Denny Connolly is an editor and contributor who joined the Game Rant team in 2014. He specializes in game guides, MMO coverage, and the Pokemon GO beat; but is a lifelong fan of all game genres. He's ...

JRPGs have traditionally focused more on linear narratives, though certain series embrace this structure fully and do so ...

Ken Levine outlined ideas for building replayable narrative at a talk at GDC 2014. The Irrational Games founder and BioShock creator said he had taken "linear narrative pretty far" over his 19 years ...

Some RPGs like Neverwinter Nights prioritize a linear narrative over player choice for a focused and satisfying gameplay experience. Games like Pillars of Eternity offer impactful choices within a ...

Josh Cotts is a Senior Contributor at Game Rant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2019 with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Media Studies and has been commended since ...

BioShock creator Ken Levine said during a panel at GDC 2014 that his next title won't be a linear narrative as "narratively-driven games tend to have poor replay value." During the panel attended by ...

This is more of an observation and question to start a discussion than an article. The question first popped in my mind when I was getting notes back on a story I'm currently writing. On a story that ...

In an interview with Le Monde, by way of Game Informer, Hascoet voiced a desire to do away with cut scenes altogether: “When there are cutscenes in a game, it bothers me, because it removes my ability ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Central to the world of thirteenth-century Galician-Portuguese song are the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM), on whose narrative cantigas de ...

Callum is a seasoned gaming managing editor for a number of publications and a gamer who will always try to shine a spotlight on indie games before giving AAA titles the time of day. He loves nothing ...

Daniela is a freelance writer with two years of experience covering entertainment. She is a senior writer on Collider’s freelance team and has also been published in other platforms, such as Elite ...