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We discuss Carolyn Petit's essay, "Ain’t No Room on Board for the Insincere: A Look Back at Life Is Strange, My Favorite Game of the Year", which speaks (in part) about Undertale. She argues that "the way to avoid killing in Undertale isn’t through honest, open communication. It’s through manipulation and evasion." We consider her arguments and move on to cover dialogue in Undertale as a whole.

Near the start of Undertale, Toriel tells players that they should never fight with foes. We commonly understand this as a moral decision because we value peace as a good and violence as an evil. What moral message does Undertaleconvey, and how do we come to understand it?

Undertale's combat system gives two major choices: acting and fighting. If you act, you can work through a series of dialogue choices and eventually spare the enemy. If you fight, you can damage and eventually kill the enemy. We break down how to play through each option, what happens after you play through an option, and finally, how to compare one option against the other.

Shouty: exactly

Shouty: the last and first ones you named are the same people

WarioFan63: but its really a Stickerbush Symphony remix

The bosses in Azure Striker Gunvolt are carefully crafted, each featuring a distinct set of attacks that evolves over time. How do these attacks work together to give the boss a distinct identity? In other words, what gives a boss its theme?