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Video games have been one of the greatest storytelling mediums for a long time now, and story has always been the primary aspect that drives me to play. I wanted to take some time and talk about seven of what I consider to be the greatest video game stories out there -- and honestly, these stories are so great that they give any stories in any medium a run for their money. (And I'm excluding JRPGs from this list -- JRPGs have an advantage in storytelling in my opinion, so I want to give other types of games a chance to shine.) Let me know down in the comments what games you think have the best stories, so I can start compiling a list of the games I need to get into!

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00:00 Intro
00:34 Control
02:12 AI The Somnium Files
03:55 The Last of Us
05:36 Silent Hill 2
07:44 Interlude
08:01 Heavy Rain
09:44 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
11:13 Ghost Trick Phantom Detective
12:48 Outro