“Would you kindly…”  In the history of video games this phrase will forever live in the memories of gamers.  Why is that?  What makes these three words taken together such a powerful statement?  Because these words marked the moment that we as gamers realized that we are all pawns in...

Early last week I wrote a piece on video games as an Artistic Medium. Continuing in that vein, I want to discuss the use of narrative in Video Games.  However, this time the discussion will revolve more around why the use of narrative is important in gaming, at least to me. What is Narrative? To properly...