Competitive games show a similar structure to a story. In a team sport like soccer, we essentially pick a champion to root for. We think this team we like is morally or in terms of ability more entitled to win than others. Everyone knows exactly what the rules of the game are and what goals …
Spoiler Warning The following opinion is my first impression, after watching Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness only once. I went into the Multiverse of Madness with great expectations of a fast-paced journey through crazy set pieces along mind-blowing cameos of characters from other films and series, ending in an event with huge implications …
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As announced in a post “Mass Effect: Command and Shepard, Part 1/4“, Story Structure will take a closer look at how the game series handles its theme of leadership. We will look at what tools are used to discuss the theme, how well the different tools work and to what effect they are deployed. This …
Throughout my journey with Magic the Gathering I noticed that there are certain cards that attract my attention, until I develop some kind of obsession with them. I started wondering why that is, what exactly it was that I found so endearing of these cards. So, I started to analyze them in an attempt to …
While writing my own book, I’ve come to notice that story is often organically born out of the interaction between characters and the world they inhabit. I would have lined out a plot, with plotpoint after plotpoint. Then while actually writing it I would realize that after plotpoint A a certain character is not actually …
How does one tell a story about leadership? This series explores this question by analysing the Mass Effect trilogy. An entry is dedicated to each game in the series, to capture the development of Mass Effect from an ambitious idea with limited resources, over experimenting with the worldbuilding to the full-scale epic the series concludes …
With «The Batman» the newest iteration of the cult comic hero appeared on the screen. It is realer, grittier, and darker, definitely darker, than the ones that came before. Batman always brings a wide array of intriguing villains with him for the story tellers to choose from. The Batman went with the Riddler and portrayed …
Neon and magic? Not the first coupling I would think of when prompted with the challenge to find an iconic duo. Yet Wizards dared to bring the neon strokes into the high-fantasy world of the Magic the Gathering multiverse. Without knowing much about the official story of the set or the lore of the realm …
The Kamigawa Neon Dynasty set provides another cycle of mythic dragon cards. They are monocoloured and provide every colour with a flying creature that lets you choose among two effects when it dies. Also, they share a relation to the sky in their names. There is Ao, the Dawn Sky in white, Kairi, the Swirling …
Whenever I think about efficiency in story telling one scene from Pirates of the Caribbean comes to mind. It happens relatively early in the movie. Jack Sparrow – I’m sorry – Captain Jack Sparrow has fled from his shenanigans at the Porte Royal harbour into Will’s forge. Will on the other hand just arrived back …