Ludonarrative Dissonance is Useful

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Published on February 18, 2015 4:41:36 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrHrFbV7Oag

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Recently, Errant Signal put out a video about narrative vs ludic criticism where he expanded and claimed that ludonarrative dissonance is a useless concept because it is inherently biased and prods the critic to see the game as negative. Here, I argue that ludonarrative dissonance is one end of a spectrum, where the other end is ludonarrative harmony, and that if one considers the term as belonging in a spectrum it becomes immensely useful.

The Signal's video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBN3R0m31bA