How Episodic Storytelling Came and Went in Videogames | Critical Thought

How Episodic Storytelling Came and Went in Videogames | Critical Thought

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For this piece, I talked about the rise of episodic storytelling in the last decade, and why this concept has fizzled out in terms of game development and story writing. Here's the Dave Gilbert interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrGrmMh6HlA
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