There are phrases I tend to use a lot of in my reviews in order to describe certain aspects of storytelling that tend to show up in a lot of stories, no matter how different they may be. When I write about television shows, I tend to refer a lot to Chuck Cunningham Syndrome. In a handful of video game reviews, I've used the term "Nintendo Hard" to describe a certain level of difficulty. I talk about inversions and subversions of storytelling devices known as tropes. If you … more