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For me, one of the best examples of this is Shadow of the Colossus. I remember when it came out, I was 24 at the time. I stayed up all night until about 10am finishing it because I was ravenous for the conclusion. Sure, the story probably would have been received well as a book or film, but damn...

I absolutely love this. I can tell from the rest of your post that you really grasped what I was getting at here and the ideas that I was exploring. We're at the start of a new type of storytelling, just like you said with novels and film. Rough as hell at first (and I think that this is the...

Oh man, this is pure gold. You're really onto something here. I want to see you explore this even more so in depth. I agree that there does seem to be a missing component, the connection with the creator.

Exactly my thought process. I like to look at video games, as a medium, like a fantastic canvas. There's so many directions that we can go with it. But just like any other canvas, someone might produce utterly terrible and forgettable works, and others will create something that will heralded...

I've no clue, and I'm certainly not a British fellow! Hopefully this gets fixed by... someone. Pardon my newness. Man, you are SO on point with this that I want to share it with everyone. Video games are still so young, and I feel like we're finally starting to really tackle what we can do...

Yep, exactly this is what I also said. They're a good start, but they're not good enough. They're able to start exploring some ideas that can't be replicated in other mediums, but it's so rudimentary right now.

Well the idea that I'm going with here is that a book/film is an experience told/shown, while a game is an experience lived (as close as we can currently get, safely). In this, they have a different impact on the audience. A query for my point; we've seen plenty of movies with torture...

I disagree. "1000 travel books aren't worth one real trip." We can be told about something all day, every day, but it is rare that a told experience is as impactful as experiencing it for yourself. Video games, being a very rudimentary form of having that 'experience', are beginning to...

I think that this is a super interesting thing that I've also noticed happening. I just finished The Phantom Pain and felt like this was a story closer to the audience than other Metal Gear games in the past. There are events and sequences that not every player will experience, purely based on...

Are Video Games the New Great Medium for Telling Stories? Storytelling has evolved through the ages, with video games being the newest medium to do it. Will games be the ultimate mode for relating meaningful stories? Read Full Article