CHAPTER TWENTY Worlds Contain Characters
DOI: 10.1201/b22101-20
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The Nature of Game Characters
If we are to create games that have great stories in them, these stories must contain memorable characters. It is an important question to ask: How are characters in games different than characters in other media? If we examine fictional characters in various media side by side, some differences become apparent. Here are some samples I chose from lists of the best novels, films, and videogames of the twentieth century.
Novel Characters
Holden Caulfield: The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is a teenager who wrestles with the phoniness and ...
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