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obscurement Says:

Jan 14, 2010 - I found this channel from a link Leigh Alexander had on her site. I am so glad she did! Excellent video!

dtthedestroyer Says:

Jan 16, 2010 - the thing i disagree about is getting writers from the beginning because the designer actually needs to like the story. great vid regardless

chinatuin Says:

Jan 17, 2010 - I have no realitionship with gameplaying whatsoever, but man.... this presentation was awesome! Thankyou for teaching in your original unique way, and I have been learning!

CherryFairy02 Says:

Jan 17, 2010 - I own Psychonauts. It really is a great game. :) Too bad I got stuck on an early level. ): Why must I suck so bad at games?! *shakes fists at the heavens*

twoguysonacouch27 Says:

Jan 17, 2010 - what about mass effect

totoro1591 Says:

Jan 22, 2010 - Two great story games: Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, and Dragonquest 8Cool video!!!

flashmasstock Says:

Jan 23, 2010 - Half Life 2.....Orange Box ....it's just awesome...love it

sskoza Says:

Jan 27, 2010 - I bought Psychonauts 3 months ago under multiple recommendations for $2 on steam. Haven't gotten around to playing it yet, I hope it will be good...

elppa284 Says:

Feb 7, 2010 - I feel proud that I know all the video games you mentioned. Either that or I'm a complete geek...which I am >.>Especially psychonauts. I love it

MarcosMora Says:

Feb 7, 2010 - 4:59 EPIC PACMAN!

HatsuneMikuVocaloid2 Says:

Feb 8, 2010 - This video speaks the truth. So what about MMORPGs?

noiz87 Says:

Feb 8, 2010 - All hail Warren Spector, the conspiracy theory lector. That man opened so many eyes to the Eye of the Illuminati. Also, Fallout. Also, MGS series. Consumers are the main problem, as the younger generations get into gaming, less and less start with older games, so their skeleton for a game is graphics, not story. And graphics are in the uncanny valley. that's a problem. But not for the publishers, they're hittin big cash with 'tard titles and dlc (they're just big patches, hellooo?)

azrael13b Says:

Feb 13, 2010 - DLC has the potential to bring the PC gaming mod community to console gaming. I agree this isn't how it's used, though. Selling a half finished game and patching it later should be a bad business practice. The same goes for removing content that should have been in the game any way just so that you can sell it separately.Sadly, they're working. Consumers need to realize that if they keep supporting this, nothing will change.

agentnumalol Says:

Feb 13, 2010 - Heavy Rain shows promise to make or break video game and storytelling companionship. Keep your fingers crossed.

setphasers2phun Says:

Feb 16, 2010 - Bioshock 1 = best story ever

Firestorm617 Says:

Feb 16, 2010 - Second

Mrlolgizm Says:

Feb 18, 2010 - Dao storyline ftw :D

DarKsPOKeCROssFIRE Says:

Feb 20, 2010 - i think that the best storylines that have made since today its from rockstar gta series.

dumplingfriend Says:

Feb 26, 2010 - Common awesome videogame storytelling ended when the era right before PS2 and Gamecube died.

deaththreats Says:

Mar 4, 2010 - i think that story telling in gaming is due for a massive shot in the arm even more simplistic styles of video games (shoot em ups or fps) are becoming more in depth eg bio shock one and two and modern warfare 2 had an excellent story with some very convincing graphics to back it up

zeroG131 Says:

Mar 4, 2010 - The only Half-Life 2 and Bioshock seem to sell is because of awesome gameplay to back it up and the fact the story is actually IN the gameplay. Unless the gameplay can effectively merge with the story an awesome, well thought up game won't get its just desserts.

tet64 Says:

Mar 7, 2010 - ya know, there is at least one incident I can think of in where a game developer actually did bring a writer in at the start of development. Hironobu Sakaguchi brought in short story writer Kiyoshi Shigematsu to work on Lost Odyssey and the results were wonderfully awesome. And the game itself actually sold quite well. So that right there is proof of concept youre getting at. Now if only other game developers would follow this example.

chinangel Says:

Mar 8, 2010 - Actually a criminal of this is the final fantasy games, which has been telling the same bland story for twenty something years now. I am guilty of buying almost every single one, but that may be a vain attempt to hear a new story, not just a rehashed one with different characters and settings.

Cudgeon Says:

Mar 11, 2010 - just try out things like persona 3 and 4. If you like those, look in the rest of the shin megami tensei series, they do have some refreshing stories, especially for jrpgs, and there mainly pretty well done. Theres still hope in japan, even if its just from the smaller publishers like Atlus.

chinangel Says:

Mar 12, 2010 - @Cudgeon I actually have Personna 4 and I"ve played several entries in the Shin Megami Tensei series, however I find them slightly frustrating because the game's difficulty demands power-levelling, which isn't something I excel at.