Sentences with phrase «of video game storytelling»

Advances in technology will be a key partner in the future of video game storytelling.

In terms of video game storytelling, Hideo Kojima is the most important name in the business.

In our modern golden age of video game storytelling, I find that RPGs are better than ever.

In terms of video game storytelling, Hideo Kojima is the most important name in the business.

It's actually quite surreal but one of the most clever uses of video game storytelling.

Not exact matches

As Tom Bissell, a journalist, former Salon writer and lifelong gamer, explains in his new book, «Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter,» the graphics, storytelling and interactivity of gaming have all made tremendous leaps forward in recent years, allowing players to intermingle with nuanced, fleshed - out digital characters in near - photo - realistic environments.

When it comes to storytelling, video games have never been a patch on novels or films, usually emphasising action at the expense of narrative.

To test the role of in - game storytelling, the researchers randomly assigned participants to play one of two video games.

«I believe geekdom has become mainstream,» he said, «because of an entire generation that's been fed fantasy storytelling by way of video games.

They might not understand your sense of humor, or your storytelling, or why you are obsessed with a particular video game.

In a world devoid of P.T. — aka Silent Hills, we found Layers of Fear to offer an intriguing take on the horror genre and video game storytelling.

A crime fiction game with non-linear storytelling, Her Story revolves around a police database full of live action video footage.

For better or worse, with its lengthy cutscenes and frequent penchant for filibuster - worthy speeches about nuclear weapons and technology, Metal Gear Solid revolutionized a cinematic approach to video game storytelling that still influences the industry today, all through a science - fiction lens of mechs, genetically enhanced soldiers, and nanomachines.

Ironically, despite the fact that I loathed the ADHD video game / music video storytelling method, I did kinda dig the score by Daniel Pemberton as well as some of the imagery Ritchie conjures.

«Brave: The Video Game allows players to truly be part of this exciting fantasy adventure, full of the rich storytelling heritage and quality that Disney • Pixar does best.»

Storytelling in video games can be a hit or miss endeavor, with the best games nailing the basic tenets of good narrative, and the subpar games dying under the strain of too much exposition.

However, there are still plenty of flaws and hindrances that keep this from being a «great» video game movie, most notably in its storytelling.

Rapture and its inhabitants set a new bar in video game storytelling, and the variety of plasmid options and moral dilemmas scattered within gave players a reason to plunge its depths for multiple playthroughs.

«Hideo Kojima's career - defining works have shaped much of how the video game industry approaches cinematic storytelling and player engagement,» stated AIAS president Martin Rae in a press release.

Men, Women & Children lacks that humanity — most of its big ensemble come off as storytelling cyphers to essay some blindingly obvious point, like «middle - aged married couples can get sexually restless» or «young people sometimes use video games to escape real life.»

The 27 - year - old console has been revived, in miniaturized form, to great nostalgic success — and it offers a reminder of the building blocks of video - game storytelling.

Figuring out who the rapist is among a host of wily suspects is hardly any more difficult than solving a Scooby Doo caper, but Verhoeven and screenwriter David Birke continually insist on dedicating a chunk of screentime to a silly campaign of misdirection where so much evidence is stacked so loftily against an employee in Michèle's video game company that anyone with even a cursory knowledge of mystery storytelling couldn't possibly fall for the trick.

Quality storytelling is still a rarity in video games, and that means it's often found in the most unlikely of places.

Video games offer things movies can't: agency and interactivity; a sense of personal accomplishment; long - form storytelling; environmental storytelling (I'll explain later); customization; and the list goes on.

Plus you'll be forced to have some kind of a loop as in video games, who can gets irritating and gets in the way of the storytelling.

Turbomedia What digital comics pioneer Balak collectively calls «Turbomedia» is a method of graphic storytelling that uses narrative tools from comics, animation, and video games adapted to tell stories made specifically for digital reading.

But there's more to it — he simply doesn't consider video games to be a medium capable of good storytelling.

In the last decade or so, franchises such as Mass Effect, Uncharted, The Last of Us, and The Witcher have all made significant contributions to video games as a storytelling medium, but Metal Gear Solid is, for the lack of a better term, their big boss.

Bill closed the talk with his theory on interactive theater, which he believes is highly possible due to the current boom of interactive storytelling in the video game industry.

between EUR 10.000 and EUR 150.000 for developing a concept or a project (activities to the point that the concept leads to a playable prototype or trial version) for a Video Game of highly innovative and creative narrative storytelling games designed for commercial exploitation for PCs, consoles, mobile devices, tablets, smart phones and other technologies.

«BAFTA's long - standing support of video games and championing of creativity and strong storytelling in that medium, have had an extremely positive impact and I'm very grateful to be recognized by them with this Fellowship,» said Schafer.

Players who want to feed banknotes to an already - overrated egotist are advised to do so with all haste, but those with any regard for quality in interactive storytelling and the narrative structure of video games should look elsewhere.

Destiny is a game that holds a great amount of hype around it and while the initial reveal of it at E3 ’13 led us to believe that we are in for a game that is going to exemplary, some leaked Alpha Gameplay videos which leaked from an Ubisoft employee (Ryan Butler, Graphics Designer) have made their way onto the internet due to his excitement of streaming the game on his PS4, sadly the game has yet to show any unique feature that we haven't already seen in a Borderlands game, but at least Borderlands is a game that offers comedic story progression through hilarious storytelling, but Destiny is too straightforward and doesn't really offer anything that we haven't seen already.

PBS Arts» Off Book series, which looks to «showcase new and under - exposed art forms and reach arts communities online», has produced this really slick episode on the importance of video games as «a storytelling medium» and «a place for self - expression»

A highly polished, finely tuned platform / shooting / exploration game, Cave Story + uses the appealing visual aesthetic of classic 16 - bit video games to draw players into a world deep with emotional storytelling.

In terms of cinematic storytelling in a video game, it doesn't get much better than Uncharted.

I was 14 years old, and despite being around games most of my life, had no idea that anything existed in video games that could in any way replicate the storytelling process that I loved about books.

Season One of The Walking Dead - A Telltale Series redefined expectations for storytelling in video games, winning over 100 Game of the Year Awards.

Don't get me wrong, gameplay should always be a focus — but when it comes to incredibly realized video game worlds like The Division and Destiny, and soon to be Star Wars and Anthem; I want more in terms of storytelling.

Dead Space, for example, is almost identical in its storytelling: almost no cutscenes are utilized, all dialog is spoken in - game, and dozens of audio / video logs develop the game's mysterious backstory.

But as the ultimate realisation of Microsoft's now abandoned transmedia storytelling plan to blur the line between TV and video games, developer Remedy Entertainment has crafted a video game with all the qualities of a mainstream hit.

Carolyn is a big supporter of games with vibrant aesthetics, diverse casts, and unique storytelling, and doesn't shy away from an opportunity to scream about how much she loves video games.

Recognized for having some of the richest, most engrossing storytelling in the industry, throughout the years, Assassin's Creed has succeeded to position as a true entertainment license, transcending video games to offer new and immersive experiences on comic books, mobile games, and novels and even movie with the worldwide release of the feature film «Assassin's Creed ®» which opens in theaters on December 21, 2016.

While much of the game has the potential to become what the developers have strived for, there are too many shortcomings to hail Last Frontier as the next evolution in video game storytelling.

Imaginati, a London - based studio, has made it their mission to raise the bar of storytelling and performance capture in video games and their first attempt is with the beloved Planet of the Apes license with Andy Serkis, who plays Caesar in the films, being involved in the making of Last Frontier.

Yet, even after over forty years of enjoying interactive entertainment in the home, the storytelling aspect of video games receives little mention.

It proves that video games are slowly being accepted as a form of storytelling.

Rockstar has managed to capture some core elements of modern American society with its video games while also using an ironic tone when it comes to storytelling and world building.

What's more validating for video game storytelling than a long surviving medium (comics) allowing one of its most popular franchises to be expanded upon through the video game format?

God of War is an achievement for video games as a storytelling medium.