In Travis Larchuk’s piece on videogame storytelling, CMU professor Jesse Schell describes the concept of “Indirect Control,” where videogame storytellers create situations that compel the player to further the plot.
Here, videogame writers Ken Levine and Susan O’Connor explain this concept more.
Travis Larchuk brings us thoughts on the power of videogame writing by Portal lead writer Eric Wolfpaw.
One of the puzzles in the videogame “Portal” requires players to carry a cube around with them to unlock the exit to the next level.
During the game’s development, however, playtesters weren’t catching on to the idea that they had to carry the cube with them.
Eric Wolfpaw, lead writer from Portal, took it from there.
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I’ve lost my keys. / Where are they?
-Marshall Flinkman, Alias Season 3
Last weekend, I lost my keys.
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The anonymous artists of DC are who keep one foot in front of the other for Ariel Kitch on her morning walk to work. Here, she records their illustrations in photographs.
My walk to work each morning on 9th Street: Door locked behind me, headphones on, eyes wide from caffeine, waiting for the stoplights to turn green, and stepping over the cigarette butts and shards of glass in the cracks of the concrete. Staring into the shop windows, boarded up storefronts, scrawled messages on brick walls, the perfume of girls passing me, the exhaust of the bus, painted over graffiti. I haven’t touched the newspaper yet or found out the headlines for the day. And everywhere I look are signs, warm and cold, waiting for me and yet never intended for me at all.
Travis Larchuk traveled to the George Washington University Game Developers Club, and brought back this audio postcard.
At the GW Game Developers Club, Sarah Byun is working on an altruistic video game when she encounters some unexpected results. Club vice president Martin Smith is helping her program the game.
Wilco lead singer Jeff Tweedy has become an iconic figure in American alternative rock and roll, inspiring a cult following of devoted fans. But has rehab and a new more mainstream album mellowed him into mediocrity? Ariel Kitch illustrates the recent concert in D.C., webcast by NPR, to find out.
More illustrations after the jump!
You can find the link to stream the webcast of the concert here.
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