15 Great Video Game Narratives That Aren’t ‘Bioshock’
Or 'Gone Home' or 'Mass Effect' or 'The Walking Dead' for that matter.
Until Dawn
Game Review: My Life as a Frustrating Series of Meaningless Butterfly Effects
This summer, I finally caved and bought a gaming system. I've always wanted one, but based on how addicted I was to my Super Nintendo back in 2nd grade, was worried that I'd become to absorbed playing all these fun games I'd been hearing about, and stop leaving the house. Luckily, and thanks to the good, crowd-sourcing folks over at Ingress, this hasn't happened. But damn, you guys! When did video games get so good? There are some games out there-- on PS4, on Steam, and probably some other devices I haven't tried yet--that have better narrative storytelling capabilities than most TV or movies these days! Who knew? (J/k: a lot of you knew. I just like doing that Christopher Columbus thing, wherein I act like my recent discovery of something means that NO ONE ELSE has ever found it before me.)
