Category: Story Analysis
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Assassin’s Creed: Why Video Game Adaptations Fail
Good day, everyone! This is K.O. Lynn and we’re going to talk about another one of Ubisoft’s foibles. I know you’re excited. My sincere condolences to all those who have been affected by Ubisoft’s recent layoffs. I know how unfair that all feels and Ubisoft has had a rather awful track record as a business…
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The Tragically Undercooked Story of Final Fantasy XVI
Good day, everyone, and welcome to the first podcast in Season 2! I am your host K.O. Lynn and this podcast is a means of deconstructing stories from pop culture, noting their strengths and pinpointing their weaknesses via constructive criticism. This week’s podcast is about Final Fantasy 16. I describe the story as ‘undercooked’ because…
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Ep 10. The Creator – Story Analysis
Amidst all of the new hubbub about this AI generation stuff, a new film, The Creator, saw its release. In this movie, AI developed from mere algorithms spitting back facsimile of human intelligence to outright humanistic androids/robots. The premise of the story is that the ‘West’ (the US) decided AI had gone too far and…
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Ep 8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Director’s Cut Deconstruction
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the greatest action flicks of all time! The release of a Director’s Cut added new footage that expanded on the story in new, interesting, and sometimes detrimental ways – not the point of it being watchable. In this episode, we go through each scene of the Director’s Cut…
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Ep 7. Alien: Isolation – A Story Analysis
The alien series is an iconic franchise that has suffered a number of lackluster films and even worse video games. But in 2014, Creative Assembly and Sega published the hit game Alien: Isolation. This game took the franchise back to its roots and crafted an experience that provides an intensely horrific experience of predator vs.…
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Ep 4. A Story Analysis of Final Fantasy X
One of the longest franchises in the game world, Final Fantasy has been on the original Nintendo all the way up to the Playstation 5. Today, I’m going to focus on Final Fantasy X, the first of the series to grace the Playstation 2 and feature voice-acting. Though it’s a story that I find a…
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Ep 2. Encanto Story Analysis
Encanto! Premiering in November 2020, this movie was an instant hit, garnering adoration worldwide! In this podcast, I analyze the things that went right and make note of the things that didn’t.
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