What keeps you loving Life is Strange, Flaws and all
Life is Strange has more than its fair share of problems, tired tropes, and slow-moving segments, yet so many of us still love this game.
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Sparsh S.
Nov 19, 20216 min read
The Central Relationship: Hugging It Out
It is important for writers to establish their central relationships, including the friends, the mentors and the rival.
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Sparsh S.
Nov 4, 20214 min read
The Avatar, The Firelord and The Throne
The duality between our two protagonist and within Zuko himself is further put to test through the tale of Roku and Sozin.
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Sparsh S.
Oct 8, 20215 min read
Undying Optimism Veiling Tragedy
An exploration into optimism as a coping mechanism.
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Sparsh S.
Oct 4, 20216 min read
Life is Strange: True Colors and the Minefield of Emotions
Life is Strange has been particularly adept at tugging at your heartstrings. Now, they've cut the middlemen.
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Sparsh S.
Sep 25, 20217 min read
When a Kid's Show Dealt With the Dysfunctionality of Fatherhood
War is hardly a place where parenting becomes easier, and it gave one of the finest show ever made a deeper thematic layer.
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Sparsh S.
Sep 17, 20217 min read
How Motivation Changes the Meaning of a Story
The delicate art of subversion includes changing the meaning of the story through a simple revelation of motivation.
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Sparsh S.
Sep 1, 202125 min read
The Last of Us: Processing Grief (Ellie)
We have seen regression and we have seen self-destructive loathing, but how does Ellie react to her systemic losses?
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Sparsh S.
Aug 27, 202111 min read
The Last of Us: Processing Grief (Abby)
Instead of grief being resolved through attachment, how does resolution through identity work?
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Sparsh S.
Aug 22, 20218 min read
The Last of Us: Processing Grief (Joel)
How far can grief get us to go along with immorality?
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Sparsh S.
Aug 2, 20216 min read
The Anti-Hero Reimagined as a Villain
Rather than seeing an anti-hero in a purely sympathetic light, what if we acknowledged the moral complexity of simply existing and justice?
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Sparsh S.
Jun 21, 20214 min read
Life is Strange and the Lineage of Corruption
There are a few big players who make Arcadia Bay a city of sinners to be purged by a storm.
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Sparsh S.
Jun 16, 20215 min read
Arrested Development: Perfection in Sitcom
There is no better way to understand and study sitcom than with the greatest one ever made.
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Sparsh S.
Jun 12, 20215 min read
Life Is Strange: A Pictorial Definition
Can a single still image for each of the Life is Strange game capture the theme?
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Sparsh S.
May 20, 20213 min read
Bojack Horseman: Forgiveness and lack thereof
Redemption and Forgiveness is a concept few can tackle as well as Bojack Horseman did.
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Sparsh S.
Apr 20, 20215 min read
Thematic Rounding-Out (And when not to do it)
Some endings should round out the beginning of the show. Some shouldn't.
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Sparsh S.
Jan 25, 20214 min read
Soul: Narrating Through Music
Using musical notes to transcend the power of words is not an easy task to accomplish, but one director manages to do so over-and-over.
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Sparsh S.
Jan 1, 20215 min read
The Anatomy of a Mentor
Writing a flawed mentor is not an easy task in context of a flowing narrative, so let's appreciate a few who got it right.
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Sparsh S.
Nov 22, 20209 min read
The Last of Us Part II: Guilt as a Motivator
An understanding of the sequel game's most powerful narrative tool.
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Sparsh S.
Nov 1, 202011 min read
The Potential of Korra: Amon Arc
The Legend of Korra is not just the sequel of Avatar: The Last Airbender. But how much better could it have been with just a few changes?
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