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Superhot: Storytelling through gameplay

I’m interested in storytelling. Not just in narrative fiction (books, movies), but in business, politics, history, dating, and yes, videogames. It might not always be applicable to my fiction, but I think it’s fun to tease apart how stories function in different realms. The lessons often end up being useful anyway. I’ve been particularly interested in videogame storytelling as of late, ever since I discovered Extra Credits. (If you’d like to see just about the scariest damn videogame-related video essay ever, check out this one on propaganda games....