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Creative Director Sam Lake Talks Alan Wake 2 and Live Action Film in Games

The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook

CHAPTER

The Use of Narration in Video Games

This chapter explores the use of voice narration in video games as a storytelling method. The speakers discuss their dislike for characters talking aloud in games and explain how they reinvented narration in their games by using it as a framing device and making the protagonist a writer. They also discuss other methods of storytelling in games and the importance of weaving them together effectively.

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