Arjen de Jong is a Utrecht (Netherlands) based freelance pervasive game designer and writer for interactive media with a Bachelor in a Theatre and Game Design course at the Utrecht School of Arts (HKU). He works on a wide selection of interactive projects designed to move people to engage, think, act, and above all enjoy playing. Besides that he writes critical articles and engages in discussions about games as a medium in general, and storytelling in games and artistic games in particular.
I largely disagree with the article. In my eyes the writer makes an often made mistake in video game design. He sees the story and narrative as responsible for something that is not decided by the narrative but rather by the gameplay and the programming, the game design. A good ...
