first person

Ken Perlin on a game-narrative difference that makes a difference: does agency, rather than identifiction, make characters in a game seem more real than those in novels or films?

Espen Aarseth foresees the quick end of Murray's "story-game hybrid" and suggests instead a "critical theory of games."

In response to Perlin, Victoria Vesna reiterates the unique realism of games.

Secret agency is at issue in Frasca's response, which denies the application of Aristotle to the open-ended interactivity of gaming.

Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin introduce Cyberdrama, the first section of First Person.