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I’d like to use the final part of this video game series to get excited about indie games and the important role they have to play in encouraging the next wave of immersive storytelling experiences. As this …

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Replay:

Before I go into some examples of the use of freedom, I’d like to quickly recap on a few key points:

• Immersion in games can be broken down into three subtypes–sensory, systemic, and fictional immersion.
• Fictional

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I’ve had a

pretty good run with submissions in the past two weeks, so I thought I’d post an entry with the good news. I am pretty damn excited about all of these, so while I am …

Playing the Player:

Before I start this post, I want to face up to the facts: as much as it might pain me to say it, most gamers don’t need a game to include complex, multi-layered plot, or a fully-realised …