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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
Undying Optimism Veiling Tragedy
An exploration into optimism as a coping mechanism.
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Sparsh S.
- Oct 4, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 25 min
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, 2021
- 11 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 9 min
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, 2020
- 11 min
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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