Should games tell stories like films?

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Published on August 10, 2021 1:03:32 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjfbyihk5qE

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It's not difficult to see that early video game story-telling was much different than today, for better or worse. Over the years, games are telling their stories more and more like films, so it's only reasonable to ask whether or not this is good thing.

In this video, I discuss how early films had to experiment to find out what they did that was different than theatre, and games are the same way. Is there are way of telling stories in games that should differ from how they're told in film? What's unique about the gameplay medium, and how can it be utilized so that games can do what games do best, instead of following in the footsteps of film?

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