The Instruction Booklet - Episode 16: Half-Life Is A JRPG

On this edition of The Instruction Booklet, the Instructors are discussing the history of narratives in video games! Joining them is their first guest - Adam Pickens (a PhD candidate of Irish Literature) - together the trio break down the origin of storytelling in gaming, it's evolution over the years, & how strong narratives have helped legitimize games as an artform. ----------------------------------- Sources for this edition of The Instruction Booklet: ►“Narrative of Video Games” (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_of_video_games ►“The Power of Narratives in Video Games” https://www.ue-germany.com/blog/the-power-of-narratives-in-video-games ►“A History of the Video Game Narrative” https://amherststudent.amherst.edu/article/2012/10/31/history-videogame-narrative.html ►“Video Games Are Better Without Stories” https://archive.ph/4C5Yq ----------------------------------- Follow the Show's Socials! - Twitter: twitter.com/Instruction_Bk - Facebook: www.facebook.com/InstructionBooklet - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/theinstructionbooklet ----------------------------------- The Instruction Booklet full series Playlist: soundcloud.com/aychpodcast/sets/the-instruction-booklet ----------------------------------- Follow the Hosts! Jeremy - Instagram: www.instagram.com/pressartf4/ - Twitch: twitch.tv/backwardshero Michael - Instagram: www.instagram.com/mackerel_prawns/