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Never Alone
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That Dragon, Cancer
The Beginner's Guide
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Critical Theory
Narrative in Games
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Interesting Readings
Exemplar Assignments
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Home
The Games
Never Alone
Papers, Please
This War of Mine
That Dragon, Cancer
The Beginner's Guide
More Games Worth Studying
Critical Theory
Narrative in Games
Games Journalism
Op-Ed Style Writing
Interesting Readings
Exemplar Assignments
Narrative in Games
Exposition
The first great works of digital literature are already being written
Video games could be the greatest storytelling medium of our age – if only the worlds of art and technology would stop arguing and take notice
The Uneasy Merging of Narrative and Gameplay
Developer Ara Shirinian picks apart the gameplay/narrative question by examining how games handle cinematic interactivity, how movies handle fight sequences, and how XEODesign's Nicole Lazzaro's list of gameplay emotions apply to one medium and not the other.
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