What is "game narrative"? How do games tell stories?

Опубликовано: 13 Сентябрь 2026
на канале: Discriminant
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Video games are a relatively new medium for storytelling. Like any young industry, definitions, formats, and typologies are just emerging. Narrative design is a new field. It has no equivalent in film, literature, theater, or comics.

In this video, we'll discuss what this profession is and why it emerged. How do games tell stories? What's the difference between storytelling in books, films, and games? Is the work of a game writer different from that of a film screenwriter?

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00:00 — Intro
00:13 — What's the video about?
01:47 — Disclaimer
02:08 — Books
02:57 — Movies
04:18 — Video Games
07:16 — What does a game writer do?
08:36 — What does a narrative designer do?
09:32 — Three tools of a narrative designer
11:41 — What is narrative?
13:31 — Why don't people like the game?
14:13 — Is there a narrative in Tetris?
15:57 — Why is all this necessary?
16:43 — Outro