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News & Views

1/2/16-1/8/16

Welcome everyone to a very abridged News & Views! I apologize for the brevity—it’s been a busy week getting readjusted to lab work in the new year. That, and I assume a lot of video game writers are getting adjusted to working again too: not too many articles beating down my door this week.

Check out below for some great stories about the dualism of Golden Sun, a tale of a man who brought an IP back from the dead, and an argument that all stories in all media are the same.

If you follow me on Twitter you would know that this week’s The Impact Factor podcast will be delayed by a couple days. But that’s because my co-host Charles Fliss is joining me in person to do our Game of the Year 2015 discussion! So keep checking out the usual places to see when the episode drops: iTunes, SoundCloud & YouTube

Spotlight

All Stories Are the Same

John Yorke, The Atlantic

Worth Reading

The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone is an even better Game of the Year choice than the main game

Jake Lear, Polygon

How Satoru Iwada Helped Bring Pokemon to America

Eddie Makuch, Gamespot

Undertale Has One Of The Greatest Final Boss Fights In RPG History

Jason Schreier, Kotaku

The Dualism and Morality of "Golden Sun"

Willie Clark, Kill Screen

Meeting Yoshinori Ono, the Man Who Brought Street Fighter Back From the Dead

Andi Hamilton, Vice