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Versus CluClu Land: Gamers are Maximizers of Utility
"I thought this decision to attach a reward to the choice represented a failure of nerve on the part of the designers ... wedding a gameplay-reward to a decision that ought be governed by one's sense of character and motivation."
iroqouispliskin  criticism  games  writing  gta4  narrative  gameplay  storytelling  reward 
july 2008 by infovore
Click Nothing: Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock
"By throwing the narrative and ludic elements of the work into opposition, the game seems to openly mock the player for having believed in the fiction of the game at all."
games  story  criticism  narrative  bioshock  storytelling  interaction  play  design 
july 2008 by infovore

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