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Tag: narrative

narrative
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Like Many Games, Her Story is Missing Something Crucial – The Story

There’s something missing from indie narrative experiment Her Story: namely, the “story” part. To be fair, Her Story does some interesting things with ...
By Phil Hornshaw Legacy AuthorAugust 31, 2015
GDC 2014

Competing Interests: Mixing Story into Multiplayer

Christina Norman worked on the Mass Effect trilogy before moving on to Riot Games. With a proven track record for telling strong stories, ...
By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2014
Experienced Points

In Defense of Silent Protagonists

I have heard it said the Gordon Freeman is a bad character because he never says anything. The same is said about Chell ...
By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2013
Playing a Role

Schizophrenic Storytelling

A cinematic cutscene starts the game. A tumultuous blizzard has fallen on the city. Swarms of police cars hurry through the snowy streets ...
By Robert Buerkle Legacy AuthorJuly 20, 2010
Op-Ed

The Power of Personal Narrative

Shivering Isles, an expansion to Bethesda’s open-ended RPG Oblivion, released yesterday. Later this year, we’re going to see Bioware’s Mass Effect in stores ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorMarch 27, 2007
Ludo, Ergo Sum

A Word Is Worth A Thousand Pictures

“It is a curious characteristic of our modern civilisation that, whereas we are prepared to devote untold physical and mental resources to reaching ...
By John Walker Legacy AuthorMarch 14, 2006
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