Comments on: Plot Arcs and Themes: The Stories that Games Tell http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/03/plot-arcs-and-themes-the-stories-that-games-tell/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TheMainEvent http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/03/plot-arcs-and-themes-the-stories-that-games-tell/#comment-61113 TheMainEvent Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:31:31 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/03/plot-arcs-and-themes-the-stories-that-games-tell/#comment-61113 I feel like CCGs in particular are necessarily married to the idea of the game telling a story. That may partially do to the need for licenses to sell CCGs... ... then again Magic started out with a pretty vague story, but "Wizards Fighting" proved to be enough obviously. I feel like CCGs in particular are necessarily married to the idea of the game telling a story. That may partially do to the need for licenses to sell CCGs…

… then again Magic started out with a pretty vague story, but “Wizards Fighting” proved to be enough obviously.

]]> By: The Game http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/03/plot-arcs-and-themes-the-stories-that-games-tell/#comment-61112 The Game Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:43:30 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/03/plot-arcs-and-themes-the-stories-that-games-tell/#comment-61112 Yep, the only thing I don't like about it is the weird end condition. Other than that, fun times! If you like OUaT, I can also recommend the pseudo-RPG "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" and "Nanofictionary" (pictured above.) Yep, the only thing I don’t like about it is the weird end condition. Other than that, fun times! If you like OUaT, I can also recommend the pseudo-RPG “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” and “Nanofictionary” (pictured above.)

]]> By: Vanir http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/03/plot-arcs-and-themes-the-stories-that-games-tell/#comment-61111 Vanir Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:40:09 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/03/plot-arcs-and-themes-the-stories-that-games-tell/#comment-61111 You ever play Once Upon a Time? That game fires off stories like a <i>chaingun</i>. It's one of my favorite games in the world, but all my friends' brains explode when we play. *sigh* You ever play Once Upon a Time? That game fires off stories like a chaingun.

It’s one of my favorite games in the world, but all my friends’ brains explode when we play. *sigh*

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