. Not convinced? Let’s talk.
Thanks to various forms of fiction, popular culture is rife with different fictional locations from Hogwarts to the Mushroom Kingdom.
Just like bodies, no two examples of body swap fiction are exactly the same. They can range from the macabre to the quirky or cringe-worthy to brilliant.
Lunar Lander started as a small project by a high school kid but has become a genre unto itself. This gaming story is 40 years in the making.
The battles of science fiction usually need heavy artillery. However, sci-fi movies do not all follow the rules of a single universe.
Even before SpaceWar!, the earliest known video game, games have always crossed paths with computers.
DM dives deep into the striking parallels between Jungian archetypes and D&D character classes before suggesting ways to break the mold.
Narrative games today act more like an interactive work of fiction than games of the past, and no recent narrative-driven game proves this more than Spider-Man.
Recent lawsuits against Fortnite could affect more than just the game’s developer. The outcome of the suits could affect all of pop culture.
Researchers shook the Internet by the brain this week when they partially restored a quadriplegic man’s control of his hand, and we saw a glimpse of a potentially game changing brain-machine interface.
