Control is immersion. Sometimes it's better to see an avatar because it gives you exactly the feedback that you need to know what you are doing. But sometimes it's exactly the presence of an avatar that makes things complicated, so you try to get rid of it. Also there are ...
I'm glad to read an article that points at narration and story in non-digital games. It's one of the best ways to find a answer to the narration question in games which is so often neglegted due to the claim that games can't be stories because they're interactive . In ...
Thanks for the tip, Chris. I think Mike Lopez and a few others touched the dramatic beats issue in recently published articles here on Gamasutra, so it'd be wise that I give those a serious read.
Nice thoughts... recently in an article on prototyping I touched this issue a bit. My conclusion was that for the aspiring game designer the designer-as-prototype, the designer-as-potentiality , there is one great motto to adopt: festina lente: hurry slowly. I think what you say here in this article resonates with ...
