Tag: narrative
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Beyond words: translating my Chants of Sennaar videogame experience
Chants Of Sennaar is unique. In this game you decipher languages to make your way up in a tower. A journey that leaves you craving more and goes beyond, with a story that can connect with you in unexpected ways.
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Heavy Rain: A Gloomy Murder Mystery Where You Race Against the Rain
Heavy Rain, an interactive action-adventure, is a dramatic murder mystery perfect for dark fall nights.
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Sworn by Ghostlight – Detective stories under the pale moonlight
The solo-tabletop roleplaying game Sworn by Ghostlight is a great tool for horror storytelling that, depending on your preferences, might leave you wanting for deeper depth of mechanical or descriptional variety.
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The jubilation of life, told through death – Powerful narrative of What Remains of Edith Finch
Here’s why I think the powerful, interactive narrative of What Remains of Edith Finch is one of gaming’s finest, be it a “mere” walking simulator or not.
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Indie Developers as the Frontrunners of Female Representation in Narratives
Many AAA studios cater to the masses, but many indie developers are telling stories with strong female characters leading the narratives.
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Going Back: Cyberpunk 2077, A Year-long Bugfest
Cyberpunk 2077 was released to much critique because of its many bugs and might be that not even its excellent narrative can save it.
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Psychonauts 2: A Game Like a Painting
When art design takes the lead and complements the narrative and level design, the outcome is a gorgeous yet thought-provoking game.
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An Escape to Peace – The Stress-free World of Lake
Sometimes, leaving the stress, work, and deadlines behind is really the right choice. Lake is a game where time stands still and the mind rests.
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Speedrunning – To Destroy is to Transform
A study on speedrunning a zombie game, Left 4 Dead, counters the view of the practice as only game-breaking to that of a generative process which can provide new aspects for the narrative of the game.
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To conform or not to conform – dissonance of presenting woman empowerment in Life is Strange and The Walking Dead
How do narrative adventure games like Life is Strange and The Walking Dead depict women empowerment in morally precarious situations? This is what Butt & Dunne’s “Rebel Girls and Consequences in Life is Strange and The Walking Dead” is about.
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Death Stranding – Unique but Monotonous Experience
Since its announcement in 2016, fans have been trying to figure out what game designer Hideo Kojima’s newest game Death Stranding is actually about. Now that the game has been finally released, has the wait filled with wild speculation been worth it?
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Lapsihahmojen esittämistavat videopeleissä – Tarkastelussa pelitutkimuksen artikkeli
Susanne Eichnerin essee käsittelee lapsihahmoja digitaalisissa peleissä tunteiden virittämisen näkökulmasta.
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Game developing through Artificial Intelligence
Scheherazade-IF is becoming the ultimate Narrative Generating System that’s here to revolutionize story-based games
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RPG Mythos: Narrative Gaming as Modern Mythmaking
The odd commonality between Kalevala and Cyberpunk 2020: Narrative Gaming as modern mythmaking #RPG #liveaction #narrative