Tag: Half-Life

Who are you?

Who is Gordon Freeman? That is a surprisingly difficult question to answer. The elements of his character that can be said to be fixed, are insubstantial and provide little that is definitive. In reality there are a hundred thousand Gordon Freemans, a million. Each person who plays Half-Life has a subtly different interpretation of who […]

Tags Batman, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Frank Miller, Game Design, Gordon Freeman, Half-Life, Jeph Leob, Marc Laidlaw, Michael Keaton, Narrative Design, Tim Burton, Tim Sale, Valve Software

Films Narrative Design

Sequels: Continuing the Story.

Post author By Justin Keverne
Post date January 31, 2009
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Sequels focused on continuing a story started in the original can be uniquely challenging. Freed of the need to introduce world and characters the focus shifts to expanding the world, and a deeper exploration of the central themes. Providing a bigger context, a broader canvas, on which to explore the escalating consequences of the actions of the […]

Tags F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Fallout 2, Game Design, Gears Of War 2, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Narrative Design, System Shock, System Shock 2, The Godfather Part II, Tomb Raider