tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530024471859470661.post1989561017250904119..comments2020-08-11T21:47:03.744-07:00Comments on Thinking While Playing: Narrative Distance and the Cult of 'Immersion'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530024471859470661.post-74028742678420623432013-08-01T08:40:10.836-07:002013-08-01T08:40:10.836-07:00A few games come to mind that have acknowledged th...A few games come to mind that have acknowledged the ‘standard’ or ‘accepted’ narrative or mechanical trends, therefore justifying the narrative distance they’ve chosen, rather than just ignoring it or letting it bring down the game. <br /><br />Baten Kaitos is a game that acknowledges you as a player. By making you someone who is just looking in on events, it turns what would normally be an RPG&Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571140711439723037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530024471859470661.post-26916339291381997462013-07-29T10:44:33.372-07:002013-07-29T10:44:33.372-07:00You make a good point that I should have more expl...You make a good point that I should have more explicitly addressed, which is that I was primarily discussing games with a strong narrative component in this post. (But one could imagine that there may be aesthetic reasons for breaking the player's focus - which is akin in some ways to narrative immersion - in things like management or fighting games.)<br /><br />I guess your suggestion to &Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18287418917064135930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530024471859470661.post-59383042958195936962013-07-29T10:17:59.085-07:002013-07-29T10:17:59.085-07:00I have a suspicion that you are missing something ...I have a suspicion that you are missing something big here, that ought to be discussed. This heavy demand for immersion in games do not only take us away from games that experiment with form, but also simply games that focus on game mechanics over narrative. Consider figthing games, turn based strategy games, management games... none of these offer a shred of immersion, nor are they experiments Michael Josefsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399576279734600118noreply@blogger.com