Author here! Dang, I browse HN daily and didn't notice when my own article gets posted until it's too late. Anyways, glad you guys liked it. One thing that I want to clarify is that the examples and analogies I give are just to help illustrate points. A lot of people have read too much into them, and that's not my intention.
Also, I don't mean to disparage any particular game, or style of games. My goal is to show that video games are a very unique medium for presenting narrative, and so far we have mainly just tried to emulate cinema. There's a lot of experimentation out there, and still more that needs to be done, before we can say we've really understood the medium.
Also, I don't mean to disparage any particular game, or style of games. My goal is to show that video games are a very unique medium for presenting narrative, and so far we have mainly just tried to emulate cinema. There's a lot of experimentation out there, and still more that needs to be done, before we can say we've really understood the medium.