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The word “fortnight” is not used in America, so some social media users actually posted about a new game they referred to as “fork knife”. The game soon spread virally in playgrounds, partly through recaps of matches from the night before and partly via a dance move called the Floss, which became popular in Fortnite.… Continue reading The Phenomenon of Fortnite Part 2

Perhaps the most surprising genre that isn’t largely represented in gaming is crime. Yes, criminal actions are frequently seen in games like GTA, but it may surprise you to know that there aren’t many games that are regarded as being crime fiction per se. In 2010, there was Heavy Rain, and then LA Noire the… Continue reading Storytelling in Gaming vs Storytelling in Literature Part 2

One-way stories simply don’t exist. The very moment that an audience engages with a story, they interpret it in their own way and it becomes a different version of the original story, That’s the case whether the story is told in a book, an audiobook, around a campfire, on the big screen, or in a… Continue reading Storytelling in Gaming vs Storytelling in Literature Part 1

Gaming has been accused of being trivial, as well as shallow, when it comes to the art of storytelling. At least that’s the image it appears to have built. But if gaming really is so inconsequential and trivial, why is it that so many people not just play them but enjoy reading about them? Keeping… Continue reading Storytelling in Gaming Still in Early Days

There was little hoopla when a video game called Fortnite was released in July of 2017. Well, things sure have changed. Since then, it went on to become the world’s most popular video game. In fact, it’s nothing short of a cultural phenomenon, just like Star Wars and Minecraft before it. Only this one attracts… Continue reading The Phenomenon That is Fortnite – Part 1