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Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's insight:
This isn't a new concept, of course, but with the big push Sony gave for Until Dawn, it's an example of a growing trend of how developers embrace video games as mediums for telling stories. 
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Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's insight:
Read on for in-depth discussion of what the industry gets wrong about game narrative, storytelling’s growing significance and a look at the prevailing trends to come.
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight,
March 1, 2014 3:09 AM
Neil Long: "Read on for in-depth discussion of what the industry gets wrong about game narrative, storytelling’s growing significance and a look at the prevailing trends to come."
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Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's insight:
There is an old but still pertinent argument that storytelling in video games is the last great bastion for the medium to conquer. That game developers working in the 'mainstream space' have traditionally struggled to utilise video games as a storytelling medium, struggled to harmonise play and Hollywood-like narratives, and struggled to inject real meaning into their games without rendering the player a frustrated passive participant. Click to red full article.
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight,
January 13, 2014 12:45 AM
Lucy O'Brien: "The writers behind The Last of Us, Gone Home, Tomb Raider and The Stanley Parable give us their thoughts on where storytelling in video games is headed next."
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Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's insight:
Great article.
The player is now not a witness, he is not being guided through a story. He is now a part of it. It's not a case of watching a character. The player is the character, the character is an extension of the player in the same way a car is. The character therefore inherits all the personality traits of the player. This can create situations that detriment a linear story, - click and read more.
Maxine Horn's curator insight,
November 29, 2013 8:06 AM
Learning by doing or through play has always been a successful method - today it's the same but in digital format and far more engaging - will it have better results than non digital story telling / teaching methods? 
Katie Chase's curator insight,
December 5, 2013 5:28 AM
Storytelling for games seems difficult because the original author has to come up with so many alternative endings. Whoever is playing the game hears and sees a story that is uniquely theirs. This type of interaction really does set gaming apart from other types of media, such as television and film. I believe this is what attracts people to games. –Aellise Czupryna
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Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's insight:
Video game technology and video games are acknowledged by Bafta now, and are rightly getting credit for what they are, which is extraordinary pieces of art. Click tor read more.
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight,
November 18, 2013 2:42 PM
Steve Boxer: "They once wanted to emulate films. But now it is the movie industry that is adopting the technology of video games" ...
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Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's insight:
The list of video game properties that have been able to leverage their audiences into other platforms, particularly film, is a short one. I don't know but i think this could do it. Click to read the full story.
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight,
August 31, 2013 12:20 AM
Brent Lang: "If Ubisoft's latest campaign works out, Sam Fisher's mission will no longer be confined to game consoles. But before the game maker could deploy the black-ops protagonist of its hit "Splinter Cell" videogames into other media platforms like novels, television and film, it needed the help of Starlight Runner Entertainment."
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"Creating movies from within computer games may sound like something best left to teenage boys, but the art of machinima, making animated films from within the real-time 3-D 'engine' of a video game, is proving anything but says Aaron Martin, Collective London's head of strategy" ... Via The Digital Rocking Chair
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's insight:
Seeing the opportunity, EA commissioned Stoneman to create a piece of machinima that showcased the new downloadable content while paying homage to those "Only in Battlefield" moments. The resulting short movie quickly became one of the most effective pieces of content EA has produced, generating more than 765,000 views and 25,000 likes without even as much as a sponsored post in media support. EA’s campaign for 'Battlefield 3' garnered them the top spot in the newly released Social Brands 100 for 2013. Click headline for full story.
Juan Carlos Burgon's curator insight,
June 17, 2013 6:21 PM
I think in this times of life videogames are openning the doors for new types of filmaking by giving them chances to start producing about new topics and types of themes that are related to life and to actual information that would be great for editing and producing films, they would be magical, or of action, drama and they will have too many kind of brilliant acts to show 
Rafael Geraldo's curator insight,
April 6, 2015 3:41 PM
Uma ideia na cabeça e um joystick na mão: Conheça o Machinima, um gênero que usa a interface dos games para fazer filmes incríveis.
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After writing Gears of War: Judgment, Tom Bissell talks to Maria Bustillos about the potentialities of video games as literature, as well as its challenges as a storytelling medium. Via The Digital Rocking Chair
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight,
March 26, 2013 1:56 AM
An in-depth look at video games as "an increasingly sophisticated vehicle for storytelling." 
Luca Brigada's curator insight,
March 26, 2013 6:43 PM
An interesting interview to Tom Bissell about games and storytelling.
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Michael Rundle: "How do you make a video game? Sometimes the answer seems simple: you don't." Via The Digital Rocking Chair
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's insight:
Interesting :-)
Maria Claudia Londoño D's curator insight,
January 4, 2013 9:34 AM
Very useful tips fon parents,teachers...young developers... 
Louise Robinson-Lay's curator insight,
January 4, 2013 3:44 PM
This would be a great learning activity.
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Erik Kain: "Blatant sexism and misogyny in gaming culture may be the work of a minority of gamers, but it’s still an important issue that deserves an open conversation. The ugly backlash to Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes vs. Women Kickstarter project is an illustration why." Via The Digital Rocking Chair
Mariana Soffer's comment,
July 15, 2012 7:44 AM
this things are a bit disgusting that is why people should be warned
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Robin Burks: "Throughout the history of video games, some developers have used games as a way to tell a story. Now even AAA titles such as 'Until Dawn' embrace games as storytelling devices."
Porque los Video Juegos se han convertido en el Medio Narrativo Perfecto
The recent video game, Until Dawn, offers players the ability to choose the course of the game's narrative by giving the gamer the power to decide each character's actions. In one scene, two teenagers are tied to a chair, with sharp spinning blades descending on their heads, and the choice of whether one-or both-of the teenagers dies is left entirely to the viewer.
This idea is fascination because it explores the notion that gamers should serve as the "director" deciding the fate of the characters on screen, which ties back in with the concept that modern audiences want stories to be subject to their will.
Robin Burks: "Throughout the history of video games, some developers have used games as a way to tell a story. Now even AAA titles such as 'Until Dawn' embrace games as storytelling devices."