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Ragnar Tornquist On Video Game Storytelling
Ragnar Tornquist is respected as one of the best storytellers in today's game industry. He's done work on Anarchy: Online, Dreamfall, and upcoming MMO The Secret World. Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a lengthy three-part interview with Tornquist about how good stories are crafted, how they interact with other aspects of the games, and what his preferences are for building a compelling character.
"We had all these characters who were on a journey of faith, and we said how can we ensure that this theme is carried through, and have a clear view of how their journeys happen. So we said, every single major character had to fit into this model. Everybody starts out at the top. Faith can be anything — it can be religion, it can be a belief in yourself, in your abilities, in the work you do. As we face challenge, there's a process where we have loss of faith. It can be a minor thing: thinking one day, 'God, I suck at what I do. I can't do this.' And a lot of people after that point turn themselves around, face those problems, challenge them and they conquer them, and they say, 'Screw that, I am good at what I do.' I think most happy people live in this loop."
It would be better if it run on Lennix or at least Ubunti/.
Only the best for the gr8 stories! Come on, have we even seen a good story in 30 years since the CIA let LSD spread around? It's all about advertising. Keep your mouth shut and eat shit-sandwitch: on TV everyone is enjoying the shit-sandwitch: keep smiling into the camera and TV as you swallow it down. You have to be nuts to make a story for even somthing remotely like Beauty and the Beast (Ron Perlman). [uh-oh sarcasm cometh:] Do you think the writers are happy with their product, AFTER THEY PUNCH-OUT their TIMECARD? Hence, nowdays with the non-compete contracts from corporations, there is no longer a close-venue TIMECARD to punch-out! Nope, you gotta say to your spouse how much you liked eating shit-sandwitch at work, and to your distaste you will inspire her to buy shit-sandwitch at Costco the next day, because the employer will sue if you say anything of ill fame (aka devalue/negative-speculation on the stock of the company and product). Choose your jobs wisely, because this is how fast-food companies get around with their plastic-bacon Restaraunt burgers. Do you see SpongeBob SquarePants complaining? How about Squidward? Shit-sandwitch is gr8(tm). without prejudice, M. Gregory Thomas(tm)
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