Narrative Games

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After playing the game for at least 20 minutes, include your thoughts about what unique experience this type of game offers players in a digital reflection (Blog, Youtube video, Cinch, etc), offer some reflections about the game-play, it's impact, and some details about where you went and what you did.

I think some of the game aspects fall under the article I previously read.  The game offers a variety of experiences through personal autonomy, its up to you where you go, what you examine, take, use, etc.  The game play is neat once you orient yourself to how directions and world work.  I kept finding myself stuck at the bottom of the canyon until I figured out that maybe I should open the window in the house.  I think its a really cool genre of games, I loved those choice based books as a kid, only this adds the dimension of being able to pick up items and use them.  I was always that kid that picked the ending that got my character killed.  But, that's once again, another great part of games, failure is okay, and this other dimension allows me to be able to do something about the choices I make other than go back to the beginning of the book (or where I've kept my thumb)