Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Introduction 9
4. Playing with Narratives
5. Narrative Mechanics 19
6. Narrative Patterns in Video Games 51
7. Teaching Narrative Design 79
8. The Narrative Role of Sound in Games 91
9. Expanding the Narrative
10. Mukokuseki and the Narrative Mechanics in Japanese Games 113
11. Characterization and Emergent Narrative in Dwarf Fortress 151
12. On the Evolution of Narrative Mechanics in Open-World Games 161
13. Open-End Storytelling in Pinball Machines 177
14. Mechanics of Inspiration 197
15. Narrative Approaches in Contemporary Video Game Reviews 211
16. Games, Politics and Society
17. “We’re not murderers. We just survive.” 231
18. QUIZ 247
19. Ludic Meanders through Defictionalization: The Narrative Mechanics of Art 257
20. If You Play It, Do You Believe It? 279
21. Ball Games and Language Games 291
22. Case Studies
23. Florence 301
24. The Last Guardian 309
25. Murder at the Museum 315
26. Even Missile Command Tells a Story 323
27. Shave 329
28. The Twitter Game 337
29. Commander Kurz 351
30. Authors 355