Written by: Kevin Berge
What have we become as a society that we will pay $11 million for an animated form of a group of friends sitting around a table having a laugh? The answer: truly cultured. (Image Courtesy of: kickstarter.com)
How do we tell stories? Written storytelling carries primarily the ideas of the writer with certain help from the editor. Movies and television especially are built on the collaboration of all those involved from the directors and screenwriters to the producers and effects workers.
Even in the most individualized production, there is collaboration. Stories are not created in a vacuum. Whether built on years of inspiration or driven by the guidance of others involved, we as a society tell stories together not apart.
This may seem obvious, but it is fascinating to see how certain types of storytelling are promoted or rejected based on the source. This is particularly true of games. Whenever interactivity is involved in creating a story, it tends to muddy the public perception.
Video games face this degree of backlash including the constant question of "what is art?". However, there is another form of gaming that is more clearly looked down upon yet creates some the purest forms of storytelling: Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs), highlighted by the most well known game Dungeons & Dragons.
Even in the most individualized production, there is collaboration. Stories are not created in a vacuum. Whether built on years of inspiration or driven by the guidance of others involved, we as a society tell stories together not apart.
This may seem obvious, but it is fascinating to see how certain types of storytelling are promoted or rejected based on the source. This is particularly true of games. Whenever interactivity is involved in creating a story, it tends to muddy the public perception.
Video games face this degree of backlash including the constant question of "what is art?". However, there is another form of gaming that is more clearly looked down upon yet creates some the purest forms of storytelling: Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs), highlighted by the most well known game Dungeons & Dragons.
