Tales from the Borderlands
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Is This Really Happening?: Game Mechanics as Unreliable Narrator
Game mechanics, together with audiovisual modes, can function as a non-personified "Game Narrator" capable of unreliable narration.
- The report argues that game mechanics combined with audiovisual modes can act as a non-personified "Game Narrator" capable of unreliable narration, shifting focus away from games with explicit narrators such as The Stanley Parable.
- Unreliability is generated through conflicting information, forced choices offered without context, and metaleptic breaches, leading players to repeatedly reconstruct the narrative and doubt their own actions, as seen in Tales from the Borderlands Episode 1.
- In Doki Doki Literature Club, Monika is the only character who breaches metaleptic boundaries, and her unnatural cues undermine players' initial assumptions about the game world.
DiGRAJan 2019
Article
iOS Gaming Leaders: October 2015
This analysis provides a performance overview of the iOS gaming market for October 2015, utilizing data from the Store Intelligence platform to track downloads, revenue, and growth trends across the United States and international markets.
- Game of War overtook Clash of Clans as the top-grossing iOS game worldwide in October 2015, driven by an 8% month-over-month revenue increase while Clash of Clans saw a 1% decline.
- Smashy Road: Wanted became the most downloaded iOS game in the U.S. for October 2015, gaining nearly four million downloads over the previous month.
- Electronic Arts' Need for Speed outperformed Smashy Road: Wanted internationally by approximately 1.5 million downloads, despite losing the top spot in the U.S. market.
Sensor TowerNov 2015