How Video Games Tell Stories | The Hero's Journey, Ocarina of Time and Narratology versus Ludology
Channel: The Game Overanalyser
Date: 2020-06-01

This video examines the history of video games as a storytelling medium, and how interactivity and dynamic interaction alter how we present fiction. It analyzes the foundational work of people like Janet Murray, Brenda laurel and Espen Aarseth in the construction of a language for game stories, as well as the infamous debate between narratologists and ludologists, which has created much confusion about the underpinnings of games. Ultimately, games are both their own unique art form, as well as an extension of other mediums, reconciling the lineages of both play and art. 

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Sources

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-Poetics  Aristotle

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Hjfu0-oZY&t=6s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW7KvppTspc

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