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[richardhutnik]

Wright said:

richardhutnik said:

And it is debateable whether or not games are a good medium for TELLING a story:

https://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/wright-says-video-games-are-not-mediums-to-tell-stories/

Whoever wrote that is lying. I've always said that videogames are a good medium for telling powerful tales!

That is Malstrom, discussing this:

http://www.njoystic.com/2011/02/18/will-wright-says-games-arent-meant-for-storytelling/

 

And here is Will Wright talking:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/02/18/will.wright/

"Games are not the right medium to tell stories," Wright said in a recent interview. "Video games are more about story possibilities."

And it is Will Wright, the creator of the sims series of games (the Sims, Simcity, etc...) who ended up saying games aren't meant for telling stories.  Will Wright, who is a successful game designer knows far more credible than either of us actually, at saying this.

Look at the word that is the problem in here, that I am talking about.  The word is "telling".  Telling is a controliing the flowo of focus in order to reach a conclusion.  Controlling focus works against playing, which is a key part of games.  

In what I am saying, I am not saying that a game can't provide a powerful experience, but it is not suited for TELLING.  The more you try to tell, the more you end up taking away player control.