Thursday 10 October 2013

Final video assessment, Narratology and Ludology



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Video games are a new medium, and like all new media they are struggling to be defined. Games are a special example in that they (with the advancement of technology) are able to incorporate elements from other mediums such as film and combine them with interaction. There are some that say that this shift in focus on story inevitably takes the interaction away from the player and creates a messy indefinable hybrid between games and other media.