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Have you read The Beautiful Dead posted on 12 November 2013?

During the rise of the “walking simulator”, I felt that environmental narrative was acquiring far too much prominence, sometimes verging on worship. So I wrote about the role of environmental narrative in videogame storytelling and how, really, it was just a very good kludge.

From the comments:

  • Jonas Kyratzes “Mamet’s advice is cowardly, empty-headed bullshit”
  • Amanda Lange “Wow. That last paragraph. Love it.”
  • Eric Brasure: “Dark Souls does this amazingly well. Joel, just play it already.”
  • Robert Yang: “Hahaha you hear my voice in your head? Awesome.”

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