RESONANT ARC

Overview

Resonant Arc was created as a long-form storytelling and analysis platform exploring symbolism, narrative structure, and meaning in video games, film, and television. The goal was to approach these works as cultural texts, shaped by history, psychology, and authorship, rather than as disposable entertainment.

The project focused on depth over speed, curiosity over certainty, and interpretation over opinion.

The Creative Challenge

Most media analysis online prioritizes immediacy and surface-level reaction. Resonant Arc was built around a different question:

How do you create slow, thoughtful, symbolic analysis on a platform optimized for quick takes, and still build an engaged audience?

The challenge was not reach, but patience: trusting that an audience existed for deeper work, and designing a format that rewarded attention rather than distraction.

My Role

I founded Resonant Arc and served as its creative director, shaping the project’s editorial voice, thematic focus, and visual language.

I led:

• Concept development and narrative framing

• Symbolic and thematic analysis

• Visual style, pacing, and tone

• Format experimentation and community direction

Each piece was guided by the same intent: to help audiences see familiar stories differently and more clearly.

Creative Approach

• Treat games, films, and shows as authored works shaped by human experience

• Look beyond plot into symbolism, pattern, and subtext

• Contextualize stories through cultural, historical, and biographical lenses

• Design visuals that support ideas rather than compete with them

Resonant Arc favored interpretation over judgment, and curiosity over conclusions.

Selected Work

Dark History

A seven-part series exploring the lesser-known and often unsettling stories behind the video game industry, including organized crime involvement, corporate power struggles, and the fractured partnership between Nintendo and Sony.

To support the tone and subject matter, I developed a new visual style built around silhouettes and restrained motion, allowing difficult material to feel engaging without becoming sensational.

The series expanded the channel’s scope beyond analysis into investigative storytelling, while maintaining the same narrative discipline and visual coherence.