Looking for Discussion of "Story and Narrative Paradigms in Role-Playing Games"

[wholeridge]

Does the Archive hold any threads commenting on John Kim's "Story and Narrative Paradigms in Role-Playing Games"?

[lumpley]

Yes! There are a few, starting with this one:

Story and Narrative Paradigms in RPGs (November 01, 2003)

-Vincent

[stefoid]

Broken link?

[Paul Czege]

Fixed: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/archive/index.php?topic=8546.0

[lumpley]

Thanks, Paul!

-Vincent

[wholeridge]

Thank you! That was excellent and I would very much like to see more.

Kim's description of the "Virtual Experience" player fits me very well. I care about story, but the story I care about is the one I experience. I think that this may go beyond RPGs into the way people enjoy fiction. When I read I like to identify strongly with a character, and my suspension of disbelief can be broken if an author tries to "improve" the story by making that character choose unjustifiably stupid or arbitrary actions.

[Ron Edwards]

Hi,

I suggest you open a thread in Actual Play to talk about that. I think you might be surprised at some of the local writings on the subject.

Best, Ron