rss
05-27-2017, 05:47 AM
The choices we're given in games are still ultimately meaningless
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/7aZMjaZ5bXYqqsLb2uyginaTWg4=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F488863%2F7ce37a88-8419-490d-a69f-0ee40b216e8d.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=The+choices+we%27re+given+in+games+are+still+ ultimately+meaningless&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F05%2F26%2Fc hoice-in-games%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F05 %2F26%2Fchoice-in-games%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
Video games are a fun way to pass time. They're engaging and distracting. They're an opportunity to socialize, and they can even be educational. But, increasingly, games are becoming k**wn as a wonderful way to tell and be a part of stories, too. Over the last decade, that evolution of stories in games has arguably become as critical to the experience as the gameplay itself.
As gamers, we've lived through dozens of varying stories. We've explored all sorts of landscapes and made all kinds of friendships.*
SEE ALSO: Behind the scenes on the making of a CG trailer (http://mashable.com/2017/01/25/making-of-a-cg-trailer/)
As developers experiment with the bounds of those stories and the connections within them, gamers have had even grander opportunities to inject themselves into the protagonist's perspective and into the plot. It's been a fascinating trip to become ever more invested in the worlds and personalities imagined by talented game creators and storytellers while counting our own input as players, too.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/26/choice-in-games/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Entertainment (http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Gaming (http://mashable.com/gaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Prey (http://mashable.com/category/prey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Entertainment (http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Gaming (http://mashable.com/gaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1495848429 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1495848429)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/tc1JGXFH4xI
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/7aZMjaZ5bXYqqsLb2uyginaTWg4=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F488863%2F7ce37a88-8419-490d-a69f-0ee40b216e8d.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=The+choices+we%27re+given+in+games+are+still+ ultimately+meaningless&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F05%2F26%2Fc hoice-in-games%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F05 %2F26%2Fchoice-in-games%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
Video games are a fun way to pass time. They're engaging and distracting. They're an opportunity to socialize, and they can even be educational. But, increasingly, games are becoming k**wn as a wonderful way to tell and be a part of stories, too. Over the last decade, that evolution of stories in games has arguably become as critical to the experience as the gameplay itself.
As gamers, we've lived through dozens of varying stories. We've explored all sorts of landscapes and made all kinds of friendships.*
SEE ALSO: Behind the scenes on the making of a CG trailer (http://mashable.com/2017/01/25/making-of-a-cg-trailer/)
As developers experiment with the bounds of those stories and the connections within them, gamers have had even grander opportunities to inject themselves into the protagonist's perspective and into the plot. It's been a fascinating trip to become ever more invested in the worlds and personalities imagined by talented game creators and storytellers while counting our own input as players, too.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/26/choice-in-games/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Entertainment (http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Gaming (http://mashable.com/gaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Prey (http://mashable.com/category/prey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Entertainment (http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Gaming (http://mashable.com/gaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1495848429 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1495848429)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/tc1JGXFH4xI