The Second Quest
When classic videogame design collides with modern gamers’ desire for freedom and playability, who (if anyone) really wins?
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Legend Of Zelda on Overthinking It
A Link Across Time: The Power of Childhood in The Legend of Zelda
What is “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds” trying to tell us about nostalgia? And what does it have to do with turning into a painting?
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Hyrule Castle and Environs: The Legend of Zelda through the Joycean Lens
Is there a real Legend of Zelda continuity? Does it matter?
L.A. Noire and the Video Game Value of Work
Why are video games 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration?
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Grand Theft Auto and the Problem of Evil
Whose fault are the GTA games, really?
Episode 138: The Oft-Overlooked #1 Variety
The Overthinkers tackle the meaning of art.
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Wrestling with Wild Things, Part 2
Why memories make people sad, the narrativization of loss, advances in clinical psychology, and why everything you think you know about therapeutic art may be wrong.
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Tri-Forced
How wise does the Triforce of Wisdom really make you?
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